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Earnings Per Share (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Basic and Diluted EPS Computations
Reconciliations of the amounts of income and shares of PPL common stock (in thousands) for the periods ended September 30 used in the EPS calculation are:
 
Three Months
 
Nine Months
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Income (Numerator)
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net income
$
355

 
$
473

 
$
1,050

 
$
1,437

Less amounts allocated to participating securities
1

 
1

 
2

 
4

Net income available to PPL common shareowners - Basic and Diluted
$
354

 
$
472

 
$
1,048

 
$
1,433

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares of Common Stock (Denominator)
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Weighted-average shares - Basic EPS
686,563

 
678,114

 
683,783

 
676,905

Add incremental non-participating securities:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Share-based payment awards
2,183

 
2,234

 
2,298

 
3,064

Weighted-average shares - Diluted EPS
688,746

 
680,348

 
686,081

 
679,969

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic EPS
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net Income available to PPL common shareowners
$
0.52

 
$
0.70

 
$
1.53

 
$
2.12

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted EPS
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Net Income available to PPL common shareowners
$
0.51

 
$
0.69

 
$
1.53

 
$
2.11

 
Common Stock Issuances
For the periods ended September 30, PPL issued common stock related to stock-based compensation plans and the DRIP as follows (in thousands):
 
Three Months
 
Nine Months
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Stock-based compensation plans (a)
256

 
248

 
1,707

 
3,168

DRIP
355

 
761

 
1,169

 
1,533

 
(a)
Includes stock options exercised, vesting of performance units, vesting of restricted stock and restricted stock units and conversion of stock units granted to directors.
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Diluted EPS
For the periods ended September 30, the following shares (in thousands) were excluded from the computations of diluted EPS because the effect would have been antidilutive.
 
Three Months
 
Nine Months
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Stock options
696

 
696

 
696

 
696

Performance units

 
316

 

 
210