TTM
-17.4%
YoY change
−10.00pp
Trough year (2013)
-20.0%
Peak year (1997)
15.2%
Latest annual
-15.5%
FCF Margin history chart for PPL (PPL) from 1995 to 2025
Latest: -15.5%
FCF Margin change chart for PPL (PPL) from 1995 to 2025
Latest: −10.00pp
FCF Margin history table for PPL (PPL) from 1995 to 2025
| 2025 | -15.5% | -10.00pp | ||
| 2024 | -5.5% | +2.11pp | ||
| 2023 | -7.6% | -2.23pp | ||
| 2022 | -5.4% | -10.51pp | ||
| 2021 | 5.1% | -3.56pp | ||
| 2020 | 8.7% | +20.41pp | ||
| 2019 | -11.7% | -6.35pp | ||
| 2018 | -5.4% | +4.18pp | ||
| 2017 | -9.5% | -8.64pp | ||
| 2016 | -0.9% | +11.56pp | ||
| 2015 | -12.5% | -2.49pp | ||
| 2014 | -10.0% | +10.00pp | ||
| 2013 | -20.0% | -17.15pp | ||
| 2012 | -2.8% | -2.97pp | ||
| 2011 | 0.2% | -3.89pp | ||
| 2010 | 4.0% | -3.40pp | ||
| 2009 | 7.5% | +9.46pp | ||
| 2008 | -2.0% | -0.26pp | ||
| 2007 | -1.8% | -7.69pp | ||
| 2006 | 5.9% | -4.48pp | ||
| 2005 | 10.4% | -1.80pp | ||
| 2004 | 12.2% | +2.03pp | ||
| 2003 | 10.2% | +7.49pp | ||
| 2002 | 2.7% | -4.01pp | ||
| 2001 | 6.7% | -2.21pp | ||
| 2000 | 8.9% | +1.81pp | ||
| 1999 | 7.1% | -1.69pp | ||
| 1998 | 8.8% | -6.38pp | ||
| 1997 | 15.2% | +0.30pp | ||
| 1996 | 14.9% | +4.36pp | ||
| 1995 | 10.5% | — |
- 2025-15.5%-10.00pp
- 2024-5.5%+2.11pp
- 2023-7.6%-2.23pp
- 2022-5.4%-10.51pp
- 20215.1%-3.56pp
- 20208.7%+20.41pp
- 2019-11.7%-6.35pp
- 2018-5.4%+4.18pp
- 2017-9.5%-8.64pp
- 2016-0.9%+11.56pp
- 2015-12.5%-2.49pp
- 2014-10.0%+10.00pp
- 2013-20.0%-17.15pp
- 2012-2.8%-2.97pp
- 20110.2%-3.89pp
- 20104.0%-3.40pp
- 20097.5%+9.46pp
- 2008-2.0%-0.26pp
- 2007-1.8%-7.69pp
- 20065.9%-4.48pp
- 200510.4%-1.80pp
- 200412.2%+2.03pp
- 200310.2%+7.49pp
- 20022.7%-4.01pp
- 20016.7%-2.21pp
- 20008.9%+1.81pp
- 19997.1%-1.69pp
- 19988.8%-6.38pp
- 199715.2%+0.30pp
- 199614.9%+4.36pp
- 199510.5%—
FCF Margin values are taken from PPL's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at PPL (PPL)
According to PPL's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is -17.4%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
PPL (PPL) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at -15.49% (2025) – contracted 10.0 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 15.18%, reached in 1997; the historical low of -19.96% was recorded in 2013.
PPL FCF Margin by Year
PPL FCF Margin 2025: -15.5%
2025's free cash flow margin for PPL came in at -15.49%, contracted 10.0 percentage points from 2024.
PPL FCF Margin 2024: -5.5%
PPL posted free cash flow margin of -5.50% in 2024, expanded 2.1 percentage points from 2023.
PPL FCF Margin 2023: -7.6%
In 2023, PPL reported free cash flow margin of -7.60%, contracted 2.2 percentage points from 2022.
PPL FCF Margin 2022: -5.4%
PPL free cash flow margin in 2022 was -5.38%, contracted 10.5 percentage points from 2021.
PPL FCF Margin 2021: 5.1%
PPL free cash flow margin in 2021 was 5.14%.
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