DUK Stock Analysis: Duke Energy | NYSE
Utilities - Regulated Electric | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 97.447m USD | 12M Return: 5.3% | US26441C2044 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 438M
EPS Trend: 92.7%
Qual. Beats: 2
Rev. Trend: 98.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
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Seasonality 11.7 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) is a U.S.-based, large-cap utility company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 1904. It operates through two segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure (EU&I), which generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity across the Southeast and Midwest using a mix of coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, renewables, and nuclear fuel, and also engages in wholesale electricity sales to municipalities and cooperatives; and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure (GU&I), which distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation customers while investing in pipeline transmission, renewable natural gas, and natural gas storage projects.
As an investor-owned utility operating in the GICS Utilities sector, Duke Energy follows a vertically integrated business model spanning generation through delivery, with operations typically subject to state-level public utility commission regulation that oversees rates and service standards. Companies in this sub-industry, classified as Electric Utilities, generally function as regulated franchises within defined service territories, which tends to produce predictable, recurring revenue streams tied to customer usage and approved rate bases.
- Regulated rate hikes boost returns on grid investments
- Higher interest rates raise capital expenditure financing costs
- Southeast customer growth drives electric utility volume gains
| Net Income: 5.25b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.02 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.83 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -20.19% < 20% (prev -20.02%; Δ -0.17% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.06 > 3% & CFO 11.6b > Net Income 5.25b |
| Net Debt (91.5b) to EBITDA (17.5b): 5.23 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.66 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (779.0m) vs 12m ago 0.26% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 68.19% > 18% (prev 46.17%; Δ 22.02% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 17.08% > 50% (prev 16.48%; Δ 0.60% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 2.58 > 6 (EBIT TTM 9.75b / Interest Expense TTM 3.77b) |
| A: -0.03 (Total Current Assets 13.1b - Total Current Liabilities 19.9b) / Total Assets 201b |
| B: 0.03 (Retained Earnings 6.00b / Total Assets 201b) |
| C: 0.05 (EBIT TTM 9.75b / Avg Total Assets 195b) |
| D: 0.38 (Book Value of Equity 54.8b / Total Liabilities 144b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 0.61 = B |
| DSRI: 1.03 (Receivables 4.48b/4.09b, Revenue 33.4b/31.3b) |
| GMI: 0.68 (GM 46.17% / 68.19%) |
| AQI: 0.98 (AQ_t 0.26 / AQ_t-1 0.26) |
| SGI: 1.07 (Revenue 33.4b / 31.3b) |
| TATA: -0.03 (NI 5.25b - CFO 11.6b) / TA 201b) |
| Beneish M = -3.26 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of October 31, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 127.39 with a total of 4,908,101 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +1.93%, over one month by +11.54%, over three months by +1.77% and over the past year by +5.31%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 124.10 (which is 2.6% or 1.7 ATR below the current price).
Duke Energy has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.91. Therefore, it is recommended to buy DUK.
- StrongBuy: 9
- Buy: 3
- Hold: 11
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 132.1 | 3.7% |
P/E Trailing = 18.8223
P/E Forward = 16.6667
P/S = 2.9707
P/B = 1.7314
P/EG = 2.2238
Revenue TTM = 33.4b USD
EBIT TTM = 9.75b USD
EBITDA TTM = 17.5b USD
Long Term Debt = 82.2b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 9.00b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 92.2b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 968.0m
Net Debt = 91.5b USD (calculated: Debt 92.2b - CCE 673.0m)
Enterprise Value = 189b USD (97.4b + Debt 92.2b - CCE 673.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 2.58 (Ebit TTM 9.75b / Interest Expense TTM 3.77b)
EV/FCF = -44.22x (Enterprise Value 189b / FCF TTM -4.27b)
FCF Yield = -2.26% (FCF TTM -4.27b / Enterprise Value 189b)
FCF Margin = -12.81% (FCF TTM -4.27b / Revenue TTM 33.4b)
Net Margin = 15.72% (Net Income TTM 5.25b / Revenue TTM 33.4b)
Gross Margin = 68.19% ((Revenue TTM 33.4b - Cost of Revenue TTM 10.6b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 73.06% (prev 67.92%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.94 (Enterprise Value 189b / Total Assets 201b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.09% (Interest Expense 3.77b / Debt 92.2b)
Taxrate = 13.30% (823.0m / 6.19b)
NOPAT = 8.45b (EBIT 9.75b * (1 - 13.30%))
Current Ratio = 0.66 (Total Current Assets 13.1b / Total Current Liabilities 19.9b)
Debt / Equity = 1.68 (Debt 92.2b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 54.8b)
Debt / EBITDA = 5.23 (Net Debt 91.5b / EBITDA 17.5b)
Debt / FCF = -21.42 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt 91.5b / FCF TTM -4.27b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 53.1b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 2.69% (Net Income 5.25b / Total Assets 201b)
RoE = 9.88% (Net Income TTM 5.25b / Total Stockholder Equity 53.1b)
RoCE = 7.20% (EBIT 9.75b / Capital Employed (Equity 53.1b + L.T.Debt 82.2b))
RoIC = 4.46% (NOPAT 8.45b / Invested Capital 190b)
WACC = 3.94% (E(97.4b)/V(190b) * Re(4.32%) + D(92.2b)/V(190b) * Rd(4.09%) * (1-Tc(0.13)))
Discount Rate = 4.32% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 94.60 | Cagr: 0.46%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -4.27b)
EPS Correlation: 92.68 | EPS CAGR: 7.94% | SUE: 1.54 | # QB: 2
Revenue Correlation: 98.45 | Revenue CAGR: 5.40% | SUE: -0.30 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.86 | Chg30d=-0.77% | Revisions=-40% | Analysts=15
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=6.71 | Chg30d=+0.06% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+6.4% | GrowthRev=+4.7%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=7.17 | Chg30d=-0.03% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+6.8% | GrowthRev=+4.5%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -22% (up=2, down=4)