Duke Energy Valuation

Is DUK undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of DUK when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: DUK ($98.12) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($62.89)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DUK is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for DUK?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

DUK key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue5.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12x
PEG Ratio2.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does DUK's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for DUK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23x
SO Southern
20.1x7.4%US$79.8b
CEG Constellation Energy
35.6x7.6%US$57.7b
AEP American Electric Power Company
20.2x10.2%US$44.7b
PCG PG&E
16.2x10.8%US$36.2b
DUK Duke Energy
18.1x7.2%US$75.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DUK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.1x) compared to the peer average (23x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DUK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electric Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a8.8%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

Fetching data

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a8.8%
n/an/an/a
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DUK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.1x) compared to the US Electric Utilities industry average (18.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DUK's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

DUK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.1x
Fair PE Ratio21.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DUK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst DUK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$98.12
US$104.73
+6.7%
6.7%US$120.00US$94.00n/a17
Apr ’25US$96.07
US$104.38
+8.6%
6.9%US$120.00US$94.00n/a17
Mar ’25US$90.86
US$103.88
+14.3%
7.3%US$120.00US$94.00n/a17
Feb ’25US$97.79
US$105.00
+7.4%
6.5%US$120.00US$96.96n/a17
Jan ’25US$97.04
US$101.06
+4.1%
6.6%US$120.00US$90.00n/a17
Dec ’24US$92.64
US$98.23
+6.0%
6.9%US$120.00US$89.00n/a17
Nov ’24US$89.54
US$97.25
+8.6%
7.0%US$120.00US$91.00n/a16
Oct ’24US$88.26
US$100.56
+13.9%
6.4%US$120.00US$91.00n/a16
Sep ’24US$87.93
US$98.35
+11.9%
12.0%US$120.00US$59.00n/a17
Aug ’24US$92.15
US$100.50
+9.1%
12.7%US$120.00US$59.00n/a16
Jul ’24US$89.74
US$103.87
+15.7%
7.7%US$120.00US$90.00n/a15
Jun ’24US$88.12
US$108.57
+23.2%
4.4%US$120.00US$102.00n/a14
May ’24US$99.09
US$108.27
+9.3%
4.7%US$120.00US$101.00n/a15
Apr ’24US$96.47
US$106.87
+10.8%
5.1%US$120.00US$99.00US$96.0715
Mar ’24US$91.91
US$106.71
+16.1%
5.6%US$120.00US$93.00US$90.8617
Feb ’24US$102.54
US$108.06
+5.4%
6.2%US$120.00US$91.00US$97.7917
Jan ’24US$102.99
US$103.47
+0.5%
6.9%US$120.00US$91.00US$97.0417
Dec ’23US$100.31
US$102.17
+1.9%
6.4%US$120.00US$91.00US$92.6418
Nov ’23US$93.74
US$103.12
+10.0%
6.2%US$120.00US$94.00US$89.5417
Oct ’23US$93.02
US$113.44
+22.0%
5.8%US$121.00US$100.00US$88.2618
Sep ’23US$108.19
US$113.56
+5.0%
5.9%US$123.00US$100.00US$87.9318
Aug ’23US$109.85
US$112.65
+2.5%
4.3%US$120.00US$101.00US$92.1517
Jul ’23US$109.62
US$114.17
+4.1%
5.4%US$123.00US$101.00US$89.7418
Jun ’23US$111.67
US$114.78
+2.8%
5.5%US$122.00US$101.00US$88.1218
May ’23US$110.16
US$114.94
+4.3%
7.1%US$128.00US$101.00US$99.0918
Apr ’23US$112.82
US$109.83
-2.6%
4.9%US$120.00US$101.00US$96.4718

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


Discover undervalued companies

Price

7D

1Y

Mkt cap

PS

E.Growth

Analysts Target

Price

7D

1Y

Mkt cap

PS

E.Growth

Analysts Target

Price

7D

1Y

Mkt cap

PS

E.Growth

Analysts Target

Price

7D

1Y

Mkt cap

PS

E.Growth

Analysts Target

Simply Wall Street Pty Ltd (ACN 600 056 611), is a Corporate Authorised Representative (Authorised Representative Number: 467183) of Sanlam Private Wealth Pty Ltd (AFSL No. 337927). Any advice contained in this website is general advice only and has been prepared without considering your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should not rely on any advice and/or information contained in this website and before making any investment decision we recommend that you consider whether it is appropriate for your situation and seek appropriate financial, taxation and legal advice. Please read our Financial Services Guide before deciding whether to obtain financial services from us.