DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION vs NEXTERA ENERGY INC, two Utilities stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DUK and NEE diverge most: on fcf yield, DUK reads -3.4% and NEE reads 6.8%; on altman z (solvency), DUK reads 6.21 and NEE reads 1.03. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What DUK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What NEE's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DUK | NEE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $125.37 | $86.95 |
| Market cap | $97.7B | $181.9B |
| Sector | Utilities | Utilities |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +10.9% |
| P/E | 19.2 | 22.1 |
| P/B | 1.73 | 2.73 |
| P/S | 2.94 | 6.53 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.8 | 29.1 |
| Revenue growth | +7.1% | +10.9% |
| Operating margin | 29.7% | 33.0% |
| Net margin | 15.5% | 29.4% |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | 12.3% |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | 3.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.2% | 3.9% |
| FCF yield | -3.4% | 6.8% |
| Dividend yield | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Debt / equity | 1.56 | 1.49 |
| Current ratio | 0.66 | 0.54 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.21 | 1.03 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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