DUK Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

FirstEnergy has a net margin of 15.71% compared to Duke Energy's net margin of 11.24%. Duke Energy's return on equity of 8.52% beat FirstEnergy's return on equity of 7.09%.

Duke Energy has a consensus price target of $123.48, signalling upside risk potential of 14.09%. On the other hand FirstEnergy has an analysts' consensus of $47.00 which suggests that it could grow by 18.34%. Given that FirstEnergy has higher upside potential than Duke Energy, analysts believe FirstEnergy is more attractive than Duke Energy.

Duke Energy has a beta of 0.490, which suggesting that the stock is 51.021% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.522, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 47.77%.

Duke Energy has a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.83%. FirstEnergy offers a yield of 4.24% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share. Duke Energy pays 114.19% of its earnings as a dividend. FirstEnergy pays out 82.21% of its earnings as a dividend. FirstEnergy's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Duke Energy's is not.

Duke Energy quarterly revenues are $8.2B, which are larger than FirstEnergy quarterly revenues of $3.7B. Duke Energy's net income of $1.3B is higher than FirstEnergy's net income of $419M. Notably, Duke Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.90x while FirstEnergy's PE ratio is 25.66x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Duke Energy is 2.77x versus 1.70x for FirstEnergy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NRG Energy has a net margin of 15.71% compared to Duke Energy's net margin of -10.62%. Duke Energy's return on equity of 8.52% beat NRG Energy's return on equity of 30.38%.

Duke Energy has a consensus price target of $123.48, signalling upside risk potential of 14.09%. On the other hand NRG Energy has an analysts' consensus of $97.11 which suggests that it could grow by 0.11%. Given that Duke Energy has higher upside potential than NRG Energy, analysts believe Duke Energy is more attractive than NRG Energy.

Duke Energy has a beta of 0.490, which suggesting that the stock is 51.021% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NRG Energy has a beta of 1.147, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 14.724%.

Duke Energy has a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.83%. NRG Energy offers a yield of 1.65% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.41 per share. Duke Energy pays 114.19% of its earnings as a dividend. NRG Energy pays out -188.61% of its earnings as a dividend.

Duke Energy quarterly revenues are $8.2B, which are larger than NRG Energy quarterly revenues of $7.2B. Duke Energy's net income of $1.3B is higher than NRG Energy's net income of -$767M. Notably, Duke Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.90x while NRG Energy's PE ratio is 25.20x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Duke Energy is 2.77x versus 0.75x for NRG Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

PG&E has a net margin of 15.71% compared to Duke Energy's net margin of 9.75%. Duke Energy's return on equity of 8.52% beat PG&E's return on equity of 10.68%.

Duke Energy has a consensus price target of $123.48, signalling upside risk potential of 14.09%. On the other hand PG&E has an analysts' consensus of $23.61 which suggests that it could grow by 21.71%. Given that PG&E has higher upside potential than Duke Energy, analysts believe PG&E is more attractive than Duke Energy.

Duke Energy has a beta of 0.490, which suggesting that the stock is 51.021% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison PG&E has a beta of 0.978, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 2.227%.

Duke Energy has a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.83%. PG&E offers a yield of 0.29% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.03 per share. Duke Energy pays 114.19% of its earnings as a dividend. PG&E pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend.

Duke Energy quarterly revenues are $8.2B, which are larger than PG&E quarterly revenues of $5.9B. Duke Energy's net income of $1.3B is higher than PG&E's net income of $579M. Notably, Duke Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.90x while PG&E's PE ratio is 15.04x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Duke Energy is 2.77x versus 1.66x for PG&E. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Southern has a net margin of 15.71% compared to Duke Energy's net margin of 21.1%. Duke Energy's return on equity of 8.52% beat Southern's return on equity of 13.18%.

Duke Energy has a consensus price target of $123.48, signalling upside risk potential of 14.09%. On the other hand Southern has an analysts' consensus of $90.75 which suggests that it could grow by 9.31%. Given that Duke Energy has higher upside potential than Southern, analysts believe Duke Energy is more attractive than Southern.

Duke Energy has a beta of 0.490, which suggesting that the stock is 51.021% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southern has a beta of 0.521, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 47.885%.

Duke Energy has a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share corresponding to a yield of 3.83%. Southern offers a yield of 3.42% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share. Duke Energy pays 114.19% of its earnings as a dividend. Southern pays out 76.33% of its earnings as a dividend. Southern's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future, but Duke Energy's is not.

Duke Energy quarterly revenues are $8.2B, which are larger than Southern quarterly revenues of $7.3B. Duke Energy's net income of $1.3B is lower than Southern's net income of $1.5B. Notably, Duke Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 19.90x while Southern's PE ratio is 19.35x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Duke Energy is 2.77x versus 3.46x for Southern. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.