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Duke Energy (DUK) Competitors

$102.62
-0.24 (-0.23%)
(As of 06/7/2024 ET)

DUK vs. NEE, SO, EIX, ETR, FE, PPL, ES, PNW, OGE, and IDA

Should you be buying Duke Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Duke Energy include NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Eversource Energy (ES), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), and IDACORP (IDA). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.

Duke Energy vs.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) and Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.

NextEra Energy received 160 more outperform votes than Duke Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.22% of users gave NextEra Energy an outperform vote while only 53.67% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NextEra EnergyOutperform Votes
759
72.22%
Underperform Votes
292
27.78%
Duke EnergyOutperform Votes
599
53.67%
Underperform Votes
517
46.33%

NextEra Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Duke Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. NextEra Energy pays out 56.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Duke Energy pays out 103.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NextEra Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

NextEra Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Duke Energy. NextEra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duke Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NextEra Energy$28.11B5.51$7.31B$3.6720.54
Duke Energy$29.46B2.69$2.84B$3.9825.78

NextEra Energy has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duke Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NextEra Energy presently has a consensus target price of $73.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.51%. Duke Energy has a consensus target price of $102.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.13%. Given NextEra Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Duke Energy is more favorable than NextEra Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NextEra Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Duke Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

NextEra Energy has a net margin of 27.62% compared to NextEra Energy's net margin of 10.78%. Duke Energy's return on equity of 11.72% beat NextEra Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NextEra Energy27.62% 11.72% 3.81%
Duke Energy 10.78%9.25%2.53%

78.7% of NextEra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Duke Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of NextEra Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Duke Energy had 1 more articles in the media than NextEra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Duke Energy and 19 mentions for NextEra Energy. Duke Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat NextEra Energy's score of 0.87 indicating that NextEra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NextEra Energy
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Duke Energy
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

NextEra Energy beats Duke Energy on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DUK vs. The Competition

MetricDuke EnergyElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$79.20B$16.15B$12.08B$17.70B
Dividend Yield3.97%3.61%4.12%3.55%
P/E Ratio25.7813.9994.4025.67
Price / Sales2.691.9524.3814.45
Price / Cash7.657.7316.1920.21
Price / Book1.641.611.894.99
Net Income$2.84B$828.52M$554.14M$975.94M
7 Day Performance-0.92%-3.91%-0.66%-1.87%
1 Month Performance0.22%-1.91%0.85%-0.74%
1 Year Performance11.54%-10.17%-0.56%8.66%

Duke Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.1616 of 5 stars
$76.85
-0.3%
$73.50
-4.4%
+1.6%$157.89B$27.13B20.9416,800Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SO
Southern
4.1108 of 5 stars
$79.42
-1.6%
$76.60
-3.6%
+11.1%$86.84B$25.25B20.5228,100Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EIX
Edison International
4.7842 of 5 stars
$75.41
-1.5%
$77.22
+2.4%
+7.7%$29.01B$16.45B33.0714,375Insider Selling
Positive News
ETR
Entergy
4.3284 of 5 stars
$110.90
-0.6%
$113.92
+2.7%
+7.1%$23.68B$12.15B11.1212,177Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
FE
FirstEnergy
3.4508 of 5 stars
$39.44
-1.9%
$40.27
+2.1%
+0.8%$22.70B$12.87B22.6712,042
PPL
PPL
3.6773 of 5 stars
$28.92
-0.1%
$32.45
+12.2%
+5.2%$21.34B$8.31B28.086,629
ES
Eversource Energy
4.6825 of 5 stars
$59.48
-2.2%
$66.07
+11.1%
-18.3%$20.95B$11.91B-50.4110,171Insider Selling
Positive News
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
4.0599 of 5 stars
$77.51
+0.5%
$74.83
-3.5%
-6.0%$8.80B$4.70B16.896,133Analyst Forecast
Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
2.6935 of 5 stars
$35.92
-1.7%
$33.40
-7.0%
-2.9%$7.20B$2.67B18.232,329
IDA
IDACORP
3.9047 of 5 stars
$93.47
-1.6%
$97.40
+4.2%
-13.5%$4.98B$1.79B18.772,112News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:DUK) was last updated on 6/8/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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