How High Will Gold Surge?
Gold is on fire - hitting $3,500 and outpacing stocks, tech, even Bitcoin. Analyst Sean Brodrick called it, and now he's forecasting a surge to $6,900. But the biggest opportunity isn't bullion. It's a little-known investment that's returned up to 1,000x more than physical gold.
About Duke Energy Corp
Duke Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company in the United States. It operates through two segments: Electric Utilities and Infrastructure (EU&I); and Gas Utilities and Infrastructure (GU&I). The EU&I segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity to approximately 8.6 million customers in the Southeast and Midwest regions. It generates electricity through coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, renewables, and nuclear fuel. This segment also engages in the wholesale of electricity to municipalities, electric cooperative utilities, and other load-serving entities. The GU&I segment distributes natural gas to approximately 1.7 million customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and power generation natural gas sectors; and invests in pipeline transmission projects, renewable natural gas projects, and natural gas storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Duke Energy Holding Corp. and changed its name to Duke Energy Corporation in April 2006. Duke Energy Corporation was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
General
| Name | Duke Energy Corp |
| Ticker | DUK |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Industry | Utilities - Regulated Electric |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 26,413 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 129.50 |
| Market Cap | 91,784,000,000 |
| PE Ratio | 19.70 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.97 |
| EBITDA | 14,897,999,872 |
Share Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 777,000,000 |
| Shares Float | 776,050,000 |
| Shares Short | 11,400,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 14% |
| Institution Holdings | 68.96% |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 129.50 |
| Market Cap | 91,784,000,000 |
| PE Ratio | 19.70 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.97 |
| EBITDA | 14,897,999,872 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 19.57 |
| Forward PE | 18.73 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 3.01 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 1.85 |
Dividend
Duke Energy Corp pays out a dividend of $4.28 per share, with a dividend yield of 3.62%.
DUK's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on June 16, 2025.
They pay out 72.84% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Jun 16, 2025 | $1.05 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $1.05 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $1.05 |
| Sep 16, 2024 | $1.05 |
| Jun 17, 2024 | $1.03 |
| Mar 18, 2024 | $1.03 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | $1.03 |
| Sep 18, 2023 | $1.03 |
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