What is Duke Energy Corp's earnings per share (EPS)?

Duke Energy Corp (DUK) reported diluted earnings per share of $6.31 for fiscal year 2025. This represents a 10.5% change compared to the previous fiscal year. EPS represents the portion of a company's net income allocated to each outstanding share of common stock and is widely used to evaluate profitability on a per-share basis.

Duke Energy Corp Financials

DUK

FY2025 annual

Revenue $31.7B +5.6% YoY

Net Income $5.0B +9.8% YoY

EPS (Diluted) $6.31 +10.5% YoY

Free Cash Flow -$1.7B -3629.2% YoY

Source SEC Filings (10-K/10-Q) Data as of Mar 31, 2026 Currency USD FYE December

Duke Energy Corp (DUK) reported $31.7B in revenue for fiscal year 2025, up 5.6% from the prior fiscal year. This page shows its income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and key financial ratios. View 15 years of annual fundamentals and quarterly data, with year-over-year growth rates and compound annual growth rates (CAGR). All figures are derived from SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q reports).

Rhea AI DUK FY2025 2026-05-05

Duke Energy’s asset-heavy expansion model turns rising earnings into more infrastructure investment, not into cash that can pile up.

After a near-breakeven year, free cash flow fell back to -$1.7B as capital spending climbed to $14.0B. That combination, despite stronger margins, shows the business is still funded by continuous reinvestment and balance-sheet capacity rather than by cash accumulation.

Profitability improved meaningfully, but returns on assets remained only 2.5% even with a 27.2% operating margin. The gap tells you the economics are shaped by a very large infrastructure base: earnings can rise faster than asset productivity, and ROE can improve without creating a proportionate cash surplus.

The company paid $3.3B of dividends while free cash flow was -$1.7B, so distributions were not coming from excess post-investment cash. With a current ratio of 0.6x, the model depends on steady refinancing and customer collections rather than a large cash reserve, which fits long-lived utility assets.

Financial Health Signals

Financial Health Score 51/100

Scored as: Utilities peer group

Scored against utilities for FY2025. Each of the six dimensions is a percentile rank within that peer group; the overall is their average, with missing dimensions counted as zero out of six. A high score means strong standing among peers, not absolute cross-industry strength. How this score is calculated →

Health score ≠ stock price. This rates the quality of Duke Energy Corp's business: profitability, growth, balance sheet strength. It doesn't tell you whether the stock is a good buy at today's price. Not financial advice. Use it alongside valuation analysis and your own research.

Profitability

Growth

Leverage

Liquidity

Cash Flow

Returns

Altman Z-Score Distress

0.69

Duke Energy Corp scores 0.69, below the 1.81 distress threshold. The score is driven primarily by a large market capitalization ($96.7B) relative to total liabilities ($143.9B). This indicates elevated financial distress risk and warrants close attention to liquidity and debt levels.

Distress-screening estimate for non-financial companies. Not computed for banks or insurers, where the Altman model does not apply.

Piotroski F-Score Partial

6/8

Duke Energy Corp passes 6 of 8 computable financial strength tests (1 of the nine could not be computed from available data). All 4 profitability signals pass (positive income, cash flow, and earnings quality), 1 of 3 leverage/liquidity signals pass, both operating efficiency signals pass.

Earnings Quality Cash-Backed

2.48x

For every $1 of reported earnings, Duke Energy Corp generates $2.48 in operating cash flow ($12.3B OCF vs $5.0B net income). This indicates profits are well-supported by actual cash generation, not accounting adjustments.

Interest Coverage Adequate

2.37x

Duke Energy Corp earns $2.37 in operating income for every $1 of interest expense ($8.6B vs $3.6B). This adequate coverage means the company can meet its interest obligations, but has limited cushion if earnings fall.

Key Financial Metrics

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Earnings & Revenue

Revenue

$31.7B

YoY+5.6%

5Y CAGR+6.4%

Duke Energy Corp generated $31.7B in revenue in fiscal year 2025. This represents an increase of 5.6% from the prior year.

EBITDA

$16.3B

YoY+13.8%

5Y CAGR+10.2%

10Y CAGR+6.5%

Duke Energy Corp's EBITDA was $16.3B in fiscal year 2025, measuring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. This represents an increase of 13.8% from the prior year.

Net Income

$5.0B

YoY+9.8%

5Y CAGR+29.3%

10Y CAGR+5.8%

Duke Energy Corp reported $5.0B in net income in fiscal year 2025. This represents an increase of 9.8% from the prior year.

EPS (Diluted)

$6.31

YoY+10.5%

5Y CAGR+29.7%

10Y CAGR+4.5%

Duke Energy Corp earned $6.31 per diluted share (EPS) in fiscal year 2025. This represents an increase of 10.5% from the prior year.

Cash & Balance Sheet

Free Cash Flow

-$1.7B

YoY-3629.2%

Duke Energy Corp recorded an outflow of $1.7B in free cash flow in fiscal year 2025, representing a cash shortfall after capex. This represents a decrease of 3629.2% from the prior year.

Cash & Debt

$245.0M

YoY-22.0%

5Y CAGR-1.1%

10Y CAGR-4.4%

Duke Energy Corp held $245.0M in cash against $80.1B in long-term debt as of fiscal year 2025.

Dividends Per Share

$4.22

YoY+1.9%

5Y CAGR+2.0%

10Y CAGR+2.7%

Duke Energy Corp paid $4.22 per share in dividends in fiscal year 2025. This represents an increase of 1.9% from the prior year.

Shares Outstanding

778M

YoY+0.2%

5Y CAGR+0.2%

10Y CAGR+1.2%

Duke Energy Corp had 778M shares outstanding in fiscal year 2025. This represents an increase of 0.2% from the prior year.

Margins & Returns

Operating Margin

27.2%

YoY+0.8pp

5Y CAGR+7.5pp

Duke Energy Corp's operating margin was 27.2% in fiscal year 2025, reflecting core business profitability. This is up 0.8 percentage points from the prior year.

Net Margin

15.7%

YoY+0.6pp

5Y CAGR+9.7pp

Duke Energy Corp's net profit margin was 15.7% in fiscal year 2025, showing the share of revenue converted to profit. This is up 0.6 percentage points from the prior year.

Return on Equity

9.6%

YoY+0.5pp

5Y CAGR+6.7pp

10Y CAGR+2.5pp

Duke Energy Corp's ROE was 9.6% in fiscal year 2025, measuring profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity. This is up 0.5 percentage points from the prior year.

Gross Margin

Not reported for fiscal year 2025.

Capital Allocation

Capital Expenditures

$14.0B

YoY+14.2%

5Y CAGR+7.2%

10Y CAGR+7.6%

Duke Energy Corp invested $14.0B in capex in fiscal year 2025, funding long-term assets and infrastructure. This represents an increase of 14.2% from the prior year.

R&D Spending

Not reported for fiscal year 2025.

Share Buybacks

Not reported for fiscal year 2025.

DUK Income Statement

Figures in USD, abbreviated K (thousand), M (million), B (billion), T (trillion). Negative values carry a minus sign and red type.

DUK annual income statement

Metric	TTM	FY25	FY24	FY23	FY22	FY21	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17	FY16	FY15	FY14	FY13	FY12	FY11
Revenue	$32.5B	$31.7B+5.6%	$30.1B+4.8%	$28.7B0.0%	$28.7B+17.1%	$24.5B+5.3%	$23.3B-4.5%	$24.3B+2.5%	$23.8B	N/A	$22.7B+1.7%	$22.4B-0.6%	$22.5B-1.1%	$22.8B+16.0%	$19.6B+35.1%	$14.5B
Cost of Revenue	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.1B-11.4%	$6.8B-0.1%	$6.8B+7.6%	$6.3B-4.2%	$6.6B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gross Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.2B-1.8%	$17.5B+3.5%	$16.9B	N/A	$16.1B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Operating Income	$9.0B	$8.6B+8.8%	$7.9B+12.1%	$7.1B+17.6%	$6.0B+9.3%	$5.5B+20.3%	$4.6B-19.9%	$5.7B+21.9%	$4.7B-16.7%	$5.6B+8.1%	$5.2B+2.4%	$5.1B+4.9%	$4.8B-0.2%	$4.9B+66.7%	$2.9B+4.8%	$2.8B
Interest Expense	$3.7B	$3.6B+7.4%	$3.4B+12.3%	$3.0B+23.6%	$2.4B+10.5%	$2.2B+5.2%	$2.1B-4.9%	$2.2B+5.3%	$2.1B+5.4%	$2.0B+3.7%	$1.9B+25.5%	$1.5B-0.1%	$1.5B-0.9%	$1.5B+24.0%	$1.2B+44.8%	$859.0M
Income Tax	$782.0M	$642.0M+8.8%	$590.0M+34.7%	$438.0M+46.0%	$300.0M+11.9%	$268.0M+258.6%	-$169.0M-132.6%	$519.0M+15.8%	$448.0M-62.5%	$1.2B+3.5%	$1.2B-8.0%	$1.3B+2.5%	$1.2B+1.7%	$1.2B+93.4%	$623.0M-17.2%	$752.0M
Net Income	$5.1B	$5.0B+9.8%	$4.5B+59.2%	$2.8B+11.4%	$2.5B-34.7%	$3.9B+183.8%	$1.4B-63.3%	$3.7B+40.6%	$2.7B-12.8%	$3.1B+42.1%	$2.2B-23.6%	$2.8B+49.5%	$1.9B-29.3%	$2.7B+50.7%	$1.8B+3.6%	$1.7B
EPS (Diluted)	—	$6.31+10.5%	$5.71+61.3%	$3.54+11.7%	$3.17-35.8%	$4.94+187.2%	$1.72-66.0%	$5.06+34.6%	$3.76-13.8%	$4.36+40.2%	$3.11-23.2%	$4.05+52.3%	$2.66-29.3%	$3.76+22.5%	$3.07-19.8%	$3.83

Metric	Q1'26	Q4'25	Q3'25	Q2'25	Q1'25	Q4'24	Q3'24	Q2'24
Revenue	$9.0B+15.7%	$7.8B-7.2%	$8.4B+13.6%	$7.4B-10.3%	$8.2B+13.5%	$7.2B-10.9%	$8.1B+13.6%	$7.2B
Operating Income	$2.7B+28.6%	$2.1B-9.2%	$2.3B+27.5%	$1.8B-21.9%	$2.3B+10.9%	$2.1B-1.5%	$2.1B+25.6%	$1.7B
Interest Expense	$968.0M+2.3%	$946.0M+4.9%	$902.0M+0.6%	$897.0M+0.9%	$889.0M+2.1%	$871.0M-0.1%	$872.0M+5.8%	$824.0M
Income Tax	$333.0M+116.2%	$154.0M-12.5%	$176.0M+47.9%	$119.0M-38.3%	$193.0M+77.1%	$109.0M-33.1%	$163.0M+16.4%	$140.0M
Net Income	$1.6B+30.9%	$1.2B-16.7%	$1.4B+44.4%	$984.0M-28.6%	$1.4B+14.4%	$1.2B-5.9%	$1.3B+42.3%	$900.0M
EPS (Diluted)	$1.97	N/A	$1.81+44.8%	$1.25-29.0%	$1.76	N/A	$1.60+41.6%	$1.13

Not reported in any period shown, so not listed: R&D Expenses, SG&A Expenses.

TTM is the trailing twelve months, Q2 FY2025 through Q1 FY2026, summed from the four most recent quarterly filings. A row marked — cannot be summed at all, because a quarter in the window reports no per-share figure; a row marked N/A could be summed, but a quarter in the window does not report that metric.

DUK Balance Sheet

Figures in USD, abbreviated K (thousand), M (million), B (billion), T (trillion). Negative values carry a minus sign and red type.

DUK annual balance sheet

Metric	FY25	FY24	FY23	FY22	FY21	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17	FY16	FY15	FY14	FY13	FY12	FY11
Total Assets	$195.7B+5.0%	$186.3B+5.3%	$176.9B-0.7%	$178.1B+5.0%	$169.6B+4.4%	$162.4B+2.2%	$158.8B+9.2%	$145.4B+5.4%	$137.9B+3.9%	$132.8B+9.6%	$121.2B+0.5%	$120.6B+5.0%	$114.8B+0.8%	$113.9B+82.1%	$62.5B
Current Assets	$11.6B-10.3%	$12.9B+1.4%	$12.8B-3.4%	$13.2B+33.0%	$9.9B+14.5%	$8.7B-5.2%	$9.2B-5.7%	$9.7B+14.9%	$8.5B+5.1%	$8.0B-3.4%	$8.3B-28.1%	$11.6B+10.1%	$10.5B+3.9%	$10.1B+47.1%	$6.9B
Cash & Equivalents	$245.0M-22.0%	$314.0M+24.1%	$253.0M-38.1%	$409.0M+19.9%	$341.0M+31.7%	$259.0M-16.7%	$311.0M-29.6%	$442.0M+23.5%	$358.0M-8.7%	$392.0M+2.3%	$383.0M-17.3%	$463.0M-2.7%	$476.0M-66.6%	$1.4B-32.5%	$2.1B
Inventory	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.6B
Accounts Receivable	$16.0M-99.2%	$1.9B-37.4%	$3.0B-2.8%	$3.1B+27.5%	$2.4B+13.7%	$2.1B+7.5%	$2.0B-8.2%	$2.2B+8.9%	$2.0B+5.4%	$1.9B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Goodwill	$19.0B0.0%	$19.0B-1.5%	$19.3B0.0%	$19.3B0.0%	$19.3B0.0%	$19.3B0.0%	$19.3B0.0%	$19.3B-0.5%	$19.4B-0.1%	$19.4B+20.9%	$16.1B-1.5%	$16.3B-0.1%	$16.3B-0.2%	$16.4B+325.2%	$3.8B
Total Liabilities	$143.9B+5.6%	$136.2B+6.6%	$127.8B-0.8%	$128.8B+7.0%	$120.3B+5.1%	$114.4B+2.1%	$112.0B+10.3%	$101.6B+5.6%	$96.2B+4.8%	$91.7B+12.6%	$81.4B+2.2%	$79.7B+8.5%	$73.4B+0.6%	$73.0B+83.6%	$39.8B
Current Liabilities	$21.0B+8.7%	$19.4B+12.0%	$17.3B-8.4%	$18.9B+18.5%	$15.9B-2.3%	$16.3B+10.5%	$14.8B-1.9%	$15.0B+20.5%	$12.5B+8.1%	$11.6B+1.3%	$11.4B+1.5%	$11.2B+30.0%	$8.6B-13.8%	$10.0B+81.4%	$5.5B
Long-Term Debt	$80.1B+4.9%	$76.3B+5.4%	$72.5B+10.0%	$65.9B+9.0%	$60.4B+8.7%	$55.6B+1.2%	$55.0B+7.6%	$51.1B+4.3%	$49.0B+7.6%	$45.6B+23.7%	$36.8B-0.6%	$37.1B-2.9%	$38.2B+5.0%	$36.4B+105.0%	$17.7B
Total Equity	$51.8B+3.4%	$50.1B+2.1%	$49.1B-0.4%	$49.3B+0.1%	$49.3B+2.8%	$48.0B+2.4%	$46.8B+6.9%	$43.8B+5.0%	$41.7B+1.7%	$41.0B+3.3%	$39.7B-2.8%	$40.9B-1.1%	$41.3B+1.1%	$40.9B+79.4%	$22.8B
Retained Earnings	$5.1B+47.4%	$3.4B+53.5%	$2.2B-15.2%	$2.6B-19.2%	$3.3B+32.1%	$2.5B-39.8%	$4.1B+32.0%	$3.1B+3.3%	$3.0B+26.4%	$2.4B-7.0%	$2.6B+27.4%	$2.0B-14.9%	$2.4B+25.1%	$1.9B+0.9%	$1.9B

Metric	Q1'26	Q4'25	Q3'25	Q2'25	Q1'25	Q4'24	Q3'24	Q2'24
Total Assets	$198.0B+1.2%	$195.7B+1.8%	$192.3B+1.4%	$189.7B-3.1%	$195.7B+5.0%	$186.3B+1.5%	$183.6B+1.1%	$181.6B
Current Assets	$13.4B+15.8%	$11.6B-4.9%	$12.2B+0.5%	$12.1B-4.9%	$12.8B-1.4%	$12.9B+6.7%	$12.1B-3.3%	$12.6B
Cash & Equivalents	$2.1B+773.5%	$245.0M-64.4%	$688.0M+100.0%	$344.0M-27.6%	$475.0M+51.3%	$314.0M-16.5%	$376.0M-3.6%	$390.0M
Accounts Receivable	N/A	$16.0M+33.3%	$12.0M+9.1%	$11.0M+10.0%	$10.0M-99.5%	$1.9B-4.2%	$2.0B-1.9%	$2.0B
Goodwill	$19.0B0.0%	$19.0B0.0%	$19.0B-1.5%	$19.3B0.0%	$19.3B+1.5%	$19.0B-1.5%	$19.3B0.0%	$19.3B
Total Liabilities	$143.6B-0.2%	$143.9B+2.2%	$140.8B+1.4%	$138.8B-4.3%	$145.1B+6.5%	$136.2B+1.3%	$134.4B+1.9%	$131.9B
Current Liabilities	$20.3B-3.4%	$21.0B+8.5%	$19.4B+5.4%	$18.4B+10.7%	$16.6B-14.1%	$19.4B+11.1%	$17.4B+12.6%	$15.5B
Long-Term Debt	$80.5B+0.5%	$80.1B+1.0%	$79.3B+0.5%	$78.9B-1.0%	$79.7B+4.4%	$76.3B-0.2%	$76.5B+0.1%	$76.4B
Total Equity	$54.5B+5.0%	$51.8B+0.7%	$51.5B+1.1%	$50.9B+0.4%	$50.7B+1.1%	$50.1B+2.0%	$49.1B-1.2%	$49.7B
Retained Earnings	$5.8B+13.9%	$5.1B+7.2%	$4.7B+13.9%	$4.1B+3.9%	$4.0B+16.2%	$3.4B+12.4%	$3.1B+15.8%	$2.6B

DUK Cash Flow Statement

Figures in USD, abbreviated K (thousand), M (million), B (billion), T (trillion). Negative values carry a minus sign and red type.

DUK annual cash flow statement

Metric	TTM	FY25	FY24	FY23	FY22	FY21	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17	FY16	FY15	FY14	FY13	FY12	FY11
Operating Cash Flow	$11.7B	$12.3B0.0%	$12.3B+24.8%	$9.9B+66.7%	$5.9B-28.5%	$8.3B-6.4%	$8.9B+7.9%	$8.2B+14.2%	$7.2B+8.5%	$6.6B-3.5%	$6.9B+2.4%	$6.7B+1.7%	$6.6B+3.2%	$6.4B+21.7%	$5.2B+42.8%	$3.7B
Capital Expenditures	$15.0B	$14.0B+14.2%	$12.3B-2.6%	$12.6B+10.9%	$11.4B+17.0%	$9.7B-1.9%	$9.9B-10.9%	$11.1B+18.5%	$9.4B+16.6%	$8.1B+1.9%	$7.9B+16.8%	$6.8B+25.7%	$5.4B-2.6%	$5.5B+0.5%	$5.5B+26.1%	$4.4B
Free Cash Flow	-$3.3B	-$1.7B-3629.2%	$48.0M+101.8%	-$2.7B+49.9%	-$5.4B-281.8%	-$1.4B-35.6%	-$1.1B+63.9%	-$2.9B-32.2%	-$2.2B-54.3%	-$1.4B-37.6%	-$1.0B-1472.7%	-$66.0M-105.5%	$1.2B+40.4%	$856.0M+433.1%	-$257.0M+62.8%	-$691.0M
Investing Cash Flow	-$12.9B	-$14.3B-9.3%	-$13.1B-5.2%	-$12.5B-4.2%	-$12.0B-9.5%	-$10.9B-3.1%	-$10.6B+11.3%	-$12.0B-18.9%	-$10.1B-19.2%	-$8.4B+26.8%	-$11.5B-118.5%	-$5.3B+1.8%	-$5.4B-7.9%	-$5.0B+19.7%	-$6.2B-39.8%	-$4.4B
Financing Cash Flow	$2.9B	$1.9B+127.0%	$859.0M-63.5%	$2.4B-61.6%	$6.1B+134.9%	$2.6B+50.7%	$1.7B-53.6%	$3.7B+26.0%	$3.0B+66.1%	$1.8B-58.1%	$4.3B+263.4%	-$2.6B-283.8%	-$678.0M+48.9%	-$1.3B-597.0%	$267.0M-77.8%	$1.2B
Dividends Paid	$3.3B	$3.3B+2.7%	$3.2B+2.1%	$3.1B-1.3%	$3.2B+2.1%	$3.1B+10.7%	$2.8B+5.4%	$2.7B+8.0%	$2.5B+0.9%	$2.5B+5.1%	$2.3B+3.5%	$2.3B+0.9%	$2.2B+2.1%	$2.2B+24.9%	$1.8B+31.8%	$1.3B
Share Buybacks	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.5B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Metric	Q1'26	Q4'25	Q3'25	Q2'25	Q1'25	Q4'24	Q3'24	Q2'24
Operating Cash Flow	$1.5B-58.7%	$3.7B+0.7%	$3.6B+26.9%	$2.9B+31.5%	$2.2B-35.5%	$3.4B-4.2%	$3.5B+19.3%	$3.0B
Capital Expenditures	$4.1B-1.3%	$4.1B+20.0%	$3.5B+5.3%	$3.3B+4.2%	$3.1B+1.9%	$3.1B+3.4%	$3.0B-0.3%	$3.0B
Free Cash Flow	-$2.6B-431.1%	-$485.0M-370.9%	$179.0M+142.9%	-$417.0M+57.1%	-$971.0M-437.2%	$288.0M-46.4%	$537.0M+1348.8%	-$43.0M
Investing Cash Flow	-$1.8B+57.7%	-$4.4B-17.5%	-$3.7B-25.2%	-$3.0B+10.2%	-$3.3B-0.9%	-$3.3B+0.1%	-$3.3B-1.3%	-$3.2B
Financing Cash Flow	$2.2B+577.7%	$328.0M-13.0%	$377.0M+5285.7%	$7.0M-99.4%	$1.2B+1045.0%	-$131.0M+53.9%	-$284.0M-215.9%	$245.0M
Dividends Paid	$832.0M+0.2%	$830.0M-0.1%	$831.0M+2.0%	$815.0M+0.1%	$814.0M+0.2%	$812.0M+0.7%	$806.0M+1.5%	$794.0M

DUK Financial Ratios

Margins and returns are percentages; the remaining ratios are unitless multiples.

DUK annual financial ratios

Metric	FY25	FY24	FY23	FY22	FY21	FY20	FY19	FY18	FY17	FY16	FY15	FY14	FY13	FY12	FY11
Gross Margin	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	74.0%+2.0pp	72.0%+0.7pp	71.3%	N/A	70.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Operating Margin	27.2%+0.8pp	26.4%+1.7pp	24.7%+3.7pp	21.0%-1.5pp	22.5%+2.8pp	19.7%-3.8pp	23.4%+3.7pp	19.7%	N/A	22.9%+0.2pp	22.7%+1.2pp	21.5%+0.2pp	21.3%+6.5pp	14.8%-4.3pp	19.1%
Net Margin	15.7%+0.6pp	15.0%+5.1pp	9.9%+1.0pp	8.9%-7.1pp	16.0%+10.0pp	5.9%-9.5pp	15.4%+4.2pp	11.2%	N/A	9.5%-3.1pp	12.6%+4.2pp	8.4%-3.3pp	11.7%+2.7pp	9.0%-2.7pp	11.7%
Return on Equity	9.6%+0.5pp	9.0%+3.3pp	5.8%+0.6pp	5.2%-2.8pp	7.9%+5.1pp	2.9%-5.1pp	8.0%+1.9pp	6.1%-1.3pp	7.3%+2.1pp	5.2%-1.9pp	7.1%+2.5pp	4.6%-1.8pp	6.5%+2.1pp	4.3%-3.2pp	7.5%
Return on Assets	2.5%+0.1pp	2.4%+0.8pp	1.6%+0.2pp	1.4%-0.9pp	2.3%+1.4pp	0.9%-1.5pp	2.4%+0.5pp	1.8%-0.4pp	2.2%+0.6pp	1.6%-0.7pp	2.3%+0.8pp	1.6%-0.8pp	2.3%+0.8pp	1.6%-1.2pp	2.7%
Current Ratio	0.55-0.1x	0.67-0.1x	0.740.0x	0.70+0.1x	0.62+0.1x	0.53-0.1x	0.620.0x	0.650.0x	0.680.0x	0.700.0x	0.73-0.3x	1.03-0.2x	1.22+0.2x	1.01-0.2x	1.24
Debt-to-Equity	1.550.0x	1.520.0x	1.48+0.1x	1.34+0.1x	1.23+0.1x	1.160.0x	1.170.0x	1.170.0x	1.17+0.1x	1.11+0.2x	0.930.0x	0.910.0x	0.920.0x	0.89+0.1x	0.78
FCF Margin	-5.3%-5.5pp	0.2%+9.7pp	-9.5%+9.5pp	-19.0%-13.2pp	-5.8%-1.3pp	-4.5%+7.4pp	-12.0%-2.7pp	-9.3%	N/A	-4.6%-4.3pp	-0.3%-5.6pp	5.3%+1.6pp	3.8%+5.1pp	-1.3%+3.5pp	-4.8%

Metric	Q1'26	Q4'25	Q3'25	Q2'25	Q1'25	Q4'24	Q3'24	Q2'24
Operating Margin	30.3%+3.0pp	27.3%-0.6pp	27.9%+3.0pp	24.8%-3.7pp	28.5%-0.7pp	29.2%+2.8pp	26.4%+2.5pp	23.9%
Net Margin	17.2%+2.0pp	15.2%-1.7pp	17.0%+3.6pp	13.4%-3.4pp	16.8%+0.1pp	16.6%+0.9pp	15.8%+3.2pp	12.6%
Return on Equity	2.9%+0.6pp	2.3%-0.5pp	2.8%+0.8pp	1.9%-0.8pp	2.7%+0.3pp	2.4%-0.2pp	2.6%+0.8pp	1.8%
Return on Assets	0.8%+0.2pp	0.6%-0.1pp	0.7%+0.2pp	0.5%-0.2pp	0.7%+0.1pp	0.7%-0.1pp	0.7%+0.2pp	0.5%
Current Ratio	0.66+0.1x	0.55-0.1x	0.630.0x	0.66-0.1x	0.77+0.1x	0.670.0x	0.70-0.1x	0.81
Debt-to-Equity	1.48-0.1x	1.550.0x	1.540.0x	1.550.0x	1.57+0.1x	1.520.0x	1.560.0x	1.54
FCF Margin	-28.6%-22.4pp	-6.2%-8.4pp	2.1%+7.8pp	-5.7%+6.2pp	-11.8%-15.8pp	4.0%-2.6pp	6.6%+7.2pp	-0.6%

Note: The current ratio is below 1.0 (0.55), indicating current liabilities exceed current assets, which may suggest potential short-term liquidity concerns.

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What is Duke Energy Corp's annual revenue?

Duke Energy Corp (DUK) reported $31.7B in total revenue for fiscal year 2025. This represents a 5.6% change compared to the previous fiscal year. Revenue measures the total income earned from the company's primary business operations before any expenses are deducted.

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Duke Energy Corp (DUK) revenue grew by 5.6% year-over-year, from $30.1B to $31.7B in fiscal year 2025.

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Yes, Duke Energy Corp (DUK) reported a net income of $5.0B in fiscal year 2025, with a net profit margin of 15.7%.

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Duke Energy Corp (DUK) had EBITDA of $16.3B in fiscal year 2025, measuring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

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As of fiscal year 2025, Duke Energy Corp (DUK) had $245.0M in cash and equivalents against $80.1B in long-term debt.

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Duke Energy Corp (DUK) had an operating margin of 27.2% in fiscal year 2025, reflecting the profitability of core business operations before interest and taxes.

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Yes, Duke Energy Corp (DUK) paid $4.22 per share in dividends during fiscal year 2025.

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Duke Energy Corp (DUK) generated $12.3B in operating cash flow during fiscal year 2025, representing cash generated from core business activities.

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Duke Energy Corp (DUK) invested $14.0B in capital expenditures during fiscal year 2025, funding long-term assets and infrastructure.

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Duke Energy Corp (DUK) had 778M shares outstanding as of fiscal year 2025.

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