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How Duke Energy Corporation stacks up
DUK · against 92 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
60/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #29 of 93 · scores higher than 70% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score10 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including DUK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 60?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, which is stronger than most Utilities peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.0% vs peer median 5.2%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.6% vs peer median 2.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 79% of peers. Operating margin: 28.3% vs peer median 18.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = DUK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | DUK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 90 reported | 5.0% | 5.1% | 48% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 91 reported | 28.3% | 21.3% | 81% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 92 reported | 2.6% | 2.6% | 51% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 91 reported | 9.9% | 9.3% | 67% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 94 reported | 52.0% | 43.6% | 72% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DUK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15.5B USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 2 | 5.1B USD | 96 | 75 | |
| 3 | 1.5B USD | 94 | 93 | |
| 4 | 9.1B USD | 93 | 52 | |
| 5 | 23.3B USD | 90 | 78 | |
| 25 | 83.3B USD | 65 | 32 | |
| 26 | 10.1B USD | 62 | 46 | |
| 26 | 36.3B USD | 62 | 51 | |
| 28 | 5.2B USD | 61 | 55 | |
| 29 | 98.6B USD | 60 | 52 | |
| 30 | 30.5B USD | 59 | 45 | |
| 30 | 21.4B USD | 59 | 46 | |
| 32 | 30.6B USD | 58 | 47 | |
| 32 | Unavailable | 58 | 69 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score