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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.8B+10.8%
Operating income$745.0M+9.9%
Net income$452.0M+9.2%

Balance sheet

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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

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

Valuation

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

Profitability

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Operating margin23.6%+2.0pp
Net margin13.1%+1.6pp

Returns & leverage

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

Where this comes from

Calculated from PPL’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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

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Questions, answered.

What is PPL's return on assets?
PPL (PPL) reported return on assets of 2.8% in Q1 2026.
How has PPL's return on assets changed year-over-year?
PPL's return on assets increased by 13.2% year-over-year, from 2.4% to 2.8%.
What is the long-term trend for PPL's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), PPL's return on assets has grown at a -4.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -12.2% to 10.2%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.