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DUK
$123.77+1.72 (+1.41%)
Market OpenUpdated 3:57 PM EDT
Duke Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States.
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The Narrative
Duke Energy Corporation in the Utilities sector is trading at $123.77 with a market capitalization of $94.4B. Wall Street consensus targets $138.56 (18 analysts), implying a +11.9% move over the next 12 months. The stock is currently 8% below its 52-week high of $134.49, remaining 1.4% above its 200-day moving average. On fundamentals, Piotroski 6/9 shows mixed financial quality, Altman Z in the distress zone. The Whystock Score of 80/100 reflects bullish alignment across trend, valuation and analyst targets.
Ecosystem Influences
Sell-side targets imply +11.9% upside over 12 months
Long-term trend bullish (price vs 200-day SMA)
Macro-economic sensitivity to interest rate and inflation shifts
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Peer Comparison
Whystock Valuation Model
Anchored to each ticker's own 5-year median trailing P/E, tilted by current ROE and growth. Fair P/E = own median P/E + (ROE × 10) + (max(revenue growth, earnings growth) × 15), capped at ±30% around the historical anchor. Fair Value = (Current Price ÷ Trailing P/E) × Fair P/E. Premium compounders like COST/MSFT are judged against their own multi-year norm rather than a sector median. Falls back to the sector-anchored formula (Tech ≈ 28, Comm Services ≈ 24, Utilities ≈ 18, Financials ≈ 14, etc.) for recent IPOs and tickers with insufficient history (< 24 monthly samples). Result is a normalised multiple gauge — not a price target.
Current Price$123.77
Potential Upside
10.5%
Whystock Fair Value$136.78
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Analyst Consensus18 analysts
Buy
Mean target$138.56+11.9%
Range$131.00 – $146.00
Fundamentals
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 segm...
Market Cap
Total dollar market value of a company's outstanding shares of stock (Price * Shares).
$94.36B
P/E Ratio
Priced for growth. Investors expect sustained double-digit expansion.
18.62
Beta
Defensive asset. Lower volatility than the S&P 500.
0.40
Div Yield
Strong income play. Yield provides a meaningful total return floor.
2.59%
ROE
Average efficiency. Growth may require heavy reinvestment.
9.44%
Volume
Today's trading volume
2.19M
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