ABC Arbitrage SA Acquires New Position in Duke Energy Corporation $DUK

ABC Arbitrage SA bought a new position in shares of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund bought 16,036 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,984,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Duke Energy by 11,417.7% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 17,668,789 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $2,084,917,000 after acquiring an additional 17,515,383 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Duke Energy by 1.5% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 75,716,783 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $8,934,580,000 after purchasing an additional 1,154,783 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its position in shares of Duke Energy by 448.9% in the 3rd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 826,296 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $102,254,000 after buying an additional 675,768 shares in the last quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp grew its stake in Duke Energy by 64.4% in the 2nd quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp now owns 1,472,321 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $173,734,000 after acquiring an additional 576,674 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp increased its holdings in Duke Energy by 21.1% during the 2nd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp now owns 2,726,823 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $321,765,000 after acquiring an additional 474,325 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.31% of the company’s stock.

More Duke Energy News

Here are the key news stories impacting Duke Energy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management raised and extended its long‑term outlook — Duke expanded its five‑year capital plan to $103 billion (up about $16B) and reiterated a 5%–7% EPS growth target through 2030, signaling sustained investment-led earnings growth that underpins future rate base and earnings. Duke Energy projects 5%–7% EPS growth through 2030 while expanding $103B capital plan
• Positive Sentiment: Data‑center demand is a material growth driver — Duke signed ~1.5 GW of new data‑center deals in Q4, lifting the pipeline to ~4.5 GW, providing contracted or near‑contracted load that supports revenue visibility and justifies grid investments. Duke Energy signed 1.5 GW of new data center deals in Q4, lifting total pipeline to 4.5 GW
• Positive Sentiment: Q4 revenue beat and FY26 guidance roughly inline — revenue came in at $7.94B (above estimates) and management set FY2026 EPS guidance of $6.55–$6.80, supporting the view that demand (including AI/data center loads) is lifting top line and enabling durable cash flow. Duke Energy Q4 results and call materials
• Neutral Sentiment: Recovery of storm costs improves cash flow — the company reported recovering ~$3B in storm costs, which reduces regulatory lag on cost recovery but is largely one‑time in nature. Duke Energy recovers $3 billion in storm costs, signs new data center deals
• Neutral Sentiment: Operational reliability wins — smart, self‑healing grid tech avoided many extended outages and peak demand hit records, highlighting investment payoff but also signaling the need for continued capex. Smart, self-healing tech avoided extended outages
• Negative Sentiment: Local regulatory/competitive risk — St. Petersburg has begun studying a municipal utility option as its contract with Duke nears expiration; if pursued, this could reduce customer base and future load in that jurisdiction. St. Petersburg to study municipal electric utility as Duke Energy contract nears expiration
• Negative Sentiment: Near‑term margin pressure and mixed earnings reads — some outlets note Q4 EPS was down year‑over‑year and narrowly missed or only marginally beat certain estimates, reflecting higher costs that could compress near‑term margins despite revenue growth. Duke Energy Q4 earnings lag estimates, revenues rise y/y

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have issued reports on DUK. UBS Group reduced their price target on shares of Duke Energy from $135.00 to $126.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their target price on Duke Energy from $126.00 to $115.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Duke Energy from $136.00 to $126.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on Duke Energy from $143.00 to $140.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Scotiabank increased their price objective on Duke Energy from $137.00 to $146.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 16th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $133.88.

Insider Transactions at Duke Energy

In other Duke Energy news, EVP Robert Alexander Glenn sold 8,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $123.80, for a total transaction of $1,015,160.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 11,367 shares in the company, valued at $1,407,234.60. The trade was a 41.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 0.14% of the company’s stock.

Duke Energy Price Performance

DUK stock opened at $123.75 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $96.24 billion, a PE ratio of 19.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 0.51. The company has a current ratio of 0.63, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $118.14 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $121.67. Duke Energy Corporation has a 12-month low of $110.51 and a 12-month high of $130.03.

Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The utilities provider reported $1.50 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $7.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.57 billion. Duke Energy had a return on equity of 9.98% and a net margin of 15.76%.During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.66 EPS. Duke Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.550-6.800 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Duke Energy Corporation will post 6.33 EPS for the current year.

Duke Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 13th will be given a $1.065 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 13th. This represents a $4.26 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.4%. Duke Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 66.98%.

Duke Energy Profile

Duke Energy Corporation is a U.S.-based electric power holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s core business is the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Duke Energy operates a mix of regulated electric utilities and non-regulated energy businesses, providing essential energy infrastructure and services across multiple states.

Its operating activities include owning and operating generation assets across a portfolio that encompasses nuclear, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric and an expanding array of renewable resources, as well as battery storage and grid modernization projects.