Duke Energy (1DUK) Stock Price & Analysis
1DUK Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 114.00 - EUR 114.90
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 61.00 - EUR 173.00
- Previous Close
- EUR 112.50
- Volume
- 0
- Average Volume (3M)
- 6
- Market Cap
- EUR 88.94B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 193.08B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 673.00M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 91.24B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 19.1
- Beta
- 0.13
- Next Earnings
- Nov 05, 2026 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 1.67
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 3.22%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Regulated Utility Model
Duke’s regulated electricity and gas businesses provide essential services and operate under mechanisms designed to recover prudently incurred costs and earn returns on approved investment. This framework supports revenue visibility and makes the business more resilient than largely merchant power models over the next several quarters.
Visible Earnings Growth
Reaffirmed guidance and a multi-year 5%–7% EPS growth target indicate management sees a durable expansion path rather than relying solely on temporary conditions. The outlook is supported by customer growth, infrastructure investment and expected large-load demand, strengthening planning visibility.
Regulatory Rate Progress
The DEC settlement provides clearer economics for a major regulated utility operation, including an allowed return and continuation of a multiyear rate plan. Greater regulatory visibility can support recovery of capital investment, improve earnings predictability and underpin growth in the regulated rate base.
Bears Say
Elevated Leverage
Leverage of roughly 1.5–1.75 times equity is a persistent constraint for a capital-intensive utility. It can reduce financial flexibility, increase sensitivity to interest and funding costs, and limit the company’s ability to absorb unfavorable regulatory outcomes while continuing its large investment program.
Volatile Free Cash Flow
Heavy capital spending has produced volatile and often negative annual free cash flow, while operating cash flow covered only a little more than half of recent net income. Even with the TTM rebound, uneven cash conversion may constrain internally funded investment and require continued financing.
Execution And Regulatory Risk
Duke’s growth plan depends partly on converting a large late-stage load pipeline into binding agreements, but management says negotiations are taking longer at times. Indiana affordability scrutiny adds regulatory uncertainty, potentially delaying projects, changing structures or weakening the timing of expected growth.
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Company Description
Duke Energy
Duke Energy Corporation, an energy provider operating across the United States with its various affiliates, structures its operations into three primary divisions: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure, Gas Utilities and Infrastructure, and Commercial Renewables. The Electric Utilities and Infrastructure division is responsible for generating, transmitting, distributing, and retailing electricity across the Carolinas, Florida, and the Midwestern states. Its power generation relies on a diverse portfolio of fuel sources, including coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, renewable technologies, and nuclear energy. Beyond direct retail sales, it also provides electricity at wholesale rates to various entities such as municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and other load-serving organizations. This segment caters to approximately 8.2 million customers spanning six states within the Southeastern and Midwestern U.S., encompassing a service area of about 91,000 square miles, and boasts an impressive generating capacity of approximately 50,259 megawatts. The Gas Utilities and Infrastructure segment focuses on the distribution of natural gas to a broad customer base, including residential homes, commercial enterprises, industrial facilities, and power generation plants. It also manages, operates, and invests in essential pipeline transmission networks and natural gas storage facilities. This segment serves around 1.6 million customers in total, with roughly 1.1 million located in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and an additional 550,000 customers in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. Through its Commercial Renewables division, Duke Energy is actively involved in the acquisition, development, construction, ownership, and operation of wind and solar power projects. This includes offering non-regulated renewable energy and energy storage solutions to a variety of clients, such as utility companies, electric cooperatives, municipal governments, and corporate entities. The division's portfolio comprises 23 wind farms, 178 solar installations, two battery storage sites, and 71 fuel cell locations, totaling a substantial capacity of 3,554 MW spread across 22 different states. Established in 1904, the company was initially known as Duke Energy Holding Corp. before adopting its current name, Duke Energy Corporation, in April 2005. Its corporate headquarters are situated in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Regulated Electric
- CEO
- Harry K. Sideris
- Employees
- 26,441
- Website
- www.duke-energy.com
- Address
- 526 South Church Street, Charlotte, NC, 28202, US
Duke Energy (1DUK) Earnings & Revenues
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1DUK Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call emphasized strong operational execution, meaningful year-over-year EPS growth (~14.4% adjusted YoY), large late-stage load pipeline and aggressive capital deployment, supported by constructive regulatory progress (DEC settlement) and solid balance-sheet targets (14.5% FFO/debt). Key risks noted include higher depreciation and interest expense offsets, ongoing negotiations and timing risk to convert the pipeline to binding contracts, regulatory and political scrutiny in Indiana, and unresolved decisions/timing around new nuclear and certain asset dispositions. On balance, the positives — clear growth trajectory, reaffirmed guidance, large contracted and late-stage pipeline, and financial discipline — materially outweigh the execution and timing risks discussed.
View all IT:1DUK earnings summaries1DUK Net sales Breakdown
- 92.64% Electric Utilities and Infrastructure
- 7.80% Gas Utilities and Infrastructure
- 0.46% Other
1DUK Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 14 | 1 | 7 |
| Technical Analysis | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |
