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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 1.12%, EPS grew 10.4%, free cash flow fell 233.8% and total debt rose 5.89%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five, operating cash flow growth for three.

121.49 2.61 +2.20%
Market cap
$92.7B
P/E
18.2×
Fwd P/E
18.4×
Dividend yield
3.52%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
0.67
Beneish M
−2.79
Dividend safety
32/100

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) Operating margin

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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

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

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
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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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