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DUK vs. NEE, SO, ETR, PPL, FE, ES, EIX, 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), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), FirstEnergy (FE), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NextEra Energy$25.27B5.44$6.95B$2.6725.03
Duke Energy$30.94B2.91$4.52B$6.0319.21

In the previous week, NextEra Energy and NextEra Energy both had 46 articles in the media. NextEra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Duke Energy's score of 1.27 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
36 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Duke Energy
30 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NextEra Energy has a net margin of 28.06% compared to Duke Energy's net margin of 14.90%. NextEra Energy's return on equity of 11.85% beat Duke Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NextEra Energy28.06% 11.85% 3.81%
Duke Energy 14.90%9.50%2.56%

NextEra Energy received 163 more outperform votes than Duke Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.60% of users gave NextEra Energy an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NextEra EnergyOutperform Votes
784
71.60%
Underperform Votes
311
28.40%
Duke EnergyOutperform Votes
621
53.86%
Underperform Votes
532
46.14%

NextEra Energy has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duke Energy has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NextEra Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Duke Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. NextEra Energy pays out 84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Duke Energy pays out 69.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NextEra Energy has raised its dividend for 31 consecutive years and Duke Energy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Duke Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

NextEra Energy presently has a consensus target price of $83.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.93%. Duke Energy has a consensus target price of $125.81, suggesting a potential upside of 8.60%. Given NextEra Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NextEra Energy is more favorable than Duke Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NextEra Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Duke Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

NextEra Energy beats Duke Energy on 13 of the 20 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$90.04B$20.64B$16.13B$19.26B
Dividend Yield3.61%3.19%5.71%3.83%
P/E Ratio20.2935.7620.3234.34
Price / Sales2.9115.4322.4034.56
Price / Cash8.358.4018.7117.51
Price / Book1.782.032.114.68
Net Income$4.52B$965.53M$661.92M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.36%-0.67%1.22%-2.66%
1 Month Performance-4.62%1.52%3.07%5.98%
1 Year Performance13.77%12.25%9.28%5.61%

Duke Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DUK
Duke Energy
4.3103 of 5 stars
$116.51
+0.8%
$125.81
+8.0%
+11.7%$90.55B$30.94B20.4027,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.9248 of 5 stars
$73.78
-1.6%
$83.46
+13.1%
-12.3%$151.89B$25.27B21.8915,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SO
Southern
4.0647 of 5 stars
$89.42
+1.6%
$92.21
+3.1%
+12.8%$98.28B$27.85B22.3027,700Positive News
Analyst Revision
ETR
Entergy
4.4206 of 5 stars
$82.99
-0.2%
$86.04
+3.7%
+44.1%$35.75B$11.93B34.0811,700Positive News
Analyst Revision
PPL
PPL
3.0829 of 5 stars
$35.06
+0.6%
$36.90
+5.2%
+16.4%$25.92B$8.66B28.986,530Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
FE
FirstEnergy
3.604 of 5 stars
$42.79
+0.3%
$46.00
+7.5%
+5.2%$24.70B$13.95B27.6112,300Analyst Forecast
ES
Eversource Energy
2.9398 of 5 stars
$63.51
+0.5%
$65.78
+3.6%
+5.4%$23.33B$12.69B27.499,630News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
EIX
Edison International
4.9962 of 5 stars
$58.03
-1.0%
$76.89
+32.5%
-25.7%$22.33B$17.33B17.0213,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.6765 of 5 stars
$92.16
+0.5%
$95.75
+3.9%
+15.5%$11.00B$5.21B17.4580News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OGE
OGE Energy
3.9697 of 5 stars
$44.54
+0.4%
$46.40
+4.2%
+19.8%$8.97B$3.14B20.252,240Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
IDA
IDACORP
4.7134 of 5 stars
$116.77
+1.1%
$123.57
+5.8%
+18.5%$6.31B$1.81B21.312,070News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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