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Duke Energy (DUK)

Market Price (9/17/2025): $120.42 | Market Cap: $93.6 Bil
Sector: Utilities | Industry: Electric Utilities

Duke Energy (DUK)

Market Price (9/17/2025): $120.42
Market Cap: $93.6 Bil
Sector: Utilities
Industry: Electric Utilities

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 6.0%		 Trading close to highs
Dist 52W High is -3.7%, Dist 3Y High is -3.7%		 Debt is significant
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is 94%
1 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 38%, CFO LTM is 12 Bil		 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -6.9%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -39%		 Not cash flow generative
FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1.8%
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 18%		  
0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 6.0%
1 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 38%, CFO LTM is 12 Bil
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 18%
3 Trading close to highs
Dist 52W High is -3.7%, Dist 3Y High is -3.7%
4 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -6.9%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -39%
5 Debt is significant
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is 94%
6 Not cash flow generative
FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is -1.8%

Market Valuation

 9/17/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$120.42$104.88$90.76$92.26$90.43
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)93.681.070.071.069.5
Total Debt ($ Bil)88.585.280.574.668.3
Total Cash ($ Bil)0.30.30.30.40.3
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)181.7166.2150.5145.6137.8
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM3.02.72.62.83.3
P/EBIT TTM10.39.79.612.213.0
P/E TTM19.318.426.331.120.6
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)2.72.42.22.32.5
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)10.59.59.711.912.0
P/E TTM (Sector)18.218.316.519.219.2
 9/17/2520242023
Share Price CYE$120.42$104.88$90.76
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)93.681.070.0
Total Debt ($ Bil)88.585.280.5
Total Cash ($ Bil)0.30.30.3
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)181.7166.2150.5
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM3.02.72.6
P/EBIT TTM10.39.79.6
P/E TTM19.318.426.3
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)2.72.42.2
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)10.59.59.7
P/E TTM (Sector)18.218.316.5

Market Cap Chart

Business Description

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. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
DUK Return5%19%2%-2%16%15%68%
Peers Return1%18%2%1%31%10%77%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: NEE, CEG, AEP, EXC, EIX. See DUK Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/16/2025 (YTD)

Better Bets than Duke Energy (DUK)

 DUKBetter Performance than DUK
MetricValueIndustry (Electric Utilities)
Rev Chg LTM4.1%CEG (5.4%), SO (9.6%), VST (31.6%), AEP (5.9%), EXC (6.7%)
Rev Chg 3Y Avg6.0%CEG (6.8%), SO (6.3%), VST (22.4%), EXC (8.5%), PEG (7.0%)
Op Mgn LTM26.9%ETR (26.9%), FTS (28.9%), EIX (27.9%), OTTR (27.1%)
CFO/Rev LTM38.2%ETR (38.5%), MGEE (39.2%)
FCF/Rev LTM-1.8%SO (0.4%), VST (8.9%), WEC (1.6%), LNT (26.8%), OTTR (6.2%)
Total Yield6.0%SO (7.5%), AEP (9.8%), EXC (9.9%), PEG (7.9%), ETR (7.2%)
 DUKBetter Performance than DUK
MetricValueAll Other Sectors
Rev Chg LTM4.1%NVDA (71.6%), MSFT (14.9%), AAPL (6.0%), GOOGL (13.1%), AMZN (10.9%)
Rev Chg 3Y Avg6.0%NVDA (92.0%), MSFT (12.5%), GOOGL (10.2%), AMZN (11.3%), META (13.0%)
Op Mgn LTM26.9%NVDA (58.1%), MSFT (45.6%), AAPL (31.9%), GOOGL (32.7%), META (42.9%)
CFO/Rev LTM38.2%NVDA (46.6%), MSFT (48.3%), META (56.4%), AVGO (42.4%), V (60.4%)
FCF/Rev LTM-1.8%NVDA (43.6%), MSFT (25.4%), AAPL (23.5%), GOOGL (18.0%), AMZN (2.0%)
Total Yield6.0%JPM (6.6%), XOM (9.7%), JNJ (8.2%), BAC (7.2%), BABA (38.9%)

Latest Trefis Analyses

TitleTopicDate
0DASHBOARDS  
1Duke Energy Earnings Notes  
2Duke Energy vs Newmont: Which Is A Better Investment?Counter-Intuitive Comparisons 
3Duke Energy vs National Fuel Gas: Which Is A Better Investment?Counter-Intuitive Comparisons 
4How Does DUK Stack Up Against Its Peers?Peer Comparison 
5Better Bet Than DUK Stock: Pay Less Than Duke Energy To Get More From FI, EXC   
6Better Bet Than DUK Stock: Pay Less Than Duke Energy To Get More From BIPC, EXC   
7Better Bet Than DUK Stock: Pay Less Than Duke Energy To Get More From EXC   
8Better Bet Than DUK Stock: Pay Less Than Duke Energy To Get More From EXC Actionable 
9DUK Dip Buy Analysis  
10DUK YTD Stock Return Of 9.2% Outperforms EIX by 46% and Underperforms CEG by -25%Return 
11ARTICLES  
12Better Bet Than Duke Energy Stock: Pay Less To Get More From EXC August 9th, 2025
13Better Bet Than NextEra Energy Stock: Pay Less To Get More From Industry Peers July 16th, 2025
14Duke Energy Jumps 10% On Takeover Rebuff News – What’s Going To Happen Now? October 5th, 2020
15Duke Energy Could Have 20% Upside. What Are The Catalysts? September 28th, 2020
16Duke, Southern, Dominion: Utility Stocks Continue To Underperform. Time To Buy? July 17th, 2020
Title
0DASHBOARDS
1Better Bet Than Duke Energy Stock: Pay Less To Get More From EXC
2Better Bet Than NextEra Energy Stock: Pay Less To Get More From Industry Peers
3Duke Energy Jumps 10% On Takeover Rebuff News – What’s Going To Happen Now?
4Duke Energy Could Have 20% Upside. What Are The Catalysts?
5Duke, Southern, Dominion: Utility Stocks Continue To Underperform. Time To Buy?
6ARTICLES
7Duke Energy Earnings Notes
8Duke Energy vs Newmont: Which Is A Better Investment?
9Duke Energy vs National Fuel Gas: Which Is A Better Investment?
10How Does DUK Stack Up Against Its Peers?
11Better Bet Than DUK Stock: Pay Less Than Duke Energy To Get More From FI, EXC 
12Better Bet Than DUK Stock: Pay Less Than Duke Energy To Get More From BIPC, EXC 
13Better Bet Than DUK Stock: Pay Less Than Duke Energy To Get More From EXC 
14Better Bet Than DUK Stock: Pay Less Than Duke Energy To Get More From EXC 
15DUK Dip Buy Analysis
16DUK YTD Stock Return Of 9.2% Outperforms EIX by 46% and Underperforms CEG by -25%

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Financials

DUKNEECEGAEPEXCEIXMedian
NameDuke Ene.NextEra .Constell.American.Exelon Edison I. 
Mkt Price120.2569.83322.91106.8442.7355.1888.34
Mkt Cap93.4143.6101.457.143.121.275.3
Rev LTM31,27125,89924,82120,66723,70017,33224,260
Op Inc LTM8,3987,6453,4385,1304,7344,8274,979
FCF LTM-5633,735-2,398-3,236-1,499-641-1,070
FCF 3Y Avg-2,8082,046-5,749-2,495-2,372-1,690-2,433
CFO LTM11,94112,2084566,5715,7775,1956,174
CFO 3Y Avg9,71311,329-3,2665,5954,8534,0215,224

Growth & Margins

DUKNEECEGAEPEXCEIXMedian
NameDuke Ene.NextEra .Constell.American.Exelon Edison I. 
Rev Chg LTM4.1%0.2%5.4%5.9%6.7%5.4%5.4%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg6.0%16.7%6.8%4.9%8.5%3.0%6.4%
Rev Chg Q4.7%10.4%11.4%11.1%11.1%-6.5%10.7%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM1.1%2.5%2.6%2.5%2.9%-1.5%2.5%
Op Mgn LTM26.9%29.5%13.9%24.8%20.0%27.9%25.8%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg25.0%31.1%8.8%21.2%18.8%17.5%20.0%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-0.0%0.3%-2.6%2.2%1.3%11.2%0.8%
CFO/Rev LTM38.2%47.1%1.8%31.8%24.4%30.0%30.9%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg32.0%43.4%-13.2%28.1%22.1%23.7%25.9%
FCF/Rev LTM-1.8%14.4%-9.7%-15.7%-6.3%-3.7%-5.0%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg-9.6%8.0%-23.2%-12.5%-11.3%-9.9%-10.6%

Valuation

DUKNEECEGAEPEXCEIXMedian
NameDuke Ene.NextEra .Constell.American.Exelon Edison I. 
Mkt Cap93.4143.6101.457.143.121.275.3
P/S3.05.54.12.81.81.22.9
P/EBIT10.318.222.910.38.64.010.3
P/E19.324.333.715.615.97.217.6
P/CFO7.811.8222.48.77.54.18.3
Total Yield6.0%7.2%3.4%9.8%9.9%19.6%8.5%
Dividend Yield0.9%3.1%0.5%3.4%3.6%5.8%3.3%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg-3.9%1.4%-12.8%-5.2%-6.1%-6.6%-5.6%
D/E0.90.60.10.81.11.90.9
Net D/E0.90.60.10.81.11.80.9

Returns

DUKNEECEGAEPEXCEIXMedian
NameDuke Ene.NextEra .Constell.American.Exelon Edison I. 
1M Rtn-1.8%-6.7%0.2%-4.6%-4.1%-0.6%-3.0%
3M Rtn5.7%-2.1%5.8%6.0%1.7%13.9%5.7%
6M Rtn1.4%0.3%53.5%2.5%-2.1%-3.0%0.8%
12M Rtn5.9%-14.9%63.0%5.5%9.7%-32.7%5.7%
3Y Rtn27.8%-10.3%286.9%19.5%10.6%-6.0%15.1%
1M Excs Rtn-4.2%-9.1%-2.2%-7.0%-6.6%-3.0%-5.4%
3M Excs Rtn-4.4%-14.1%-4.5%-3.8%-8.5%6.4%-4.5%
6M Excs Rtn-15.1%-18.0%31.7%-13.8%-18.4%-19.9%-16.6%
12M Excs Rtn-10.5%-31.8%53.0%-10.5%-6.8%-49.5%-10.5%
3Y Excs Rtn-39.0%-77.8%215.9%-47.9%-58.2%-70.6%-53.0%

Comparison Analyses

Financials

$ Mil | FY: 12/312025Q22025Q12024Q42024Q32024Q22024Q12023Q42023Q32023Q22023Q12022Q42022Q3
Period End6/30/20253/31/202512/31/20249/30/20246/30/20243/31/202412/31/20239/30/20236/30/20233/31/202312/31/20229/30/2022
Filing Date8/5/20255/6/20252/27/202511/7/20248/6/20245/7/20242/23/202411/2/20238/8/20235/9/20232/27/202311/4/2022
Key Financials Quarterly            
Total Revenue7,5088,2497,3608,1547,1727,6717,2127,9946,5787,2767,3517,842
Ebitda3,9924,1773,8364,0173,4613,6833,5963,9113,1693,1892,7463,662
Operating Income1,8192,3372,1102,1321,7441,9511,8382,1911,3991,6751,4212,046
Net Income9841,3791,2051,2819001,1381,0051,252-220804-6361,422
EPS1.251.761.541.601.131.441.271.59-0.321.01-0.861.81
Key Financials TTM            
Total Revenue TTM31,27130,93530,35730,20930,04929,45529,06029,19929,04729,03328,76827,179
Ebitda TTM16,02215,49114,99714,75714,65114,35913,86513,01512,76612,64012,36012,473
Operating Income TTM8,3988,3237,9377,6657,7247,3797,1036,6866,5416,5736,4246,207
Net Income TTM4,8494,7654,5244,3244,2953,1752,8411,2001,3702,4972,5503,932
Growth Rates Quarterly            
Total Revenue Growth4.7%7.5%2.1%2.0%9.0%5.4%-1.9%1.9%0.2%3.8%27.6%12.8%
EBITDA Growth15.3%13.4%6.7%2.7%9.2%15.5%31.0%6.8%4.1%9.6%-4.0%8.2%
Operating Income Growth4.3%19.8%14.8%-2.7%24.7%16.5%29.3%7.1%-2.2%9.8%18.0%8.3%
Net Income Growth9.3%21.2%19.9%2.3%509.1%41.5%258.0%-12.0%-124.3%-6.2%-185.3%1.2%
Margins Quarterly            
EBITDA Margin53.2%50.6%52.1%49.3%48.3%48.0%49.9%48.9%48.2%43.8%37.4%46.7%
Operating Income Margin24.2%28.3%28.7%26.1%24.3%25.4%25.5%27.4%21.3%23.0%19.3%26.1%
Net Income Margin13.1%16.7%16.4%15.7%12.5%14.8%13.9%15.7%-3.3%11.1%-8.7%18.1%
Cash & Debt            
Total Cash344475314376390459253324377451409453
Total Debt88,45387,48185,23085,02483,37482,32380,45779,43878,81977,01974,57973,919
Net Debt / (Cash)88,10987,00684,91684,64882,98481,86480,20479,11478,44276,56874,17073,466
Cash Flows Quarterly            
FCF from Operations2,8632,1773,3773,5242,9532,4742,5693,5242,3021,4837391,153
Cash Flows TTM            
FCF from Operations TTM11,94112,03112,32811,52011,52010,8699,8788,0485,6775,6155,9276,251
Returns to Shareholders Quarterly            
Dividends807803802821784806806832791815790815
Share Repurchases-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) Quarterly            
ROIC4.8%6.1%5.9%5.8%4.7%5.2%5.2%6.8%3.9%4.7%4.7%6.1%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) TTM            
ROIC TTM5.6%5.5%5.3%5.2%5.4%5.2%5.1%4.9%4.7%4.8%4.9%4.8%

Price Behavior

DUK Betas & Captures as of 8/31/2025

 1M2M3M6M1Y3Y
Beta-0.10-0.16-0.050.00-0.020.26
Up Beta0.51-0.04-0.04-0.03-0.000.27
Down Beta-0.82-0.86-0.450.060.050.22
Up Capture0%18%17%4%-1%7%
Bmk +ve Days10223571142415
Stock +ve Days12253566130397
Down Capture-32%-25%-12%-7%-22%51%
Bmk -ve Days11192754106334
Stock -ve Days9172860119354

[1] Upside and downside betas calculated using positive and negative benchmark daily returns respectively

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity14,056,879
Short Interest: % Change Since 8152025-5.3%
Average Daily Volume2,662,172
Days-to-Cover Short Interest5.28
Basic Shares Quantity777,000,000
Short % of Basic Shares1.8%

Returns Analyses

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/5/2025-0.1%1.1%-1.3%
5/6/2025-0.3%-8.0%-5.0%
2/13/2025-1.2%2.3%7.0%
11/7/20241.9%-0.4%1.7%
8/6/20240.5%0.7%4.4%
5/7/20240.1%0.0%1.6%
2/8/2024-1.0%0.8%4.6%
11/2/20230.4%-2.1%4.4%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive131313
# Negative111111
Median Positive0.7%1.7%4.4%
Median Negative-1.0%-2.1%-2.5%
Max Positive3.2%4.6%8.5%
Max Negative-2.8%-8.0%-11.6%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
6302025805202510-Q 6/30/2025
3312025506202510-Q 3/31/2025
12312024227202510-K 12/31/2024
93020241107202410-Q 9/30/2024
6302024806202410-Q 6/30/2024
3312024507202410-Q 3/31/2024
12312023223202410-K 12/31/2023
93020231102202310-Q 9/30/2023
6302023808202310-Q 6/30/2023
3312023509202310-Q 3/31/2023
12312022227202310-K 12/31/2022
93020221104202210-Q 9/30/2022
6302022804202210-Q 6/30/2022
3312022509202210-Q 3/31/2022
12312021224202210-K 12/31/2021
93020211104202110-Q 9/30/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value		Value of
Held Shares		Form
0Weintraub Alexander J.SVP, Chief Customer Officer8212025Sell121.6440048,656956,090Form
1Titone Bonnie B.SVP, Chief Admin Officer8212025Sell124.382,000248,7642,438,880Form
2Gillespie Thomas Preston Jr.EVP-Chf Gen Off-Entrp Op Excel8132025Sell124.266,700832,5425,768,398Form
3Renjel Louis E.EVP&CEO Duke Energy FL&Midwest8082025Sell125.561,580198,3782,653,243Form
4MCKEE E MARIE 8082025Sell124.881,610201,057125Form

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