Free Trial

Duke Energy (DUK) Competitors

Duke Energy logo
$119.50 -4.55 (-3.67%)
As of 03:25 PM Eastern
This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

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.

Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) and NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Duke Energy presently has a consensus target price of $123.87, suggesting a potential downside of 0.11%. NextEra Energy has a consensus target price of $85.92, suggesting a potential upside of 19.20%. Given NextEra Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NextEra Energy is more favorable than Duke Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Duke Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
NextEra Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Duke Energy had 15 more articles in the media than NextEra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Duke Energy and 45 mentions for NextEra Energy. NextEra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Duke Energy's score of 1.26 indicating that NextEra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Duke Energy
46 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NextEra Energy
43 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

65.3% of Duke Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of NextEra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Duke Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of NextEra Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Duke Energy$30.36B3.17$4.52B$5.7121.72
NextEra Energy$24.75B5.99$6.95B$3.3721.39

Duke Energy has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextEra Energy has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NextEra Energy received 161 more outperform votes than Duke Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.64% of users gave NextEra Energy an outperform vote while only 53.75% of users gave Duke Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Duke EnergyOutperform Votes
617
53.75%
Underperform Votes
531
46.25%
NextEra EnergyOutperform Votes
778
71.64%
Underperform Votes
308
28.36%

Duke Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. NextEra Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Duke Energy pays out 73.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NextEra Energy pays out 67.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Duke Energy has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and NextEra Energy has increased its dividend for 31 consecutive years.

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
Duke Energy14.90% 9.50% 2.56%
NextEra Energy 28.06%11.85%3.81%

Summary

NextEra Energy beats Duke Energy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

Remove Ads
Get Duke Energy News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DUK and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

DUK vs. The Competition

MetricDuke EnergyElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$96.39B$21.32B$15.47B$18.94B
Dividend Yield3.45%3.17%5.65%3.79%
P/E Ratio21.7234.8215.4831.59
Price / Sales3.1711.0520.8425.45
Price / Cash8.358.4018.4317.54
Price / Book1.912.121.954.36
Net Income$4.52B$965.53M$664.08M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.84%2.15%0.95%-3.87%
1 Month Performance6.48%20.34%3.63%-4.82%
1 Year Performance29.00%16.32%9.61%0.29%

Duke Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DUK
Duke Energy
3.9507 of 5 stars
$119.50
-3.7%
$123.87
+3.7%
+29.2%$92.56B$30.36B20.8627,900News Coverage
Positive News
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.4863 of 5 stars
$71.02
+0.8%
$85.92
+21.0%
+15.2%$145.92B$24.75B21.0515,300Positive News
SO
Southern
3.1389 of 5 stars
$91.96
+0.9%
$91.46
-0.5%
+30.2%$100.72B$26.72B22.9027,700Positive News
ETR
Entergy
3.7215 of 5 stars
$85.19
+0.9%
$84.75
-0.5%
+62.6%$36.62B$11.88B34.9211,700Positive News
PPL
PPL
2.4067 of 5 stars
$36.10
+1.1%
$35.27
-2.3%
+32.7%$26.62B$8.46B29.806,530
FE
FirstEnergy
4.1223 of 5 stars
$40.40
+0.8%
$45.00
+11.4%
+7.4%$23.28B$13.47B26.0412,300Analyst Revision
Positive News
ES
Eversource Energy
4.34 of 5 stars
$61.90
+1.3%
$67.40
+8.9%
+5.8%$22.69B$11.90B26.769,630News Coverage
Positive News
EIX
Edison International
4.9265 of 5 stars
$58.88
+1.2%
$76.82
+30.5%
-16.6%$22.65B$17.60B17.2513,000Options Volume
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.5929 of 5 stars
$95.18
+1.1%
$95.17
0.0%
+30.1%$11.32B$5.12B18.0180Analyst Forecast
Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
3.3551 of 5 stars
$45.90
+0.9%
$45.67
-0.5%
+33.8%$9.23B$2.99B20.852,240News Coverage
Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.1951 of 5 stars
$115.95
+0.9%
$120.50
+3.9%
+31.1%$6.25B$1.83B21.142,070Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
Remove Ads

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:DUK) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners