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DUK

Duke Energy

Utilities · Electric Utilities · US

$124.22

Data: 2025-12-31

✗ ETHICAL FAIL

NARROW MOAT

HIGH

Data Confidence: 100.0%

Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap

$96.8B

Total market value of the company

Trailing P/E

19.10

Reasonably valued

Forward P/E

17.30

Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper

Rev Growth

+11.3%

Year-over-year revenue change

Profit Margin

0.0%

How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue

ROE

9.7%

Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money

Analyst Target

$139.50

+12% from current price — median analyst estimate

Recommendation

BUY

Consensus view from 18 analysts covering this stock

About Duke Energy

Duke Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. The company operates through two segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure (EU&I); and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure (GU&I). The EU&I segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity to customers in the Southeast and Midwest regions. It generates electricity through coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, renewables, and nuclear fuel. This segment also engages in the wholesale of electricity to municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and other load-serving entities. The GU&I segment distributes natural gas to customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation natural gas sectors; and invests in pipeline transmission projects, renewable natural gas projects, and natural gas storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Duke Energy Holding Corp. and changed its name to Duke Energy Corporation in April 2006. Duke Energy Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

https://www.duke-energy.com/home

Country: United States Employees: 26,441 Industry: Utilities - Regulated Electric

Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity

PASS

Core business does not involve prohibited activities

Debt Ratio

46.4% FAIL

Debt must be below 33% of total assets

Cash Ratio

6.6% PASS

Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets

Receivables

2.3% PASS

Receivables below 49% of assets

Revenue Purity

0.2% PASS

Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification

Valuation

Fair Value Est.

$143.00

What our model estimates this business is worth per share

Margin of Safety

13.1%

Slight discount to fair value

Rating

AVOID

Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality

Percentile

42.5th

Ranks in the top 58% of our 13,571 screened universe

Ethical Score

10.0

Valuation Score

67.0

Quality Score

38.0

Combined

37.3

Trading at $124 against a fair value of $143, a 13% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 6% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime

DISTRIBUTION

Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution

Sharpe Ratio

0.949

Good returns relative to risk taken

Kelly Fraction

0.0749

Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position

Calmar Ratio

1.321

Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile

Annual Return

15.3%

Historical annualised return based on price data

Max Drawdown

-11.6%

Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been

HMM State

SIDEWAYS

Price consolidating — no clear directional bias

Days in State

How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable

Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta

0.40

Very low correlation to market moves

52W High

$134.49

8% below the year high

52W Low

$113.39

10% above the year low

Avg Volume

3,929,183

Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell

Short Ratio

4.6

Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded

Short % Float

2.1%

Low short interest — limited bearish positioning

Div Yield

343.0%

Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price

EPS (TTM)

$6.49

Earnings per share over the last 12 months

Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity

1.61

Meaningful debt load — monitor closely

Current Ratio

0.66

Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag

Quick Ratio

0.30

Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test

Gross Margin

51.0%

Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power

Operating Margin

25.5%

Profit from core operations before interest and tax

Free Cash Flow

$-2,246,500,096

Negative — the business is spending more than it generates

Revenue (TTM)

$32.7B

Total revenue over the last 12 months

Net Income

$5.1B

Profitable — the bottom line is positive

Analyst Coverage

Analysts

Target High

$146.00

Target Median

$139.50

Target Low

$131.00

Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date	Insider	Title	Shares	Value
2026-05-11	RENJEL LOUIS E	Officer	3,500	$438,025
2026-05-08	SIDERIS HARRY K.	Chief Executive Officer	20,000	$2,487,400
2026-05-07	FANANDAKIS NICHOLAS C	Director	1,602	$200,042
2026-05-07	HERRON JOHN T	Director	1,602	$200,042
2026-05-07	DAVIS ROBERT M	Director	1,602	$200,042
2026-05-07	CRAVER THEODORE F JR	Chairman of the Board	2,402	$299,938
2026-03-02	GHARTEY-TAGOE KODWO	Officer	18,246	$2,400,653
2026-03-02	REPKO REGIS T	Officer	663	$86,853
2026-02-26	SIDERIS HARRY K.	Chief Executive Officer	30,540	—
2026-02-25	SAVOY BRIAN D.	Chief Financial Officer	7,679	—

Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at

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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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