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

128.33 1.75 −1.35%
Market cap
$101.4B
P/E
19.1×
Fwd P/E
18.9×
Dividend yield
3.28%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
0.67
Beneish M
−2.79
Dividend safety
32/100

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) Net margin

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Duke Energy Corporation's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.8%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.44% (fiscal 2020) to 15.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 13.5% and above the Utilities sector median of 11.6%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 15.2% 0.74
FY2024 14.5% 5.09
FY2023 9.41% 0.91
FY2022 8.50% (6.94)
FY2021 15.4% 10.00
FY2020 5.44% (9.34)
FY2019 14.8% 3.91
FY2018 10.9% (2.11)
FY2017 13.0% 3.52
FY2016 9.46% (3.13)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 17.0% 2.85
Jun 2026 14.2% (2.55)
Mar 2026 16.7% 2.01
Dec 2025 14.7% (1.74)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.44% High 15.4%
Ten-year median 12.6%
Current reading's percentile 100

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare 40.4%
NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare 26.1%
XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare 18.0%
SO Southern Company (The) compare 16.0%
DUK Duke Energy Corporation 15.8%
ETR Entergy Corporation compare 14.6%
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare 14.2%
D Dominion Energy Inc. compare 14.0%
EXC Exelon Corporation compare 10.2%
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 13.5%
Utilities sector median 11.6%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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