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Duke Energy DUK Return on assets

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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$96.56B+17.5%
Enterprise value$178.51B+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
Debt / equity1.6×0.0×
Current ratio0.7×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Duke Energy’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 return on assets?
Duke Energy (DUK) reported return on assets of 2.6% in Q2 2025.
How has Duke Energy's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Duke Energy's return on assets increased by 10.2% year-over-year, from 2.4% to 2.6%.
What is the long-term trend for Duke Energy's return on assets?
Over 3 years (2021 to 2024), Duke Energy's return on assets has grown at a 8.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 7% to 9%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.