Duke Energy Corp (NYSE: DUK) Emerges As Guiding Light For Investors

Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.73M but it saw 3094859 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 91.00B USD, the company’s current market price of $117.11 came rising about 0.89 while comparing to the previous closing price of $116.08. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $121.46 and as low as $92.75. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $116.08 while lowest mark touched by it was $117.325.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Duke Energy Corp (DUK) gives us an average price of $117.90, while its current price level is -3.59% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 26.27% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $114.63 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $111.85. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.71% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.81%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 50.29 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Mizuho upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “Neutral” on October 15, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $116-$121. Jefferies issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $138.

Over the week, DUK’s stock price is moving -1.84% down while it is -0.15% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 8.70% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 23.78%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Feb-12, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 1.51 while estimate for next year EPS is 6.32. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $6.99B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $31.58B and seeing the company making $32.75B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $7.7B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Duke Energy Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 776.00M with 0.14% of that held by the insiders while 67.03% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 3.44% and return on equity (ROE) at 9.10%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 20.61 while having a 17.43 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.40. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.85 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.00. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.42% on average.