Compare Stocks: JNJ, VZ, and DUK

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
DUK Duke Energy	$129.14 +0.4%	$120.67	$112.40 ▼ $134.49	$100.26B	0.33	4.33 million shs	7.59 million shs
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$285.78 +0.8%	$266.97	$193.55 ▼ $288.11	$682.52B	0.22	7.47 million shs	6.28 million shs
VZ Verizon Communications	$46.36 -0.4%	$46.24	$38.68 ▼ $51.68	$192.93B	0.28	26.04 million shs	19.86 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
DUK Duke Energy	+0.43%	+0.96%	+8.06%	+4.29%	+4.18%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	+0.74%	+3.49%	+12.74%	+9.73%	+46.91%
VZ Verizon Communications	-0.40%	+1.26%	+4.40%	-4.42%	+13.60%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
DUK Duke Energy	$129.14 +0.4%	$120.67	$112.40 ▼ $134.49	$100.26B	0.33	4.33 million shs	7.59 million shs
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$285.78 +0.8%	$266.97	$193.55 ▼ $288.11	$682.52B	0.22	7.47 million shs	6.28 million shs
VZ Verizon Communications	$46.36 -0.4%	$46.24	$38.68 ▼ $51.68	$192.93B	0.28	26.04 million shs	19.86 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
DUK Duke Energy	+0.43%	+0.96%	+8.06%	+4.29%	+4.18%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	+0.74%	+3.49%	+12.74%	+9.73%	+46.91%
VZ Verizon Communications	-0.40%	+1.26%	+4.40%	-4.42%	+13.60%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
DUK Duke Energy	2.50	Moderate Buy	$132.19	2.36% Upside
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	2.73	Moderate Buy	$275.92	-3.45% Downside
VZ Verizon Communications	2.45	Hold	$51.05	10.13% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest JNJ, VZ, and DUK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/29/2026	DUK Duke Energy	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
10/28/2026	VZ Verizon Communications	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$53.00 ➝ $55.00
10/27/2026	VZ Verizon Communications	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target		$46.00 ➝ $45.00
10/27/2026	VZ Verizon Communications	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target		$51.00 ➝ $47.00
10/27/2026	VZ Verizon Communications	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$55.00 ➝ $52.00
10/27/2026	VZ Verizon Communications	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$55.00 ➝ $53.00
10/27/2026	VZ Verizon Communications	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$56.00 ➝ $55.00
10/27/2026	VZ Verizon Communications	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$46.00 ➝ $44.00
10/27/2026	VZ Verizon Communications	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$52.00 ➝ $50.00
10/23/2026	JNJ Johnson & Johnson	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (B-)
10/22/2026	DUK Duke Energy	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$123.00

(Data available from 11/14/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
DUK Duke Energy	$32.24B	3.12	$16.37 per share	7.89	$72.55 per share	1.78
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$94.19B	7.30	$14.23 per share	20.08	$33.87 per share	8.44
VZ Verizon Communications	$139.39B	1.38	$9.04 per share	5.13	$25.89 per share	1.79

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
DUK Duke Energy	$4.97B	$6.84	18.88	18.04	2.99	15.94%	9.82%	2.71%	N/A
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$26.80B	$6.60	43.30	24.72	2.80	16.20%	31.64%	13.04%	1/26/2027 (Estimated)
VZ Verizon Communications	$17.17B	$3.92	11.83	8.71	1.89	11.78%	19.75%	5.07%	1/29/2027 (Estimated)

Latest JNJ, VZ, and DUK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/5/2026	Q3 2026	DUK Duke Energy	$1.86	$1.99	+$0.13	$1.99	$8.91 billion	$9.10 billion
10/26/2026	Q3 2026	VZ Verizon Communications	$1.27	$1.31	+$0.04	$1.25	$34.77 billion	$34.31 billion
10/13/2026	Q3 2026	JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$2.53	$2.59	+$0.06	$0.09	$25.38 billion	$25.40 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
DUK Duke Energy	$4.34	3.36%	+2.01%	63.45%	20 Years
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	$5.36	1.88%	+5.25%	81.21%	64 Years
VZ Verizon Communications	$2.83	6.10%	+1.95%	72.19%	20 Years

Latest JNJ, VZ, and DUK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/1/2026	DUK Duke Energy	quarterly	$1.0850	3.36%	11/13/2026	11/13/2026	12/16/2026
10/13/2026	JNJ Johnson & Johnson	quarterly	$1.34	2.15%	11/24/2026	11/24/2026	12/8/2026
9/9/2026	VZ Verizon Communications	quarterly	$0.7075	6.78%	10/9/2026	10/9/2026	11/2/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
DUK Duke Energy	1.49	0.68	0.44
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	0.44	1.02	0.74
VZ Verizon Communications	1.33	0.63	0.58

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
DUK Duke Energy	65.31%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	69.55%
VZ Verizon Communications	62.06%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
DUK Duke Energy	0.12%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	0.16%
VZ Verizon Communications	0.03%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
DUK Duke Energy	26,441	779.71 million	778.77 million	Optionable
JNJ Johnson & Johnson	138,200	2.41 billion	2.40 billion	Optionable
VZ Verizon Communications	89,900	4.14 billion	4.14 billion	Optionable

JNJ, VZ, and DUK Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

AT&T vs. Verizon: Which Telecom Stock Is a Better Buy for 2027?

November 14 at 1:32 PM | fool.com

Verizon Communications (VZ) Cuts 13,000 Jobs As Dan Schulman Pushes Turnaround

November 13 at 7:12 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Insider Selling: Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) CEO Sells $50,721.00 in Stock

November 13 at 6:37 AM | insidertrades.com

Fortreum Launches VDR/VER, Powered by Kovr, Ahead of FedRAMP’s Dec. 7 Vulnerability Deadline

November 12 at 7:04 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Insider Selling: Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) CEO Sells 1,100 Shares of Company Stock

November 12 at 3:07 PM | marketbeat.com

T vs. VZ: Which Telecom Stock is a Better Investment Right Now?

November 12 at 12:16 PM | zacks.com

Verizon stock faces USD 1.75 billion note redemption in December

November 12 at 9:02 AM | ad-hoc-news.deA

Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) Share Price Breaks Above 50-Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

November 12 at 4:39 AM | marketbeat.com

How Many Shares of AT&T, Comcast or Verizon Pay $1,000 a Month in Dividends?

November 11 at 7:34 PM | tikr.comT

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November 11 at 2:34 PM | foxbusiness.com

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights SpaceX, AT&T and Verizon

November 11 at 2:34 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Nokia vs. Verizon: Which Telecommunications Stock Is a Better Buy for 2027?

November 11 at 11:35 AM | fool.com

Verizon Just Gained 11% in a Month: “Only One Year Into a Multi-Year Growth Story”

November 10, 2026 | tikr.comT

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It

November 10, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Verizon Business, Thames Freeport complete one of Europe’s largest Private 5G implementations

November 10, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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November 10, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Verizon Communications (VZ) Lands Thames Freeport 5G Role As Takeover Talk Returns

November 10, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It

November 10, 2026 | zacks.com

As tech stumbles, is this telecom’s 6.2% dividend yield a safe haven?

November 10, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Is Verizon an Undervalued Dividend Stock to Buy Right Now in November?

November 10, 2026 | fool.com

Verizon's Dividends Kept $1,000 Afloat at $1,580 While the S&P 500 Reached $3,910

November 9, 2026 | 247wallst.com

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JNJ, VZ, and DUK Company Descriptions

Duke Energy NYSE:DUK

$129.14 +0.55 (+0.43%)

Closing price 11/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$128.98 -0.17 (-0.13%)

As of 11/13/2026 07:56 PM Eastern

Duke Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. It 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 in the Carolinas, Florida, and the Midwest. It generates electricity through coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, solar and wind sources, renewables, and nuclear fuel. This segment also engages in the wholesale of electricity to municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and load-serving entities. The GU&I segment distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation natural gas customers; 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.

Johnson & Johnson NYSE:JNJ

$285.78 +2.26 (+0.80%)

Closing price 11/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$286.81 +1.03 (+0.36%)

As of 11/13/2026 07:57 PM Eastern

Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the healthcare field. It operates through the Innovative Medicine and MedTech segments. The Innovative Medicine segment focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension. The MedTech segment includes a portfolio of products used in the interventional solutions, orthopaedics, surgery, and vision categories. The company was founded by Robert Wood Johnson I, James Wood Johnson, and Edward Mead Johnson Sr. in 1887 and is headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ.

Verizon Communications NYSE:VZ

$46.36 -0.19 (-0.41%)

Closing price 11/13/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$46.36 +0.00 (+0.01%)

As of 11/13/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and conferencing, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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