Duke Energy Corporation DUK

113.35 0.12 0.11% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$88.1B
P/E
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Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) Return on invested capital

Duke Energy Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 3.97%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.85%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.63% (fiscal 2020) to 4.06% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is in line with the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 3.87% and above the Utilities sector median of 3.63%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 3.85% 0.09
FY2024 3.76% 0.23
FY2023 3.53% 0.43
FY2022 3.10% 0.10
FY2021 3.00% 0.37
FY2020 2.63% (0.74)
FY2019 3.37% 0.38
FY2018 2.99% (0.76)
FY2017 3.75% 0.08
FY2016 3.67% (0.39)

Against its own ten years

Low 2.63% High 4.06%
Ten-year median 3.53%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
EXC Exelon Corporation compare 4.18%
ETR Entergy Corporation compare 4.06%
SO Southern Company (The) compare 4.05%
DUK Duke Energy Corporation 3.97%
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. compare 3.83%
NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. compare 3.05%
XEL Xcel Energy Inc. compare 2.83%
D Dominion Energy Inc. compare 2.75%
NGG National Grid Transco, PLC compare 0.00%
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 3.87%
Utilities sector median 3.63%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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