Duke Energy Corporation
NYSE · USD
Large cap
0.85× peer median
0.86× peer median
63% less volatile
$245M of cash and short-term investments against $1.7B of annual cash burn. Financing raised since the filing is not counted.
Liquidity · FY25
$11.6B of current assets against $21.0B due within a year: a shortfall of $9.4B.
Liquidity · FY25
−$11.2B of free cash flow against $20.2B of net income across 5 fiscal years.
Quality · FY25
$10.5B of net debt against $12.4B of annual operating cash flow.
Liquidity · FY25
Not every dividend stock survives a recession with its payout intact, but regulated utilities operate under a different set of rules entirely.
Duke Energy (DUK) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
Average month-end to month-end move for DUKin each calendar month. Point at a bar for that month's spread: past seasonality is a tendency in a small sample, not a forecast.
+$1.9B vs FY24
FY24 → FY25
FY21 → FY25, annualized
+6.7% vs the four before
Q2 FY26 · +1.1% YoY
+6.2% YoY
−18.5 pp YoY
+0.5 pp YoY
+10.2% YoY
+0.6 pp YoY
+10.5% YoY
−3583.3% YoY
+$73.4B YoY
P/E vs EPS growth · below the channel = cheaper for its growth
P/S vs revenue growth · below the channel = cheaper for its growth
| Ticker | P/E | Fwd P/E | PEG | P/S | Fwd P/S | PSG | EPS gr | Rev gr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUK | 18.2 | 18.1 | 2.66 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.65 | 7% | 4% |
| SO | 21.3 | 19.3 | 1.77 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 0.61 | 11% | 5% |
| NGG | 17.4 | 17.1 | 0.99 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 0.39 | 17% | 10% |
| AEP | 21.4 | 19.5 | 4.33 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 0.41 | 5% | 7% |
| D | 23.1 | 18.6 | 3.32 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0.42 | 6% | 8% |
| ETR | 27.2 | 24.5 | 1.83 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 0.40 | 13% | 9% |
Dots = reported EPS vs consensus · gap = surprise · dashed = estimate ($)
Last 12M · $0M bought · $7M sold · net −$7M
$24.6B in FY21 to $32.2B in FY25, with the latest year up 6.2%.
Growth · FY25
$32.2B of revenue against $23.7B of operating costs, leaving $8.6B.
Profitability · FY25
22.3% in FY21 to 26.6% in FY25.
Profitability · FY25
Revenue came in above consensus by 4.0% on average over the last four reports.
Quality · Aug '26
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy Florida customers can expect lower rates beginning in January 2027, compared to December 2026, following a request the company filed today with the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC).
Share of the latest fiscal year, largest first. The line is the segment across every fiscal year we have: hover it to read one. “Not broken out by segment” is not a reported segment: the filing published no split for FY25, so the row carries the whole top line instead of dividing it.
What each segment added to or took off the top line in dollars: ranked by the size of the move, not its percentage.
| $ billions | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Short-term investments | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Receivables | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
| Inventory | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| Total current assets | 11.6 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 9.9 |
| Property, plant & equipment | 131.2 | 124.5 | 116.4 | 112.8 | 106.7 |
| Long-term investments | 0.3 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 10.9 |
| Other non-current assets | 52.6 | 37.2 | 37.1 | 43.0 | 42.1 |
| Total assets | 195.7 | 186.3 | 176.9 | 178.1 | 169.6 |
| Accounts payable | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
| Short-term debt | 9.7 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 6.5 |
| Total current liabilities | 21.0 | 19.4 | 17.3 | 18.9 | 15.9 |
| Long-term debt | 1.0 | 76.3 | 72.5 | 65.9 | 59.7 |
| Total liabilities | 142.7 | 135.1 | 126.7 | 126.2 | 118.5 |
| Shareholders’ equity | 51.8 | 50.1 | 49.1 | 49.3 | 49.3 |
Fiscal year · latest five reported years
| $ billions | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 12.4 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 5.9 | 8.3 |
| Capital expenditure | −14.0 | −12.3 | −12.6 | −11.4 | −9.7 |
| Free cash flow | −1.7 | 0.0 | −2.7 | −5.4 | −1.4 |
| Investing cash flow | −14.4 | −13.1 | −12.5 | −12.0 | −10.9 |
| Dividends paid | −3.3 | −3.2 | −3.2 | −3.2 | −3.1 |
| Share buybacks | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Net debt issued / (repaid) | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 4.2 |
| Financing cash flow | 1.9 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 2.6 |
| Net change in cash | −0.1 | 0.1 | −0.2 | 0.1 | −0.0 |
Fiscal year · outflows shown negative
Solid = reported · dashed = forward consensus · shaded = analyst low–high ($B)
A discounted-cash-flow model isn't meaningful here: this company doesn't report positive free cash flow to discount.