Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK), one of the strongest energy stocks, still going up

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Duke Energy stock opened at $87.59 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $64.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.69 and a beta of 0.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.23, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a current ratio of 0.62. Duke Energy Corp has a one year low of $62.13 and a one year high of $103.79. The business has a fifty day moving average of $85.49 and a two-hundred day moving average of $91.37.

  • Price/Earnings trailing 12 months———–17.30
  • Earnings Per Share trailing 12 months—–5.06
  • Most Recent Earnings————————0.91 on 02/13/20
  • Next Earnings Date————————–05/12/20

New Average Analyst Ratings for Duke Energy Corp (DUK)

A price target is the envisioned future price point of an asset (usually stock) as explained by an investment analyst or a Wall street advisor. The price target is based on many assumptions such as tech levels, cash flow, recent news and supply and demand.  Price targets  change often when the market is volatile and during crisis, that is why you need to stay in the loop and any new information. 

Current Rating for NYSE:DUK according to Wall Street analysts
Moderate Buy
Based on 11 analysts offering recommendations.
3 Strong Buy
8 Hold
 

How has NYSE:DUK stock performed recently?

A stock’s performance is more than just a set of random numbers. We need to place those numbers in context to understand it properly. On the surface, it feels awesome to see that a stock you invested in has returned 30% Year to date when viewing the starting price versus the ending price, but you need to look a little deeper. Was the stock abnormally low on the first trading day? If so, it could throw the numbers off.

Here are the latest numbers for Duke Energy Corp (DUK)

Previous Close87.54
Volume2,335,100
Avg Vol5,136,595
Stochastic %K75.76%
Weighted Alpha-6.00
5-Day Change+2.09 (+2.44%)
52-Week Range62.13 – 103.79
 
 
Looking at the numbers we are proceeding to Analysts target prices for DUK per share

Analyst Target Prices

HIGH TARGET 112.00
 
MEAN TARGET 94.89
 
LOW TARGET 79.00
52 WK HIGH 103.79
 
52 WK LOW 62.13

Latest insight into the Duke Energy Corp (NYSE-DUK) stock fundamentals

The price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is best calculated by taking a company’s market capitalization  and simply divide it by the company’s total revenue over the trailing 12 months. This number shows how much the market values every dollar of the company’s sales. This ratio can be effective in valuing growth stocks that have yet to turn a profit or have suffered a temporary setback.

So, lets take a look at  the latest DUK share values after most recent trading day on NYSE:

  • Market Capitalization, $K64,293,596
  • Shares Outstanding, K734,029
  • Annual Sales, $25,079 M
  • Annual Income, $3,748 M
  • 60-Month Beta0.33
  • Price/Sales2.56
  • Price/Cash Flow7.15
  • Price/Book1.39

The Price/Cash flow numbers that you can see in the table above(P/ are a strong stock valuation indicator or multiple that measures the value of a stock’s price relative to its operating cash flow per share.