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Duke Energy Profile & Fundamentals

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Company Profile & Ownership

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.

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Duke Energy Corporation

Common Stock · Utilities · Electric Utilities

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Company

Company / asset: Duke Energy Corporation
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Utilities
Industry: Electric Utilities
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States
Head office: 525 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28202

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Mr. Harry K. Sideris
CEO year born: 1970
Full-time employees: 26.4K
Fiscal year end: December
IPO date: 1983-04-06

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-13

Market Cap: USD 91.6B
P/E: 17.4x
Revenue (Q2 26): USD 7.6B
Profit (Q2 26): USD 1.1B
Dividend Yield: 2.5%
Revenue (FY 25): USD 32.2B
Shares in public float: 777.5M
Insider ownership: 0.13%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: DUK.NYSE
Listing: 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
Ticker Currency: USD
Income Statement Currency: USD
Balance Sheet Currency: USD
Cash Flow Currency: USD
EPS Currency: USD
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: US26441C2044
Asset ID: equity_ab48b1a2-e6f0-57d6-bac6-8b9ab8c9ab4f

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Shares outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Top holders

BlackRock Inc69,323,870 shares · 8.89% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC50,526,603 shares · 6.48% · Reported 2026-03-31
State Street Corp44,532,642 shares · 5.71% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest24,773,013 shares · 3.18% · Reported 2026-07-31
Vanguard 500 Index Investor20,468,069 shares · 2.63% · Reported 2026-07-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC20,078,558 shares · 2.58% · Reported 2026-03-31
Geode Capital Management, LLC20,047,801 shares · 2.57% · Reported 2026-03-31

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Massachusetts Financial Services Company14,391,296 shares · 1.85% · Reported 2026-03-31
State Street®UtilSelSectSPDR®ETF12,920,438 shares · 1.66% · Reported 2026-08-31
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts12,679,831 shares · 1.63% · Reported 2026-03-31
FMR Inc10,752,153 shares · 1.38% · Reported 2026-03-31
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF10,381,381 shares · 1.33% · Reported 2026-08-31
Franklin Templeton Inc10,370,071 shares · 1.33% · Reported 2026-03-31
Fidelity 500 Index10,080,947 shares · 1.29% · Reported 2026-07-31
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF9,544,557 shares · 1.22% · Reported 2026-08-31

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

The reports agree that the company's top-line revenues and operating profits are growing steadily, driven by the rising demand for electricity from both new residents and massive technology data centers. However, there is a clear disagreement regarding the company's true financial health. While some reports highlight strong recent net income growth, others point out that actual free cash flow is deeply negative once you subtract the massive spending required to build and maintain the power grid. Cautious views warn that paper earnings are being distorted by one-time asset sales and tax credits, masking a heavy reliance on borrowing. Looking ahead, the main debate is whether rising interest costs on the company's huge debt pile will eat up its operating profits, especially since interest rates are expected to remain high. Investors should expect steady but capped profit growth, with cash flow remaining tight.

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

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Valuation

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Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

AI Review

The reports show that the company's operating margins are currently stable and robust, protected by its monopoly status and the ability to pass fuel costs directly to customers. However, there is a clear clash regarding the future direction of these margins. Some perspectives believe margins will remain highly resilient, aided by cheap domestic natural gas and the rollback of expensive environmental regulations. In contrast, more cautious views argue that net margins will face structural compression. This squeeze will be driven by the rising cost of servicing the company's massive debt and the political limits on how much regulators will allow the company to raise rates on everyday households. The consensus is that margins are strictly capped by law, meaning the stock is highly unlikely to see the explosive margin expansion typical of technology companies, keeping its valuation anchored to traditional utility averages.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-12-31	22,743,000,000	-1,103,000,000	2,666,000,000	42.34	22.87	11.72	-4.85
2017-12-31	23,565,000,000	-1,428,000,000	3,059,000,000	45.42	23.87	12.98	-6.06
2018-12-31	24,521,000,000	-2,203,000,000	2,666,000,000	42.94	19.11	10.87	-8.98
2019-12-31	25,079,000,000	-2,913,000,000	3,748,000,000	46.09	22.76	14.94	-11.62
2020-12-31	23,366,000,000	-1,051,000,000	1,377,000,000	48.59	19.56	5.89	-4.5
2021-12-31	25,097,000,000	-1,425,000,000	3,579,000,000	48.19	21.41	14.26	-5.68
2022-12-31	28,768,000,000	-5,440,000,000	2,550,000,000	45.11	20.9	8.86	-18.91
2023-12-31	29,060,000,000	-2,726,000,000	4,296,000,000	47.34	24.33	14.78	-9.38
2024-12-31	30,357,000,000	48,000,000	4,510,000,000	50.06	26.11	14.86	0.16
2025-12-31	32,237,000,000	-1,672,000,000	4,968,000,000	31.56	26.61	15.41	-5.19

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-12-31	18.35	Trailing four quarters
2024-12-31	18.47	Trailing four quarters
2023-12-31	25.37	Trailing four quarters
2022-12-31	31.1	Annual net income
2021-12-31	22.54	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	700,000,000
2018-01-01	708,000,000
2019-01-01	729,000,000
2020-01-01	753,500,000
2021-01-01	769,000,000
2022-01-01	770,000,000
2023-01-01	771,000,000
2024-01-01	773,000,000
2025-01-01	777,000,000
2026-01-01	779,000,000

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