Utilities
Duke Energy Corporation(DUK)
Live Price
Offline$124.48
+0.61% today
1Y Change
+6.71%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $99.28B
- Revenue Growth
- +6.2%
- EPS Growth
- +10.5%
- Dividend Yield
- 3.3%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) is a Utilities stock with a market cap of $99.28B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $124.48 and up 6.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +6.2%, EPS growth of +10.5%, a dividend yield of 3.3%. What stands out right now is revenue +6.2%, EPS +10.5%, free cash flow -3583.3% with operating margin 27.0% and ROIC 4.2%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.3%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 19.3 and price/sales 3.0. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines DUK price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Utilities peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+6.2% vs +6.1% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+27.0% vs +21.0% peer median
P/E
Near sector median
19.3 vs 19.5 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 5, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +6.2% and EPS at +10.5%, with operating margin around 27.0%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 3.3%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.3% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 5, 2026 | โ | -1.6% | -2.0% | -5.1% |
2026 Feb 10, 2026 | +0.7% | +1.3% | +1.3% | +5.2% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | +2.8% | -0.3% | -0.3% | -6.0% |
Benchmark Edge
DUK vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
DUK
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
DUK Max Drawdown
-11.65%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for DUK and SPY.
Company Overview
Duke Energy Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Duke Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure, Gas Utilities and Infrastructure, and Commercial Renewables. The Electric Utilities and Infrastructure segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in the Carolinas, Florida, and the Midwest; and uses coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, renewable generation, and nuclear fuel to generate electricity. It also engages in the wholesale of electricity to municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and load-serving entities. This segment serves approximately 8.2 million customers in 6 states in the Southeast and Midwest regions of the United States covering a service territory of approximately 91,000 square miles; and owns approximately 50,259 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity. The Gas Utilities and Infrastructure segment distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation natural gas customers; and owns, operates, and invests in pipeline transmission and natural gas storage facilities. It has approximately 1.6 million customers, including 1.1 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, as well as 550,000 customers in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. The Commercial Renewables segment acquires, owns, develops, builds, and operates wind and solar renewable generation projects, including nonregulated renewable energy and energy storage services to utilities, electric cooperatives, municipalities, and corporate customers. It has 23 wind, 178 solar, and 2 battery storage facilities, as well as 71 fuel cell locations with a capacity of 3,554 MW across 22 states. The company was formerly known as Duke Energy Holding Corp. and changed its name to Duke Energy Corporation in April 2005. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Leadership
- Harry K. Sideris
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 26.4k
- Street Address
- 526 South Church Street
- Mailing
- Charlotte, NC, 28202-1803
- Region
- Charlotte, NC, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 704 382 3853
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 19.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 11.8
- Price/Sales
- 3.0
- Price/Book
- 1.8
Growth
- Revenue
- +6.2%
- EPS
- +10.5%
- Free Cash Flow
- -3583.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 58.4%
- Operating Margin
- 27.0%
- Net Margin
- 15.4%
- ROE
- 9.9%
- ROIC
- 4.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.66
- Current Ratio
- 0.66
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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