DUK · Duke Energy Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $94.66B |
| P/E | 18.00 |
| Float | 778.6M |
| Beta | 0.33 |
| Volatility | 8.2% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Low |
| Clavix score | 85 |
| Price | 120.52 |
| Change | −0.72% |
| Prev Close | 121.40 |
| Open | 120.81 |
| Day Low | 120.75 |
| Day High | 121.98 |
| Avg Vol | 3 |
| Avg $ Vol | $415.7M |
| 52W High | 134.49 |
| 52W Low | 113.90 |
| 52W Pos | 32.2% |
| From High | −10.39% |
| From Low | +5.81% |
| Max DD 1Y | −11.65% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | −1.36% |
| SMA 50 | −3.49% |
| SMA 200 | −3.05% |
| RSI (14) | 44.5 |
| Vol 30D | 16.8% |
| Vol 90D | 18.8% |
| 1Y Range | 114–134 |
| Daily bars | 507 |
| Perf Week | +0.46% |
| Perf Month | −1.57% |
| Perf Quarter | −0.34% |
| Perf Half Y | −8.38% |
| Perf Year | +0.44% |
| Perf YTD | +2.62% |
| Prev Day | −0.72% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 1.68 |
| Curr Ratio | 0.55 |
| Int Cover | 2.7× |
| FCF Margin | −1.3% |
| Rev Growth | +0.4% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | High |
| Sector rank | 10 / 33 |
What DUK does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayDUK grades A-, 85 of 100. Steadiest on Price Stability (71), most exposed on Sector Resilience (61, mixed). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Utilities median. Ranks 10 of 33 in Utilities by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| DUK | Utilities median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.33 | 0.50 |
| Volatilityannualized | 8.2% | 12.6% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −11.6% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.67% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 10% | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| DUK | Utilities median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.33 | 0.50 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Low | Low73% of 33 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Utilities names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| DUK | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +0.5% |
| 1 month | −1.6% |
| Year to date | +2.6% |
| 1 year | +0.4% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| DUK | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 4 Aug |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 54 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 16 · 8 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 16 ↑ 8 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 33 Utilities names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| DUK | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +0.4% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Utilities median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Against Utilities
33 companies| Metric | DUK | Sector spread | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | 0.33 | 0.50 | |
| Volatility | 8.2% | 12.6% | |
| P/E | 18.00 | 20.94 | |
| Debt / equity | 1.68 | 1.64 | |
| Current ratio | 0.55 | 0.77 | |
| FCF margin | −1.3% | 2.8% | |
| Interest coverage | 2.7× | 2.7× |
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openDuke Energy Florida filed a request with the Florida Public Service Commission on Sept. 3, 2026, to lower customer rates beginning January 2027 compared to December 2026. The article does not specify the size of the reduction or the reason for the request.
Duke Energy recently issued equity units maturing in 2029 (ticker DUKU) that pay holders $3.875 per unit per year until they convert into common shares in August 2029. The article notes Duke trades at 18 times this year's earnings while spending heavily on its power network, and frames the new units as a higher-yielding way to invest in the stock with conversion risk tied to the future share price.
Duke Energy told Florida environmental regulators on August 20 that about 3,200 gallons of sodium bisulfite, a skin and tissue irritant, spilled onto the soil and asphalt around its Anclote Power Plant in Tampa.
AT&T and Duke Energy are going to arbitration, with the FCC facilitating, to settle a dispute over the rates Duke Energy charges AT&T for attaching telecom equipment to its utility poles.
Duke Energy filed a resource plan for its North Carolina and South Carolina service area targeting 18.5 GW of new solar capacity by 2041, citing significant customer growth in both states. The plan was submitted to South Carolina regulators.
Nearest peers by size
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEG | Constellation Energy Corp | C+ | $101.0B | 28.49 | 1.12 | Compare |
| SO | Southern Co | A- | $102.1B | 22.02 | 0.30 | Compare |
| AEP | American Electric Power Company Inc | A- | $67.89B | 21.61 | 0.47 | Compare |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc | A- | $58.74B | 23.12 | 0.61 | Compare |
| SRE | Sempra | A | $55.30B | 24.11 | 0.57 | Compare |
| NEE | Nextera Energy Inc | A- | $175.3B | 18.86 | 0.61 | Compare |
| ETR | Entergy Corp | A- | $50.29B | 27.50 | 0.45 | Compare |
| VST | Vistra Corp | C+ | $49.74B | 21.81 | 1.38 | Compare |
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