PPL's Growth Comparisons in I. Quarter 2026
Ppl improved it's Revenue by 10.78% from the same quarter a year ago, in the first quarter 2026, and underperformed the 13.39% rise in the Electric Utilities industry and 12.58% Revenue improvement in the Utilities sector. Although both, the Electric Utilities industry and the Utilities sector posted higher gains than 10.9% overall market increase, Ppl was trailing overall market in the first quarter.
Company's sequential top-line increase was 21.99% from the fourth quarter. Average annual sales rise for Ppl is 3.76%, while S & P 500's average yearly sales growth is 13.48% over the five years, including only Businesses with the first quarter 2026 Results.
| Segment Name |
Y / Y |
Sequential |
| Total Segments |
|
10.74 % |
- |
| Rhode Island Regulated |
|
-4.95 % |
- |
| Pennsylvania Regulated |
|
18.56 % |
- |
| Kentucky Regulated |
|
13.98 % |
- |
| Corporate and Other |
|
- |
- |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp |
|
18.56 % |
- |
| Louisville Gas And Electric Co |
|
18.22 % |
- |
| Kentucky Utilities Co |
|
10.82 % |
- |
| Residential |
|
- |
- |
| Commercial |
|
- |
- |
| Industrial |
|
- |
- |
| Other |
|
- |
- |
| Wholesale - municipal |
|
- |
- |
| Wholesale - other |
|
- |
- |
| Transmission |
|
- |
- |
| Pennsylvania Regulated Residential |
|
- |
- |
| Pennsylvania Regulated Commercial |
|
- |
- |
| Pennsylvania Regulated Industrial |
|
- |
- |
| Pennsylvania Regulated Other |
|
- |
- |
| Pennsylvania Regulated Transmission |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Regulated Residential |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Regulated Commercial |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Regulated Industrial |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Regulated Other |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Regulated Wholesale - municipal |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Regulated Wholesale - other |
|
- |
- |
| Corporate and Other Other |
|
- |
- |
| Rhode Island Regulated Residential |
|
- |
- |
| Rhode Island Regulated Commercial |
|
- |
- |
| Rhode Island Regulated Industrial |
|
- |
- |
| Rhode Island Regulated Other |
|
-74.29 % |
- |
| Rhode Island Regulated Transmission |
|
- |
- |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp Residential |
|
- |
- |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp Commercial |
|
- |
- |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp Industrial |
|
- |
- |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp Other |
|
- |
- |
| PPL Electric Utilities Corp Transmission |
|
- |
- |
| Louisville Gas And Electric Co Residential |
|
- |
- |
| Louisville Gas And Electric Co Commercial |
|
- |
- |
| Louisville Gas And Electric Co Industrial |
|
- |
- |
| Louisville Gas And Electric Co Other |
|
- |
- |
| Louisville Gas And Electric Co Wholesale - other |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Utilities Co Residential |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Utilities Co Commercial |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Utilities Co Industrial |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Utilities Co Other |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Utilities Co Wholesale - municipal |
|
- |
- |
| Kentucky Utilities Co Wholesale - other |
|
- |
- |
| Total |
|
10.78 % |
-69.32 % |
Ppl's EPS slowed to the 7.14% year on year, improvement in the first quarter 2026 to 0.60, underperforming the 28.19% improvement in the Electric Utilities industry, but beating the 5.03% growth in the Utilities sector. Slow first quarter 2026 income per share, in Electric Utilities industry and Utilities sector, were portrayed in Ppl Corporation results which underperformed overall market.
The bottom-line grew by 66.67% from the fourth quarter. Average yearly income per share growth for Ppl is -10.64%, while S & P 500's average annual income per share increase is 30.75% over the five years, including only Businesses with the first quarter 2026 earnings reports.