Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 6.170-6.420 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 6.330. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of Duke Energy from $122.00 to $118.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on shares of Duke Energy from $113.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. KeyCorp lowered shares of Duke Energy from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on shares of Duke Energy from $119.00 to $124.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $122.08.

Duke Energy Price Performance

Shares of Duke Energy stock traded down $2.61 during trading on Thursday, reaching $113.76. 3,265,279 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,179,748. Duke Energy has a 1-year low of $90.09 and a 1-year high of $121.25. The company has a market cap of $87.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.90, a PEG ratio of 2.83 and a beta of 0.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.55, a quick ratio of 0.45 and a current ratio of 0.70. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $109.86 and its 200 day moving average price is $112.93.

Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The utilities provider reported $1.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.61 by $0.05. Duke Energy had a return on equity of 9.34% and a net margin of 14.31%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Duke Energy will post 5.91 earnings per share for the current year.

Duke Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $1.045 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $4.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.67%. Duke Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 76.84%.

About Duke Energy

Duke Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. It operates through two segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure (EU&I), and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure (GU&I). The EU&I segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in the Carolinas, Florida, and the Midwest.