Duke Energy
About: Duke Energy is one of the largest us utilities, with regulated utilities in the Carolinas, Indiana, Florida, Ohio, and Kentucky that deliver electricity to 8.2 million customers. Its natural gas utilities serve more than 1.6 million customers.
Employees: 27,037
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
83% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 219 | Existing positions closed: 120
23% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 848 | Existing positions reduced: 691
20% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $495M | Put options by funds: $411M
16% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 19 [Q3] → 22 (+3) [Q4]
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 2,043 [Q3] → 2,046 (+3) [Q4]
1.63% less ownership
Funds ownership: 67.43% [Q3] → 65.8% (-1.63%) [Q4]
7% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $59.6B [Q3] → $55.2B (-$4.38B) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
4 analyst ratings
Jefferies Julien Dumoulin-Smith 55% 1-year accuracy 87 / 158 met price target | 14%upside $132 | Buy Maintained | 21 Feb 2025 |
BMO Capital James Thalacker 80% 1-year accuracy 60 / 75 met price target | 7%upside $124 | Outperform Maintained | 3 Feb 2025 |
Scotiabank Andrew Weisel 75% 1-year accuracy 21 / 28 met price target | 4%upside $120 | Sector Perform Maintained | 12 Dec 2024 |
Morgan Stanley Stephen Byrd 58% 1-year accuracy 64 / 111 met price target | 2%upside $118 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 22 Nov 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 27 articles about DUK published over the past 30 days









