Duke Energy Corporation DUK

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Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) Operating margin

Duke Energy Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 27.8%, up 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (26.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.1% (fiscal 2018) to 26.8% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 21.8% and above the Utilities sector median of 18.8%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 26.8% 0.65
FY2024 26.1% 1.78
FY2023 24.3% 3.43
FY2022 20.9% (1.44)
FY2021 22.3% 2.78
FY2020 19.6% (3.20)
FY2019 22.8% 3.65
FY2018 19.1% (4.76)
FY2017 23.9% 1.00
FY2016 22.9% 0.17

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 27.0% (2.70)
Mar 2026 29.7% 3.00
Dec 2025 26.7% (0.63)
Sep 2025 27.3% 2.95
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 19.1% High 26.8%
Ten-year median 22.8%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare 29.8%
DUK Duke Energy Corporation 27.8%
SO Southern Company (The) compare 24.2%
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare 23.0%
ETR Entergy Corporation compare 22.9%
D Dominion Energy Inc. compare 21.1%
EXC Exelon Corporation compare 20.8%
XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare 19.1%
NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare 0.00%
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 21.8%
Utilities sector median 18.8%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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