PPL

PPL — Valuation Models

Interactive models with editable assumptions. All calculations run client-side.

Valuation Summary

ModelIntrinsic Valuevs Price ($38.73)
DCF$-389.80-1106.5%
Graham Number$26.62-31.3%
Reverse DCF
DDM$23.48-39.4%
EV/EBITDA$38.98+0.6%

Values reflect default assumptions. Adjust inputs in each model below to update.

1 — Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Assumptions

Yahoo: -$1.33B
Rev: 2.8% / EPS: 49.9%
Computed: 6.29%
Computed WACC: 6.29%
Cost of equity (Re)8.09%(Rf 4.30% + β 0.69 × ERP 5.50%)
Cost of debt (Rd)4.57%(interest expense ÷ avg debt (SEC))
Tax rate (T)21.00%(US statutory fallback)
Equity weight (E/V)59.86%
Debt weight (D/V)40.14%

Results

Intrinsic Value / share$-735.40
Current Price$38.73
Upside / Downside-1998.8%
Net Debt (used)$18.45B
Sensitivity: WACC (rows) × Near-term g (cols)
WACC \ Near-term41.9%45.9%49.9%53.9%57.9%
7.0%$-465.92$-530.73$-602.99$-683.32$-772.39
8.0%$-369.26$-419.68$-475.88$-538.35$-607.59
9.0%$-303.31$-343.92$-389.17$-439.46$-495.19
10.0%$-255.72$-289.25$-326.60$-368.11$-414.09
11.0%$-219.95$-248.16$-279.59$-314.50$-353.17

2 — Graham Number

Assumptions

Graham used 22.5 (15× P/E × 1.5× P/B)
Yahoo: $1.59
Yahoo: $19.81

Results

Graham Number$26.62
Current Price$38.73
Margin of Safety-31.3%
Formula: √(22.5 × max(0,EPS) × max(0,BVPS))

3 — Reverse DCF (Implied Growth)

Assumptions

Computed: 6.29%
Computed WACC: 6.29%
Cost of equity (Re)8.09%(Rf 4.30% + β 0.69 × ERP 5.50%)
Cost of debt (Rd)4.57%(interest expense ÷ avg debt (SEC))
Tax rate (T)21.00%(US statutory fallback)
Equity weight (E/V)59.86%
Debt weight (D/V)40.14%

Results

Reverse DCF requires positive TTM free cash flow.
Current Price$38.73
Implied Near-term FCF Growth
Historical Revenue Growth2.8%
Historical Earnings Growth49.9%
Base FCF (TTM)-$1.33B
Implied growth is the FCF growth rate (yrs 1–5) that makes the DCF intrinsic value equal the current price. Long-term growth is set to half the implied near-term rate.

4 — Dividend Discount Model (DDM)

Assumptions

Yahoo: $1.14

Results

DDM Intrinsic Value / share$23.48
Current Price$38.73
Upside / Downside-39.4%
Formula: D0 × (1+g) / (r − g)

5 — EV/EBITDA Multiple

Assumptions

Yahoo: $3.54B
Current: 13.5×
Default: $18.45B

Results

Implied Equity Value / share$38.98
Current Price$38.73
Upside / Downside+0.6%
Implied EV$47.73B
Sensitivity: EV/EBITDA multiple (rows) × Net Debt (cols)
Mult \ Net Debt$8.45B$13.45B$18.45B$23.45B$28.45B
9.5x$33.41$26.76$20.10$13.45$6.79
11.5x$42.85$36.20$29.54$22.89$16.23
13.5x$52.29$45.63$38.98$32.32$25.67
15.5x$61.73$55.07$48.42$41.76$35.11
17.5x$71.16$64.51$57.85$51.20$44.54