DUK
Hot AirDuke Energy Corporation · Utilities · United States · $97.4B cap · $547.9M/day traded
$128.77 -0.1% · close 11 Nov · scored 12 Nov
Hot Air: Strong momentum and nothing else: weak business, rich price.
Around its 5 Nov results, analysts left next year's EPS estimate little changed.
As of 12 Nov 2026, the MoatMap Score for Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) is 54/100, ranked against 25,000+ stocks in 38 markets (Quality 48, Value 41, Momentum 61, each scored against its sector).
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ABOUT DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
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Duke Energy Corporation is one of the largest electric power holding companies in the United States, providing electricity to approximately 8.2 million customers and natural gas to 1.6 million customers across six states. As a regulated utility, it benefits from a stable revenue base and essential service provision, with a significant strategic focus on grid modernization and clean energy transition. Its diverse generation mix includes nuclear, coal, natural gas, and renewables.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 28.8B | 29.1B | 30.4B | 32.2B | 3.9% | 33.4B | 33.9B | 35.3B | 4.7% |
| EPS | 3.33 | 3.54 | 5.71 | 6.31 | 23.7% | 6.82 | 6.74 | 7.17 | 6.6% |
| Shares | 770.0M | 770.7M | 776.0M | 777.7M | +1.0% | 779.7M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 74.6B | 80.5B | 85.2B | 90.9B | 6.8% | 93.8B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 49.3B | 49.1B | 50.1B | 51.8B | 1.7% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 5.9B | 9.9B | 12.3B | 12.3B | 27.7% | 11.5B | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -12.0B | -12.5B | -13.1B | -14.3B | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | 6.1B | 2.4B | 859.0M | 1.9B | — | — | — | — | — |
No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.
Calmer than 95% of stocks we rank over the past year (volatility 17% a year).
How this is worked out
The MoatMap Score weighs the business, its price and its trend. The price check reads only the chart: the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn (the Turning up rule above) cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: how much the price moved day to day over the past year, scaled to a yearly figure (annualised volatility) and ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Utilities, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of DUK are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUK | Duke Energy Corporation(you) | $97.4B | 54 |
| NGG | National Grid plc | $82.3B | 52 |
| SO | The Southern Company | $106.9B | 49 |
| D | Dominion Energy, Inc. | $57.3B | 53 |
| AEP | American Electric Power Company, Inc. | $70.6B | 47 |
| XEL | Xcel Energy Inc. | $48.8B | 49 |
| ETR | Entergy Corporation | $51.3B | 46 |
| WEC | WEC Energy Group, Inc. | $36.2B | 51 |
| EXC | Exelon Corporation | $45.8B | 46 |
| FE | FirstEnergy Corp. | $26.7B | 52 |
Peer medians: ROE 7.6% · P/E 17.3x · Gross margin 32.2%
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