Stock · DUK · Utilities
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1983 · Revenue 12 mo. $33.4B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Duke Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States.
Duke Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. The company operates through two segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure (EU&I); and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure (GU&I). The EU&I segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity to customers in the Southeast and Midwest regions. It generates electricity through coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, renewables, and nuclear fuel. This segment also engages in the wholesale of electricity to municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and other load-serving entities. The GU&I segment distributes natural gas to customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation natural gas sectors; and invests in pipeline transmission projects, renewable natural gas projects, and natural gas storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Duke Energy Holding Corp. and changed its name to Duke Energy Corporation in April 2006. Duke Energy Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Summary
54.9 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
Price to operating cash flow 8.6×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 7.7× to 10.0×, median 8.3×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
5 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., EBIT margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 9.58% | 9.62% | Rank 47 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 6.54% | 6.41% | Rank 53 |
| EBIT margin | 26.61% | 19.18% | Rank 77 |
| FCF margin | −5.19% | −1.66% | Rank 42 |
| Gross margin | 31.56% | 29.12% | Rank 57 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 6.19% | 4.81% | Rank 54 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 24.52% | 7.55% | Rank 79 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 27.93% | 6.85% | Rank 91 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 43.50% | 28.08% | Rank 66 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 5.00% | 4.89% | Rank 52 |
| FCF yield | −1.69% | −0.91% | Rank 47 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 5.88 | 4.63 | Rank 35 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 22.09 | 21.24 | Rank 44 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −6.56% | −1.83% | Rank 36 |
| Share price, 6 months | 3.39% | 0.12% | Rank 61 |
| Share price, 3 months | 7.48% | 6.83% | Rank 56 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −4.26% | −9.51% | Rank 77 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 3.65% | 3.91% | Rank 52 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.65% | 0.35% | Rank 46 |
| Dividend streak in years | 15 | 8 | Rank 73 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −1.65% | 0.04% | Rank 24 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 26.49% | 28.29% | Rank 44 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 5.78 | 5.05 | Rank 32 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.75 | 1.51 | Rank 38 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 16.65% | 22.48% | Rank 88 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 22.7 | 22.9% | −$1.1B | 691M | 50.8 |
| 2017 | 23.6 | 23.9% | −$1.4B | 700M | 54.5 |
| 2018 | 24.5 | 19.1% | −$2.2B | 708M | 57.5 |
| 2019 | 25.1 | 22.8% | −$2.9B | 729M | 62.4 |
| 2020 | 23.4 | 19.6% | −$1.1B | 738M | 63.8 |
| 2021 | 25.1 | 21.4% | −$1.4B | 769M | 67.9 |
| 2022 | 28.8 | 20.9% | −$5.4B | 770M | 74.5 |
| 2023 | 29.1 | 24.3% | −$2.7B | 771M | 80.2 |
| 2024 | 30.4 | 26.1% | $48.0M | 772M | 84.9 |
| 2025 | 32.2 | 26.6% | −$1.7B | 777M | 90.6 |
2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Duke Energy Corporation mainly meets criteria in the Growth category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Duke Energy Corporation is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
2 of 7 rules met
3 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Duke Energy Corporation.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 20.0 | 19.8 |
| P/B ratio | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Equity ratio | 26.5% | 28.3% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.75 | 1.51 |
| Dividend yield | 3.3% | 3.3% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| DUK | Duke Energy Corporationthis page | |
| SO | Southern Company | Low0.9 |
| AEP | American Electric Power Co Inc | Medium5.5 |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc | Low1.8 |
| ETR | Entergy Corporation | locked |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc | locked |
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