Ratios in Focus: Analyzing Duke Energy Corp (DUK)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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In the latest session, Duke Energy Corp (NYSE: DUK) closed at $111.08 down -2.24% from its previous closing price of $113.63. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.24 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.56 million shares were traded. DUK stock price reached its highest trading level at $113.21 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $110.31.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Duke Energy Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.53 and its Current Ratio is at 0.81. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.68 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.56.

On October 15, 2024, Mizuho Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Neutral and also upped its target price recommendation from $116 to $121.

On September 20, 2024, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $138.Jefferies initiated its Buy rating on September 20, 2024, with a $138 target price.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 23 ’24 when JANSON JULIA S sold 10,000 shares for $112.58 per share. The transaction valued at 1,125,809 led to the insider holds 58,657 shares of the business.

JANSON JULIA S bought 10,000 shares of DUK for $1,125,809 on Aug 23 ’24. On Aug 08 ’24, another insider, Renjel Louis E., who serves as the EVP, Chief Corporate Affairs of the company, sold 540 shares for $113.64 each. As a result, the insider received 61,366 and left with 19,884 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, DUK now has a Market Capitalization of 87745314816 and an Enterprise Value of 173790281728. As of this moment, Duke’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 19.96, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 17.50. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.26. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.85 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.80. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.873 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.33.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, DUK has reached a high of $121.25, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $86.61. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.10%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.35%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, DUK has traded an average of 3.28M shares per day and 3025730 over the past ten days. A total of 771.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 770.97M. Insiders hold about 0.16% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 66.09% stake in the company. Shares short for DUK as of 1728950400 were 9831016 with a Short Ratio of 3.00, compared to 1726185600 on 11630804. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9831016 and a Short% of Float of 1.27.

Dividends & Splits

The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.07.

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