“Partially offset by: • a $334 million increase in net income, after adjustment for non-cash items, primarily due to the recovery of infrastructure investments to reliably serve customers in our growing jurisdictions, partially offset by interest expense and o…”10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 ↗
Duke Energy Corporation
DUK
Market read
Duke Energy Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 14 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 0.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Capital spending rose 28.2% year over year while free-cash-flow margin fell 15.3 percentage points to negative 24.2%.
- Reported dollar increases in operating revenues attributable to higher pricing from multiple jurisdictional rate cases (e.g., Indiana, Carolinas, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina).
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if DUK's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 9 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 14 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 0.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 2.8 percentage points.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Capital spending rose 28.2% year over year while free-cash-flow margin fell 15.3 percentage points to negative 24.2%.
- Reported dollar increases in operating revenues attributable to higher pricing from multiple jurisdictional rate cases (e.g., Indiana, Carolinas, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina).
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +5.6% year over year.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Pricing and mix has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
- P/E is 17% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
119.40Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Amounts reported in Duke Energy’s interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and each of the Subsidiary Registrants’ interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income are not necessarily indicative of amounts expect…”10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 ↗
“Our service territories continue to experience significant growth driven by economic development activity, population growth and increasing customer demand, which are expected to support substantial capital investment opportunities in the coming years.”10-Q · Aug 4, 2026 ↗
“Amounts reported in Duke Energy’s interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and each of the Subsidiary Registrants’ interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income are not necessarily indicative of amounts expect…”10-Q · May 5, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 2.9× · EV/sales 5.4×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:10 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for DUK. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-08-04 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-05.
Capital and cash conversion
Investment load increased
Capital spending consumed more revenue while free-cash-flow margin declined.
- Capital spending YoY
- +28.2%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +50.2%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -24.2%
- FCF margin change
- -15.3 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 0.7% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 2.8 percentage points.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“The variance was driven primarily by: • a $44 million increase in fuel-related revenues primarily due to higher natural gas costs passed through to customers, partially offset by lower natural gas retail sales volumes; • a $35 million increase in retail revenue riders primarily due to the Distribution Capital Investment Rider, Base Transmission Rider, Ohio CEP Rider and Pipeline Modernization Mechanism Rider; • a $33 million increase primarily due to higher pricing from the 2024 Duke Energy Kentucky electric rate case and the 2025 Duke Energy Kentucky natural gas rate case; and • a $17 million increase in Bulk Power Marketing sales.”
“The variance was driven primarily by: • a $123 million increase in cost of natural gas revenues primarily due to higher commodity prices; • a $24 million increase due to customer growth in North Carolina and South Carolina and the North Carolina Integrity Management Rider (IMR); • a $14 million increase in Midwest rider revenue; and • an $11 million increase primarily due to higher pricing from the 2025 Duke Energy Kentucky natural gas rate case.”
“The variance was driven primarily by: • a $145 million increase in fuel revenues primarily due to net higher fuel rates and volumes in the current year; • a $117 million increase due to higher pricing from rate cases across jurisdictions; • an $84 million increase in weather-normal retail sales volumes; • a $74 million increase in rider revenue primarily due to higher rates for the SPP at Duke Energy Florida and the Distribution Capital Investment Rider at Duke Energy Ohio; and • a $52 million increase in wholesale revenues, net of fuel, due to higher capacity volumes and rates at Duke Energy Progress.”
Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind DUK
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
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Filing peers
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What is moving around it
Live connections
DUK is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Regulated Electric Utilities. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.