On Monday, Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) opened lower -0.12% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $98.24. Price fluctuations for DUK have ranged from $83.06 to $100.39 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Utilities sector saw sales topped by 3.69%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 7.32% at the time writing. With a float of $770.25 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $771.00 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 27037 workers is very important to gauge.
Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) Insider and Institutional Ownership
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Utilities – Regulated Electric industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Duke Energy Corp. is 0.16%, while institutional ownership is 65.86%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 12 ’24, was worth 277,707. In this transaction EVP, External Affairs & Comm of this company sold 3,000 shares at a rate of $92.57, taking the stock ownership to the 14,213 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 21 ’23, when Company’s EVP, CLO & Corp Sec sold 2,500 for $89.76, making the entire transaction worth $224,400. This insider now owns 22,210 shares in total.
Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) Latest Financial update
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 12/31/2023, the company posted 1.2 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, coming under the agreed prediction (set at 1.26) by -0.06. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.05 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.32% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.86% during the next five years compared to 7.61% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Duke Energy Corp. (DUK). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.49. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.60.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.69, a number that is poised to hit 1.37 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 6.33 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Duke Energy Corp. (DUK)
The latest stats from [Duke Energy Corp., DUK] show that its last 5-days average volume of 2.84 million was inferior to 3.02 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 85.87%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.55.
During the past 100 days, Duke Energy Corp.’s (DUK) raw stochastic average was set at 81.73%, which indicates a significant decrease from 93.40% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 18.50% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 16.34% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $94.22, while its 200-day Moving Average is $92.77. Now, the first resistance to watch is $98.51. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $98.91. The third major resistance level sits at $99.31. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $97.71, it is likely to go to the next support level at $97.31. The third support level lies at $96.91 if the price breaches the second support level.
Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) Key Stats
There are currently 771,458K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 75.70 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 29,060 M according to its annual income of 2,841 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 7,212 M and its income totaled 1,005 M.
