Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
Back to Duke Energy Corporation
How Duke Energy Corporation stacks up
DUK · against 357 other Utilities companies
Profitability
60/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #143 of 358 · scores higher than 60% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 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 · 349 reported | 5.0% | 5.2% | 47% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 353 reported | 28.3% | 18.6% | 79% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 345 reported | 2.6% | 2.7% | 48% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 342 reported | 9.9% | 8.1% | 65% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 361 reported | 52.0% | 35.5% | 78% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DUK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1B BRL (≈$561M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 1 | 1.62T CLP (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 56 | |
| 3 | 7.9B CNY (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 3 | 15.9B BRL (≈$2.9B) | 99 | 56 | |
| 3 | 15.5B USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 139 | 21.0B AUD (≈$13.8B) | 61 | 50 | |
| 139 | 5.2B USD | 61 | 55 | |
| 143 | 18.8B CNY (≈$2.6B) | 60 | 49 | |
| 143 | 6.5B HKD (≈$828M) | 60 | 49 | |
| 143 | 98.6B USD | 60 | 52 | |
| 146 | 4.5B EUR (≈$4.9B) | 59 | 43 | |
| 146 | 14.2B CAD (≈$10.4B) | 59 | 37 | |
| 146 | 30.5B USD | 59 | 45 | |
| 146 | 21.4B USD | 59 | 46 |
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