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Company snapshot — Duke Energy Corporation

DUK in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Duke Energy runs regulated utility operations across the southeastern and midwestern United States, split into two segments. Electric Utilities and Infrastructure generates, transmits and sells power from coal, gas, oil, nuclear, hydro and renewable sources, plus wholesale sales to municipalities and cooperatives. Gas Utilities and Infrastructure delivers natural gas to homes, businesses, industry and power generators, and invests in pipelines, storage and renewable gas projects. The company traces to 1904 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Where it sits in the stack
Duke carries no seat in our index and sits outside the build-out sleeves; the diary places it in the regulated-electric utilities sector of our wider universe, where it is tracked as a supplier of grid power rather than a constituent of any technology stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group does not list comparisons for Duke; the name the market most often sets alongside it is Southern Company, another large regulated southeastern electric utility.
Why Closelook tracks it
Duke holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo seat, no Closelook score, and no quotes in our editions; the diary has not yet built coverage on it beyond noting the index membership.
What the diary watches
Whether regulators approve the infrastructure spending Duke describes across its electric and gas segments, and whether its generation mix shifts further away from coal toward gas, nuclear and renewables.

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for DUK, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Utilities - Regulated Electric · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Regulated Electric · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against DUK on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.61%, quarterly · last 1.09 USD on 2026-08-14

Dividends and capital return

What DUK pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.28 USD per share · a 3.61% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +1.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.20 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.09 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.02 USD (partial) · 2024: 4.14 USD · 2025: 4.22 USD · 2026: 3.22 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-16

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Duke Energy Corporation (DUK)?

Duke Energy Corporation trades as DUK on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is DUK in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Duke Energy Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does DUK trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -3.8% vs the 50-day and -4.3% vs the 200-day average, 11.9% below the 52-week high and +5% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 4 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Duke Energy Corporation do?

Duke Energy runs regulated utility operations across the southeastern and midwestern United States, split into two segments. Electric Utilities and Infrastructure generates, transmits and sells power from coal, gas, oil, nuclear, hydro and renewable sources, plus wholesale sales to municipalities and cooperatives. Gas Utilities and Infrastructure delivers natural gas to homes, businesses, industry and power generators, and invests in pipelines, storage and renewable gas projects. Closelook's peer group does not list comparisons for Duke; the name the market most often sets alongside it is Southern Company, another large regulated southeastern electric utility.

Where does Duke Energy Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Duke carries no seat in our index and sits outside the build-out sleeves; the diary places it in the regulated-electric utilities sector of our wider universe, where it is tracked as a supplier of grid power rather than a constituent of any technology stack. Duke holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo seat, no Closelook score, and no quotes in our editions; the diary has not yet built coverage on it beyond noting the index membership.

Does Duke Energy Corporation pay a dividend?

Duke Energy Corporation has paid 4.28 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.61% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.09 USD on 2026-08-14. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for DUK, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Utilities - Regulated Electric. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.