DUK Investors, You Need to Know These Facts Today.

By Naomi Wentworth • Wednesday, November 09 10:09 • Permanent Link

Duke Energy logged a 0.5% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $93.71 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.5% and the Dow Industrial Average posted a -0.6% change. DUK's trading volume is 384,139 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,939,937.

Duke Energy trades -9.41% away from its average analyst target price of $103.44 per share. The 16 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $92 to $120, and on average have given Duke Energy a rating of buy.

Below are some factors that could be affecting the stocks's performance and analyst recommendation:

Duke Energy has moved -8.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -17.6%
Based on its trailing earning per share of 4.98, Duke Energy has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.8 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
DUK has a forward P/E ratio is 16.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (Eps) is $5.72 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 3.16 -- a number near or below 1 signifying that Duke Energy is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.5 compared to its sector average of 1.47

Duke Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. Based in Charlotte, the company has 27,605 full time employees and a market cap of $72,162,598,912. Duke Energy currently returns an annual dividend yield of 4.2%.

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