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Understanding Why Duke Energy Stock Is Sliding Today

Duke Energy stock is trading -12.22% below its average target price of $103.25 after dropping -2.3% during today's evening session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Railroads company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $89.0 to $120.0 per share.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.2%, and a short ratio of 3.16. The company's insiders own 0.11% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 66.6% of Duke Energy's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Duke Energy

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-12-31 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 70,351,343 $6,375,942,022
2023-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 8% 58,023,990 $5,258,714,054
2023-12-31 State Street Corporation 5% 41,695,621 $3,778,874,016
2023-12-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 3% 22,743,946 $2,061,283,763
2023-12-31 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 2% 18,699,484 $1,694,734,183
2023-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 15,434,198 $1,398,801,322
2023-12-31 FMR, LLC 1% 11,281,950 $1,022,483,097
2023-12-31 Capital Research Global Investors 1% 11,141,020 $1,009,710,612
2023-12-31 Morgan Stanley 1% 10,385,375 $941,226,507
2023-12-31 Royal Bank of Canada 1% 8,890,696 $805,763,754

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Duke Energy.

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