Duke Energy Earnings: Benefiting From Strong Underlying Demand and Data Center Upside
Duke Energy reported third-quarter operating earnings per share of $1.99, up from $1.81 in the same year-ago quarter.
Duke Energy Corp DUK
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls
Duke's regulated utilities provide a stable source of earnings. The company's large capital expenditure plan should drive rate base and earnings growth for the next several years. We think Duke can achieve the high end of management's 5%-7% earnings growth target.
Bears
Equity issuances and capital investment delays have hurt management's relationships with key stakeholders.
News
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Trading Information
- Previous Close Price
- $127.78
- Day Range
- $127.26–129.19
- 52-Week Range
- $112.40–134.49
- Bid/Ask
- $127.99 / $129.49
- Shares Outstanding
- 779.71M
- Market Cap
- $99.88B
- Volume/Avg
- 6M / 4M
Key Statistics
- Price/Earnings (Normalized)
- 18.78
- Price/Sales
- 2.95
- Dividend Yield (Trailing)
- 3.35%
- Dividend Yield (Forward)
- 3.40%
- Dividend Payment Schedule
- Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
- Total Yield
- 3.34%
Company Profile
Duke Energy is one of the largest US utilities, with subsidiaries in the Carolinas, Indiana, Florida, Ohio, and Kentucky that deliver electricity to more than 8 million customers. Its natural gas utilities serve more than 1.6 million customers.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Stock Style Box
- Large Value
- Total Number of Employees
- 26,441
- Website
- https://www.duke-energy.com
Competitors
Valuation
Metric | DUK | AEP | D |
|---|---|---|---|
Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 18.74 | 20.36 | 26.11 |
Price/Book Value | 1.83 | 2.10 | 2.11 |
Price/Sales | 2.94 | 2.93 | 3.13 |
Price/Cash Flow | 7.44 | 9.10 | 8.63 |
Price/Earnings
DUK
AEP
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Financial Strength
Metric | DUK | AEP | D |
|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.38 |
Current Ratio | 0.68 | 0.51 | 0.88 |
Interest Coverage | 2.68 | 2.63 | 2.49 |
Quick Ratio
DUK
AEP
D
Profitability
Metric | DUK | AEP | D |
|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 2.69% | 2.99% | 2.78% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 10.14% | 11.14% | 11.80% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 5.84% | 6.63% | 6.18% |
Return on Assets
DUK
AEP
D
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