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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
$117.83
+0.6%
$116.62
$105.20
$125.27
$91.58B0.373.47 million shs2.16 million shs
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$74.77
+0.1%
$71.70
$61.72
$86.10
$153.93B0.6711.06 million shs8.91 million shs
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
N/AN/AN/AN/A
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$93.26
+0.9%
$89.88
$80.26
$94.45
$102.50B0.384.73 million shs4.50 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
-0.74%+0.65%+0.29%-2.79%+11.17%
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
-0.52%+3.11%+0.08%+13.89%+5.33%
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
-0.26%+1.30%+2.52%+2.10%+15.55%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
4.577 of 5 stars
2.33.05.01.34.01.71.9
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.7485 of 5 stars
3.33.03.32.63.62.51.3
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
4.0322 of 5 stars
2.12.04.21.83.61.71.3
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
2.59
Moderate Buy$127.258.00% Upside
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
2.53
Moderate Buy$84.0812.45% Upside
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
0.00
N/AN/AN/A
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
2.25
Hold$93.20-0.07% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NVE, NEE, SO, and DUK Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
7/16/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$90.00 ➝ $91.00
7/15/2025
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$122.00 ➝ $127.00
7/15/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$94.00 ➝ $97.00
7/11/2025
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
UBS Group
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Reiterated RatingNeutral ➝ Neutral$124.00 ➝ $127.00
7/11/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
HSBC
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Lower Price TargetBuy$88.00 ➝ $86.00
7/10/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$65.00 ➝ $67.00
7/3/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Lower Price Target$86.00 ➝ $82.00
7/1/2025
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
The Goldman Sachs Group
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Set Price Target$132.00
7/1/2025
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
Barclays
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$123.00 ➝ $122.00
6/25/2025
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
The Goldman Sachs Group
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UpgradeNeutral ➝ Buy$125.00 ➝ $132.00
6/18/2025
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$125.00 ➝ $124.00
(Data available from 7/16/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
$30.94B2.96$14.35 per share8.21$65.09 per share1.81
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$24.75B6.22$6.22 per share12.03$29.40 per share2.54
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$26.72B3.84$8.92 per share10.46$33.47 per share2.79
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
$4.52B$6.0319.5417.512.9515.40%9.88%2.66%8/5/2025 (Estimated)
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$6.95B$2.6728.0118.882.6421.81%12.06%3.83%7/23/2025 (Estimated)
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
N/AN/A0.00N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$4.40B$4.1922.2620.323.3116.54%12.70%3.22%7/31/2025 (Estimated)

Latest NVE, NEE, SO, and DUK Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
8/5/2025Q2 2025
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
$1.29N/AN/AN/A$7.07 billionN/A
7/31/2025Q2 2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$0.9910N/AN/AN/A$6.70 billionN/A
7/23/2025Q2 2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$0.99N/AN/AN/A$7.52 billionN/A
5/6/2025Q1 2025
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
$1.59$1.76+$0.17$1.76$7.70 billion$8.25 billion
5/1/2025Q1 2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$1.20$1.23+$0.03$1.21$7.17 billion$7.78 billion
4/23/2025Q1 2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$0.99$0.99N/A$0.40$6.58 billion$6.25 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
$4.183.55%N/A69.32%20 Years
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$2.273.04%N/A85.02%31 Years
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$2.963.17%N/A70.64%25 Years

Latest NVE, NEE, SO, and DUK Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/15/2025
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
quarterly$1.06503.64%8/15/20258/15/20259/16/2025
5/1/2025
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
quarterly$1.04503.45%5/16/20255/16/20256/16/2025
5/22/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
quarterly$0.56653.39%6/2/20256/2/20256/16/2025
4/21/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
quarterly$0.743.3%5/19/20256/6/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
1.57
0.77
0.50
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
1.32
0.55
0.45
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
N/AN/AN/A
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
1.69
0.86
0.65

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
65.31%
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
78.72%
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
N/A
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
64.10%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
0.14%
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
0.18%
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
N/A
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
0.16%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Duke Energy Corporation stock logo
DUK
Duke Energy
26,413777.26 million776.17 millionOptionable
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
9,3002.06 billion2.05 billionOptionable
(NVE) stock logo
NVE
(NVE)
N/AN/AN/ANot Optionable
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
28,6001.10 billion1.10 billionOptionable

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Duke Energy stock logo

Duke Energy NYSE:DUK

$117.83 +0.73 (+0.62%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$117.75 -0.08 (-0.06%)
As of 06:58 PM Eastern
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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.

NextEra Energy stock logo

NextEra Energy NYSE:NEE

$74.77 +0.07 (+0.10%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$74.85 +0.08 (+0.10%)
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NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets. The company had approximately 33,276 megawatts of net generating capacity; approximately 90,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines; and 883 substations. It serves approximately 12 million people through approximately 5.9 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.

(NVE) stock logo

(NVE) NYSE:NVE

NV Energy, Inc. (NVE) is an investor-owned holding company. NVE has four primary, wholly owned subsidiaries: Nevada Power Company (NPC), doing business as NV Energy, Sierra Pacific Power Company (SPPC) doing business as NV Energy, NVE Insurance Company, Inc. and Lands of Sierra. The NPC and SPPC (Utilities) operate three business segments: NPC electric; SPPC electric, and SPPC natural gas. Electric service is provided by NPC to Las Vegas and surrounding Clark County, and by SPPC to northern Nevada. Natural gas service is provided by SPPC in the Reno-Sparks area of Nevada. Nevada Electrical Investment Company (NEICO) is a wholly owned subsidiary of NPC. On December 19, 2013, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (MidAmerican) completed the merger of NV Energy, Inc. (NVE) and Silver Merger Sub, Inc., a subsidiary of MidAmerican, and following the completion of the merger (the NVE Merger) NVE became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of MidAmerican.

Southern stock logo

Southern NYSE:SO

$93.26 +0.79 (+0.86%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$93.32 +0.05 (+0.06%)
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The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and operates nuclear, coal, hydro, cogeneration, solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities. Further, the constructs, operates, and maintains approximately 77,900 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.9 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, it develops distributed energy and resilience solutions; deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers; and offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.