Skip to content
OpenCapital
Get started

PPL PPL Interest coverage

Interest coverage at other companies

FirstEnergy logo
FirstEnergyFE
1.8×-0.4×
EVR
EvergyEVRG
2.4×-0.1×
Public Service Enterprise Group logo
Public Service Enterprise GroupPEG
3.1×+0.5×
PG&E logo
PG&EPCG
1.6×+0.2×
PNW
Pinnacle West CapitalPNW
2.6×0.0×
Entergy logo
EntergyETR
2.7×+0.6×

Other financials

Income statement

See full
Revenue$2.8B+10.8%
Operating income$745.0M+9.9%
Net income$452.0M+9.2%
EPS (diluted)$0.36+50.0%

Balance sheet

See full
Cash & equivalents$1.3B+268%
Total debt$19.2B+15.1%
Total equity$15.0B+5.1%
Total assets$46.3B+10.8%

Cash flow

See full
Operating cash flow$557.0M+8.6%
CapEx$1.1B+33.4%
Free cash flow-$501.0M-78.9%

Valuation

See full
Market cap$26.62B+7.7%
Enterprise value$44.61B+8.5%
P/E21.8×-3.0×
P/S2.9×0.0×

Profitability

See full
Operating margin23.6%+2.0pp
Net margin13.1%+1.6pp
FCF margin-17.4%—

Returns & leverage

See full
Return on equity8.3%+1.3pp
Debt / equity1.3×+0.1×
Current ratio1×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from PPL’s reported figures.

ebit/interest expense=2.6×

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: PPL’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Ask your AI about PPL's interest coverage.

Connect your AI assistant and compare it to peers, right in your chat.

Connect your AI
Harbor at dusk
Claude

Questions, answered.

What is PPL's interest coverage?
PPL (PPL) reported interest coverage of 2.6× in Q1 2026.
How has PPL's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
PPL's interest coverage increased by 4.3% year-over-year, from 2.5× to 2.6×.
What is the long-term trend for PPL's interest coverage?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), PPL's interest coverage has grown at a 1.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 2.5× to 2.6×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.