Duke Energy Corporation (DUK)
Duke Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States.
Scored against other Utilities stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Duke Energy is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It's priced lower than most other utilities, relative to its sales and profits.
- Worth watching
- Its balance sheet is more stretched than most other utilities.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 18 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Duke Energy Corporation
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…
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Employees
- 26,441
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, NC
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 18.3 — lower than 50% of Utilities peers
P/B 1.8 — lower than 60% of Utilities peers
P/S 2.9 — lower than 60% of Utilities peers
EV/EBITDA 11.4 — lower than 80% of Utilities peers
EV/Revenue 5.8 — lower than 50% of Utilities peers
PEG 2.3 — lower than 40% of Utilities peers
FCF yield -4.7% — higher than 70% of Utilities peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 52.0% — higher than 80% of Utilities peers
Operating margin 27.5% — higher than 60% of Utilities peers
Net margin 16.0% — higher than 70% of Utilities peers
ROE 9.9% — higher than 50% of Utilities peers
ROA 2.8% — higher than 50% of Utilities peers
Free cash flow is -87% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.6 — lower than 30% of Utilities peers
Current ratio 0.66 — higher than 30% of Utilities peers
Quick ratio 0.26 — higher than 20% of Utilities peers
Cash/debt 0.01 — higher than 30% of Utilities peers
Debt/EBITDA 5.55 — lower than 60% of Utilities peers
Growth
Revenue growth 1.1% YoY — higher than 50% of Utilities peers
Earnings growth 10.6% YoY — higher than 50% of Utilities peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 64.2% — typical for Utilities peers
Net insider selling, -1.8% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -14.6% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.1% of shares outstanding
2.5% of float sold short
Momentum
Mixed vs its moving averages
41% of the way from its 52-week low to high