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%
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) Return on assets

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Duke Energy Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.69%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (2.57%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.79% (fiscal 2020) to 2.57% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is below the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 2.85% and in line with the Utilities sector median of 2.68%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 2.57% 0.15
FY2024 2.42% 0.88
FY2023 1.54% 0.13
FY2022 1.41% (0.88)
FY2021 2.29% 1.50
FY2020 0.79% (1.65)
FY2019 2.44% 0.56
FY2018 1.88% (0.38)
FY2017 2.26% 0.56
FY2016 1.70% (0.63)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.79% High 2.57%
Ten-year median 2.26%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare 5.18%
SO Southern Company (The) compare 3.15%
XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare 3.14%
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare 2.84%
DUK Duke Energy Corporation 2.69%
ETR Entergy Corporation compare 2.69%
D Dominion Energy Inc. compare 2.27%
EXC Exelon Corporation compare 2.24%
NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare 0.00%
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 2.85%
Utilities sector median 2.68%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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