Duke Energy Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:DUK)

Duke Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "DUK."

Duke Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.945 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $3.78 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.28%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. View Duke Energy's Dividend History.

Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) issued its earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The utilities provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.10. The utilities provider had revenue of $6.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.24 billion. Duke Energy had a return on equity of 8.24% and a net margin of 14.10%. Duke Energy's revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.65 earnings per share. View Duke Energy's Earnings History.

Duke Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Duke Energy.

Duke Energy updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, November, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.95-5.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.96.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Duke Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $88.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Duke Energy's share price to reach $94.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Duke Energy.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Duke Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 8 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Duke Energy.

Headlines about DUK stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Duke Energy earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Duke Energy.

Duke Energy saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,080,000 shares, a decline of 6.1% from the September 30th total of 10,730,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Duke Energy's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Duke Energy include NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Duke Energy investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), Chevron (CVX), Altria Group (MO), Dominion Energy (D), General Electric (GE) and The Coca-Cola (KO).

Duke Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.93%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.80%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.21%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.19%) and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can (0.18%). Company insiders that own Duke Energy stock include Dhiaa M Jamil, Douglas F Esamann, Dwight L Jacobs, E Marie Mckee, Lloyd M Yates, Lynn J Good, Melissa H Anderson and Steven K Young. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Duke Energy.

DUK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sabal Trust CO, Mondrian Investment Partners LTD, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Russell Investments Group Ltd., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Unigestion Holding SA and OLD Republic International Corp. Company insiders that have sold Duke Energy company stock in the last year include Dhiaa M Jamil, Douglas F Esamann, Dwight L Jacobs, E Marie Mckee, Lloyd M Yates, Lynn J Good, Melissa H Anderson and Steven K Young. View Insider Buying and Selling for Duke Energy.

DUK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, California Public Employees Retirement System, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Payden & Rygel, First Trust Advisors LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Crow Point Partners LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Duke Energy.

Shares of DUK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of DUK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $88.25.

Duke Energy has a market capitalization of $64.34 billion and generates $24.52 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $2.67 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.72 on an earnings per share basis. Duke Energy employs 30,083 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Duke Energy.

The official website for Duke Energy is http://www.duke-energy.com/.

Duke Energy's mailing address is 550 SOUTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC, 28202. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 704-382-3853 or via email at [email protected]