PPL (PPL) Operating Income

: $1,659 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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PPL's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $400 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,659 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. PPL's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $400 Mil. PPL's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,031 Mil. Therefore, PPL's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 19.69%.

Warning Sign:

PPL Corp operating margin has been in a 5-year decline. The average rate of decline per year is -12.9%.

PPL's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was -12.90% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. PPL's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.79%. PPL's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.83%.

PPL Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for PPL's Operating Income can be seen below:

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PPL Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Operating Income

1,534.00

1,584.00

1,445.00

1,421.00

1,670.00

PPL Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Operating Income																356.00	505.00	304.00	450.00	400.00

PPL Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,659 Mil.

PPL (NYSE:PPL) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

PPL's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	NOPAT	/	Average Invested Capital
=	Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )	/	( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 )	+	Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))	/ count )
=	1600 * ( 1 - 11.02% )	/	( (37074	+	38113)	/ 2 )
=	1423.68	/	37593.5
=	3.79 %

where

	Invested Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	38629	-	1680	-	( 353	-	max(0, 2879	-	2754	+	353	))
=	37074

	Invested Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	Excess Cash
=	Total Assets	-	Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	-	( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	-	max(0, Total Current Liabilities	-	Total Current Assets	+	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	))
=	39236	-	1531	-	( 331	-	max(0, 3340	-	2932	+	331	))
=	38113

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

PPL's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Net fixed Assets	+	Net Working Capital)
=	EBIT	/	Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment	+	Net Working Capital)
			Q: Sep. 2023		Q: Dec. 2023
=	EBIT	/	( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital)	+	(Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )	/	count )
=	1196	/	( ( (31070 + max(-428, 0))	+	(31418 + max(-445, 0)) )	/	2 )
=	1196	/	( ( 31070	+	31418 )	/	2 )
=	1196	/	31244
=	3.83 %

where Working Capital is:

	Working Capital		(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(1068	+	488	+	517)	-	(1680	+	0	+	821)
=	-428

	Working Capital		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	(Accounts Receivable	+	Total Inventories	+	Other Current Assets)	-	(Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense	+	Defer. Rev.	+	Other Current Liabilities)
=	(950	+	505	+	447)	-	(1531	+	0	+	816)
=	-445

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

PPL's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %	=	Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	400	/	2031
	=	19.69 %

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.

Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.

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PPL (PPL) Business Description

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Address

Two North Ninth Street, Allentown, PA, USA, 18101-1179

Website

https://www.pplweb.com

PPL is a holding company of regulated utilities in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Rhode Island. The Pennsylvania regulated delivery and transmission segment distributes electricity to customers in central and eastern Pennsylvania. LG&E and KU are involved in regulated electricity generation, transmission, and distribution in Kentucky. The Kentucky utilities also serve gas customers. Narragansett operates electric and gas utilities in Rhode Island.

Executives

Tadd J Henninger	officer: Vice President and Treasurer	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Crockett John R Iii	officer: President of a PPL Subsidiary	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
David J Bonenberger	officer: President of a PPL Subsidiary	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Linda G Sullivan	director	P.O.BOX 800, 2244 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE, ROSEMEAD CA 91770
Francis X Sullivan	officer: EVP and COO	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Bergstein Joseph P Jr	officer: VP-IR and Treasurer	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Vincent Sorgi	officer: Vice President and Controller	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Stephanie R Raymond	officer: President of a PPL Subsidiary	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Gregory N Dudkin	officer: President of a PPL Subsidiary	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Angela K Gosman	officer: SVP and CHRO	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Heather B Redman	director	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Wendy E Stark	officer: SVP, GC and Corp Sec	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Joanne H Raphael	officer: SVP, GC & Corp Sec	TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Art P Beattie	director	600 NORTH 18TH STREET, BIRMINGHAM AL 35291
William H Spence	officer: Executive VP and COO	UNIVERSITY OFFICE PLAZA, 252 CHAPMAN RD., PO BOX 6066, NEWARK DE 19714-0066