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Duke Energy DUK Debt-to-equity

Debt-to-equity at other companies

American Electric Power logo
American Electric PowerAEP
1.6×
Xcel Energy logo
Xcel EnergyXEL
1.6×0.0×
Southern Company logo
Southern CompanySO
1.9×
Dominion Energy logo
Dominion EnergyD
0.1×0.0×
Nextra Energy logo
Nextra EnergyNEE
1.8×0.0×
Entergy logo
EntergyETR
1.9×-0.1×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$7.4B+3.1%
Operating income$1.8B+7.2%
Net income$984.0M+9.3%
EPS (diluted)$1.25+10.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$442.0M-8.5%
Total debt$82.4B+2.8%
Total equity$50.9B+2.4%
Total assets$189.71B+4.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$2.9B-3.1%
CapEx$3.3B+9.5%
Free cash flow-$417.0M-870%

Valuation

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Market cap$96.46B+17.5%
Enterprise value$178.4B+10.1%
P/E19.9×+0.7×
P/S3.1×+0.4×

Profitability

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Gross margin74%
Operating margin27.2%+1.6pp
Net margin15.7%+1.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9.6%+0.9pp
Current ratio0.7×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Duke Energy’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Duke Energy’s 10-Q, filed August 5, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Duke Energy's debt-to-equity?
Duke Energy (DUK) reported debt-to-equity of 1.6× in Q2 2025.
How has Duke Energy's debt-to-equity changed year-over-year?
Duke Energy's debt-to-equity increased by 0.5% year-over-year, from 1.6× to 1.6×.
What is the long-term trend for Duke Energy's debt-to-equity?
Over 3 years (2021 to 2024), Duke Energy's debt-to-equity has grown at a 9.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5× to 6.6×.
What does debt-to-equity mean?
How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.
How do you interpret debt-to-equity?
Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.
How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?
Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.