Are Analysts Too Bullish On Duke Energy Corp (DUK)

Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.81M but it saw 2539961 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 93.55B USD, the company’s current market price of $120.39 came falling about -0.56 while comparing to the previous closing price of $121.07. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $122.50 and as low as $92.75. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $119.9 while lowest mark touched by it was $121.3855.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Duke Energy Corp (DUK) gives us an average price of $118.74, while its current price level is -1.72% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 29.81% 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 $115.79 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $112.30. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.46% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.72%. 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 57.57 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 2.80% up while it is 3.42% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 11.74% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 25.31%.

Currently, Duke Energy Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 776.00M. 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 21.19 while having a 17.91 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.38. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.90 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.08. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.42% on average.