Duke Energy Corporation (Holdin (DUK) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.43
- Estimate
- $1.30
- Surprise
- +9.6%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.6 → 5.7/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Duke Energy Corporation (Holdin (DUK) beat the $1.30 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.43 — a clear 9.6% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.6/10) to Sell at 5.7/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates DUK Sell at 5.0/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +9.6% surprise compares with a +5.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Utilities): +1.0
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Supplier: single domestic supplier
- Thin upside margin: 7.8%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.0)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $114.38
- Price target
- $123.25
- Stop
- $111.40
- Upside to target
- +7.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.6:1
At 17.5× trailing and 15.9× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: RSI 19 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-24 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
DUK at TrendMatrix's latest read
Utility earnings are regulatory outcomes on a lag — allowed-return and rate-case posture frame any quarter's print.
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Market cap
- $89.02B
- P/E (fwd)
- 15.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 17.5
- 52-week range
- $113.90–$134.49
- Off 52-week high
- 14.9%
- RSI (14)
- 19
- Volume vs avg
- 0.03×
- Score today
- 5.0/10