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Duke Energy Corporation
DUK Utilities Utilities Regulated Electric
Duke Energy Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $32.2 billion, up 6.19% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- +6.58%
- EPS
- +9.94%
- Free cash flow
- −496.1%
- Total debt
- +5.48%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
130.38
0.79
+0.61%
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Ten-year view | Analyst estimates Powerpack | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM Sep ’26 | Trend | 10 yrs | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e | Next 3/yr |
| Income, $m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 22,743 | 23,565 | 24,521 | 25,079 | 23,366 | 24,621 | 28,768 | 29,060 | 30,357 | 32,237 | 33,812 | +4.0% | 33,756 | 35,281 | 37,085 | +4.8% | |
| Gross margin, % | 69.70 | 70.37 | 69.30 | 70.28 | 72.13 | 71.73 | 65.04 | 66.69 | 67.81 | 71.95 | 0.00 | +2.3 pt | ||||||
| EBT | 3,734 | 4,266 | 3,073 | 4,097 | 920 | 3,991 | 4,078 | 4,767 | 5,194 | 5,712 | 6,509 | +4.8% | ||||||
| EBT margin, % | 16.42 | 18.10 | 12.53 | 16.34 | 3.94 | 16.21 | 14.18 | 16.40 | 17.11 | 17.72 | 19.25 | +1.3 pt | ||||||
| Net income | 2,170 | 3,064 | 2,644 | 3,571 | 1,082 | 3,579 | 2,455 | 2,874 | 4,614 | 5,071 | 5,578 | +9.9% | ||||||
| Per share, $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 32.91 | 33.66 | 34.63 | 34.40 | 31.70 | 32.02 | 37.36 | 37.69 | 39.32 | 41.49 | 43.35 | +2.6% | |||||
| Earnings | 3.11 | 4.36 | 3.76 | 5.06 | 1.72 | 4.94 | 3.33 | 3.54 | 5.71 | 6.31 | 6.84 | +8.2% | ||||||
| Cash flow | 9.93 | 9.46 | 10.15 | 11.26 | 12.02 | 10.78 | 7.70 | 12.81 | 15.97 | 15.87 | 14.80 | +5.3% | ||||||
| Capex | (11.43) | (11.50) | (13.26) | (15.26) | (13.44) | (12.63) | (14.76) | (16.35) | (15.91) | (18.05) | (21.42) | +5.2% | ||||||
| Free cash flow | (1.50) | (2.04) | (3.11) | (4.00) | (1.43) | (1.85) | (7.06) | (3.54) | 0.06 | (2.18) | (6.62) | +4.2% | ||||||
| Book value | 59.39 | 59.62 | 61.91 | 65.78 | 66.74 | 66.50 | 67.34 | 65.09 | 66.39 | 68.24 | 73.77 | +1.6% | ||||||
| Shares, m | 691 | 700 | 708 | 729 | 737 | 769 | 770 | 771 | 772 | 777 | 779 | +1.3% | ||||||
| Valuation, × | ||||||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 24.83 | 19.09 | 23.01 | 17.99 | 52.92 | 21.28 | 31.23 | 27.55 | 18.87 | 18.55 | 19.06 | 25.5 | |||||
| P/S | 2.36 | 2.47 | 2.49 | 2.65 | 2.89 | 3.28 | 2.78 | 2.60 | 2.74 | 2.83 | 3.01 | 2.7 | ||||||
| P/B | 1.31 | 1.40 | 1.39 | 1.45 | 1.43 | 1.64 | 1.60 | 1.56 | 1.65 | 1.75 | 1.82 | 1.5 | ||||||
| EV/Sales | 4.45 | 4.68 | 4.70 | 4.96 | 5.44 | 5.86 | 5.19 | 5.18 | 5.39 | 5.52 | 5.67 | 5.1 | ||||||
| EV/FCF | (97.51) | (77.16) | (52.29) | (42.67) | (120.92) | (101.17) | (27.42) | (55.18) | 3,407.30 | (105.10) | (37.14) | 272.8 | ||||||
| Cash, $m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 6,863 | 6,624 | 7,186 | 8,209 | 8,856 | 8,290 | 5,927 | 9,878 | 12,328 | 12,330 | 11,547 | +6.7% | |||||
| Capex | (7,901) | (8,052) | (9,389) | (11,122) | (9,907) | (9,715) | (11,367) | (12,604) | (12,280) | (14,024) | (16,709) | +6.6% | ||||||
| Free cash flow | (1,038) | (1,428) | (2,203) | (2,913) | (1,051) | (1,425) | (5,440) | (2,726) | 48 | (1,694) | (5,162) | +5.6% | ||||||
| Balance, $m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (3,512) | (4,029) | (5,327) | (5,589) | (7,623) | (5,991) | (5,651) | (4,514) | (6,407) | (9,434) | (6,259) | +11.6% | |||||
| Net debt | 47,503 | 51,921 | 54,087 | 57,815 | 59,604 | 63,494 | 69,342 | 74,999 | 80,375 | 86,967 | 89,997 | +7.0% | ||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 41,041 | 41,737 | 43,834 | 47,951 | 49,184 | 51,136 | 51,853 | 50,187 | 51,256 | 53,019 | 57,542 | +2.9% | ||||||
| Returns, % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 1.70 | 2.26 | 1.88 | 2.44 | 0.79 | 2.29 | 1.41 | 1.54 | 2.42 | 2.57 | 2.69 | +0.9 pt | |||||
| ROIC | 3.67 | 3.75 | 2.99 | 3.37 | 2.63 | 3.00 | 3.10 | 3.53 | 3.76 | 3.85 | 4.08 | +0.2 pt | ||||||
| ROE | 5.33 | 7.39 | 6.23 | 8.25 | 2.73 | 7.89 | 4.93 | 5.58 | 8.94 | 9.60 | 0.00 | +4.3 pt | ||||||
| People | ||||||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 28,798 | 29,060 | 30,083 | 28,793 | 27,535 | 27,605 | 27,859 | 27,037 | 26,413 | 26,441 | — | (0.9%) | |||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.79 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.89 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 1.15 | 1.22 | — | +4.9% | ||||||
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates
Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Sep 2026 · fundamentals updated 5 Nov 2026
Business profile
Where the money comes from and where it goes Fiscal 2022
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure | 25,888 | 89.99% |
|---|---|---|
| Gas Utilities and Infrastructure | 2,757 | 9.58% |
| Other | 30 | 0.10% |
| Gross margin | 65.04% | |
| Operating margin | 20.90% | |
| Pre-tax margin | 14.18% |
Duke Energy Corporation vs peers in Utilities Regulated Electric (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. | $185.1B | 15.9× | 20.5× | +1.56% (above 0%: growing) | +93.22% (above 0%: growing) | −86.32% (below 0%: shrinking) | 79.00% | 32.44% | Compare |
| SO Southern Company (The) | $107.4B | 21.2× | 21.3× | +13.04% (above 0%: growing) | +14.19% (above 0%: growing) | +362.13% (above 0%: growing) | 0.00% | 33.93% | Compare |
| DUK Duke Energy Corporation | $101.4B | 19.1× | 18.9× | +6.58% (above 0%: growing) | +9.94% (above 0%: growing) | −496.09% (below 0%: shrinking) | 0.00% | 30.17% | |
| NGG National Grid Transco, PLC | $86.4B | 23.5× | 13.9× | +10.37% (above 0%: growing) | +115.14% (above 0%: growing) | −2,663.95% (below 0%: shrinking) | 23.34% | 0.00% | Compare |
| AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. | $69.0B | 20.3× | 20.1× | +13.66% (above 0%: growing) | +22.92% (above 0%: growing) | −376.09% (below 0%: shrinking) | 69.45% | 26.52% | Compare |
| D Dominion Energy Inc. | $61.3B | 23.2× | 22.5× | +24.08% (above 0%: growing) | +12.07% (above 0%: growing) | +50.09% (above 0%: growing) | 68.86% | 32.79% | Compare |
| ETR Entergy Corporation | $52.7B | 25.0× | 25.0× | +14.51% (above 0%: growing) | +29.75% (above 0%: growing) | −295.69% (below 0%: shrinking) | 72.75% | 33.93% | Compare |
| XEL Xcel Energy Inc. | $51.6B | 18.6× | 19.5× | +6.56% (above 0%: growing) | +71.48% (above 0%: growing) | +5.89% (above 0%: growing) | 72.99% | 28.55% | Compare |
| EXC Exelon Corporation | $48.2B | 18.1× | 16.2× | +9.16% (above 0%: growing) | −18.60% (below 0%: shrinking) | −410.43% (below 0%: shrinking) | 60.14% | 18.84% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $65.1B | 20.8× | 20.3× | +11.70% | +26.34% | −191.00% | 69.16% | 30.50% |
From the latest earnings call
- CEO Harry Sideris said Duke is building generation capacity to meet growing demand and would require financial protections before proposing a new nuclear project.
- CFO Brian Savoy said Duke had secured 7.8 gigawatts of electric service agreements with data centers and expected customers to begin taking energy in 2027 and 2028.
Largest institutional holders 13F, quarter to 30 June 2026
Held by institutions
69.58%
Held by the ten largest
35.91%
| Holder | Shares | Stake | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 79.92m | 10.25% | +821.88k |
| BlackRock | 70.54m | 9.05% | +1.22m |
| State Street | 44.95m | 5.77% | +420.95k |
| Geode Capital Management | 20.37m | 2.61% | +319.58k |
| Morgan Stanley | 13.11m | 1.68% | +427.63k |
| MFS Investment Management | 12.74m | 1.63% | −1.65m |
| Franklin Templeton | 10.55m | 1.35% | +167.00k |
| Fidelity (FMR) | 9.70m | 1.24% | −1.05m |
| Charles Schwab | 9.23m | 1.18% | +121.58k |
| Bank of America | 8.87m | 1.14% | −480.94k |
13F filings for the quarter to 30 June 2026: long positions in US-listed shares reported by managers with $100m or more, ~45 days after the quarter.
Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 20 March 2026
Ownership
Directors and executive officers, together
less than 1%
The Vanguard Group
10.00%
BlackRock Inc.
7.52%
State Street Corporation State Street Financial Center One Lincoln Street Boston, MA
5.42%
Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more.
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DUK metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- EV/FCF
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
- Altman Z-score
- Beneish M-score
Duke Energy is an energy company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It operates primarily through regulated utility subsidiaries, including Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Energy Progress, Duke Energy Florida, Duke Energy Ohio, Duke Energy Indiana and Piedmont. Harry K. Sideris is President and Chief Executive Officer.
The company’s principal business is providing electricity and natural gas under state and federal utility regulation. Its electric utilities generate or buy power, move it over high-voltage transmission networks, distribute it through local wires, and sell it to homes, businesses, industrial facilities, municipalities and other power providers. Its gas utilities transport and distribute natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial and power-generation customers.