Duke Energy Corporation

DUK stock score: 61/100

$120.67 · -0.54% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
57
Fundamental
65
News
49

The reading

Duke Energy (DUK) scores 61 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 79% of Utilities stocks and 79% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 57, fundamentals 65.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and EBITDA Margins at 99 score highest, while Free Cash Flow Yield at 3 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 61 and contrarian oscillators 29 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 49; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 55 to 77, and it is down 15 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward DUK’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

65

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • EBITDA Margins99

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

  • Profit Margins96

    Profit margins show what percentage of revenue becomes profit.

Holding it back

  • Free Cash Flow Yield3

    Free cash flow yield is free cash flow divided by market value: the cash a business generates for each dollar of its price.

  • Quick Ratio14

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

  • Earnings Estimates19

    Earnings estimates score evaluates analyst projections for future profitability.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

53

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • Stochastic (14)100

    Stochastic Oscillator (14-period) compares the current price to its range over 14 periods.

  • Know Sure Thing (KST)99

    Know Sure Thing (KST) combines multiple rate-of-change calculations to identify long-term trend reversals.

Holding it back

  • Candlestick Patterns0

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • Money Flow Index (14)0

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

  • Williams %R (28)2

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Social Sentiment (1W)
54
Global News
46

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly521
Daily533
Weekly512
Monthly622
Quarterly662

Composite score, last 90 days

05010061Jul 24, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 24, 2026: 76Jul 25, 2026: 76Jul 26, 2026: 76Jul 27, 2026: 76Jul 28, 2026: 76Jul 29, 2026: 77Jul 30, 2026: 76Jul 31, 2026: 64Aug 2, 2026: 62Aug 3, 2026: 58Aug 4, 2026: 58Aug 5, 2026: 58Aug 6, 2026: 58Aug 7, 2026: 61Aug 8, 2026: 60Aug 9, 2026: 60Aug 10, 2026: 57Aug 11, 2026: 58Aug 12, 2026: 59Aug 13, 2026: 63Aug 14, 2026: 60Aug 15, 2026: 60Aug 16, 2026: 62Aug 17, 2026: 59Aug 18, 2026: 60Aug 19, 2026: 61Aug 20, 2026: 61Aug 22, 2026: 57Aug 23, 2026: 57Aug 24, 2026: 58Aug 25, 2026: 59Aug 26, 2026: 59Aug 27, 2026: 58Aug 28, 2026: 57Aug 29, 2026: 57Aug 30, 2026: 57Aug 31, 2026: 57Sep 1, 2026: 59Sep 2, 2026: 60Sep 3, 2026: 59Sep 4, 2026: 59Sep 5, 2026: 59Sep 6, 2026: 59Sep 7, 2026: 59Sep 8, 2026: 60Sep 9, 2026: 58Sep 10, 2026: 57Sep 11, 2026: 57Sep 12, 2026: 57Sep 13, 2026: 57Sep 14, 2026: 57Sep 15, 2026: 56Sep 16, 2026: 57Sep 17, 2026: 57Sep 18, 2026: 57Sep 19, 2026: 57Sep 20, 2026: 57Sep 21, 2026: 56Sep 22, 2026: 56Sep 23, 2026: 57Sep 24, 2026: 56Sep 25, 2026: 55Sep 26, 2026: 55Sep 27, 2026: 55Sep 28, 2026: 55Sep 29, 2026: 56Sep 30, 2026: 56Oct 1, 2026: 56Oct 2, 2026: 56Oct 3, 2026: 57Oct 4, 2026: 57Oct 5, 2026: 56Oct 6, 2026: 57Oct 7, 2026: 58Oct 8, 2026: 58Oct 9, 2026: 58Oct 10, 2026: 58Oct 11, 2026: 58Oct 12, 2026: 58Oct 13, 2026: 59Oct 14, 2026: 60Oct 15, 2026: 60Oct 16, 2026: 61Oct 17, 2026: 61Oct 18, 2026: 61Oct 19, 2026: 60Oct 20, 2026: 61Oct 21, 2026: 61
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Key facts

Market cap
$94.1B
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Utilities - Regulated Electric
Beta
0.34
Risk grade (1–10)
2
Next earnings
Nov 5, 2026

Utilities - Regulated Electric peers

CompanyMarket capScore
NEE NextEra Energy$164.5B57
SO The Southern Company$104.3B59
NGG National Grid$81.5B60
AEP American Electric Power Company$69.3B64
D Dominion Energy$55.3B57
ETR Entergy$50.2B61

Questions

What is DUK's stock score today?

DUK scores 61/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 57, fundamental 65, and news sentiment 49, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is DUK a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 61 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the DUK score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Utilities ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.