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We have scored 64 news catalysts on Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Jul 5, 2026, when DUK closed +3.0%: “IDU: Immediate And Lasting Catalysts For Energy Demand”. Coverage across the window leans positive (average ticker sentiment +0.44). Most of the impact sits in sector utilities and capex intensity.
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Market cap
91B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
0.36
52W range
113.9-134.49
Day range
116.96–118.00
Open
117.49
Prev close
117.53
Volume
1.8M
Avg volume
3.9M
Dividend
4.28
IPO
1980-03-17
Analysts publish price targets on DUK, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
11 analyst price targets from $132 to $139
as of 2026-09-10
The market is 11% below the median target — more cautious than the analysts.
The reconstruction
Daily OHLCV with SMA overlays and session pivots. Draw your levels and trendlines on it, or ask the AI analyst what the price is reacting to.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors, derived from what the news actually says about Duke Energy Corporation — not a sector bucket. Click an edge to see the articles that established the link.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors of Duke Energy Corporation, taken from what the news actually said about them rather than from a sector bucket. The count is how many articles established each link.
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Duke Energy Corporation, an energy provider operating across the United States with its various affiliates, structures its operations into three primary divisions: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure, Gas Utilities and Infrastructure, and Commercial Renewables. The Electric Utilities and Infrastructure division is responsible for generating, transmitting, distributing, and retailing electricity across the Carolinas, Florida, and the Midwestern states. Its power generation relies on a diverse portfolio of fuel sources, including coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, renewable technologies, and nuclear energy. Beyond direct retail sales, it also provides electricity at wholesale rates to various entities such as municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and other load-serving organizations. This segment caters to approximately 8.2 million customers spanning six states within the Southeastern and Midwestern U.S., encompassing a service area of about 91,000 square miles, and boasts an impressive generating capacity of approximately 50,259 megawatts. The Gas Utilities and Infrastructure segment focuses on the distribution of natural gas to a broad customer base, including residential homes, commercial enterprises, industrial facilities, and power generation plants. It also manages, operates, and invests in essential pipeline transmission networks and natural gas storage facilities. This segment serves around 1.6 million customers in total, with roughly 1.1 million located in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and an additional 550,000 customers in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky. Through its Commercial Renewables division, Duke Energy is actively involved in the acquisition, development, construction, ownership, and operation of wind and solar power projects. This includes offering non-regulated renewable energy and energy storage solutions to a variety of clients, such as utility companies, electric cooperatives, municipal governments, and corporate entities. The division's portfolio comprises 23 wind farms, 178 solar installations, two battery storage sites, and 71 fuel cell locations, totaling a substantial capacity of 3,554 MW spread across 22 different states. Established in 1904, the company was initially known as Duke Energy Holding Corp. before adopting its current name, Duke Energy Corporation, in April 2005. Its corporate headquarters are situated in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The price sits 11% below the median published target and at the very bottom of the model spread, meaning the market acknowledges the utility's baseline but completely refuses to pay for the growth upside the bulls project.
What the disagreement turns on
Will Duke Energy's 7.6 GW of contracted AI data center demand actually translate into accelerated, high-return rate base growth, and while unit volumes are measurable, the available data cannot test whether regulators will allow the company to earn a premium on those volumes.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
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