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Earnings check · DUK

Duke Energy reports third-quarter 2026 results

DUK

Revenue $9.1B
GAAP EPS $1.99

Duke Energy posted $9.1 billion in revenue and $1.55 billion of net income, with GAAP and adjusted diluted EPS both at $1.99, and narrowed its 2026 adjusted EPS guidance.

Duke Energy (DUK) · Fiscal Q3 2026 · Form 8-K filed Nov 5, 2026

Key figureThis quarter
Revenue$9.1 billion
Net income (GAAP)$1.55 billion
Diluted EPS (GAAP)$1.99
Diluted EPS (non-GAAP)$1.99

Results

Total operating revenues were $9,104 million, compared with $8,542 million in the same quarter a year earlier.

Net income available to Duke Energy common stockholders was $1,551 million.

GAAP diluted EPS was $1.99. Adjusted (non-GAAP) diluted EPS was also $1.99. For the first nine months of the year, GAAP diluted EPS was $5.32, against $4.81 a year earlier.

Guidance

The company narrowed its 2026 adjusted EPS guidance range to $6.70 to $6.80.

It reaffirmed a long-term adjusted EPS growth rate of 5% to 7% through 2030, measured off the 2025 guidance range midpoint of $6.30.

It also said it has confidence to earn in the top half of that range beginning in 2028.

What else stood out

Electric Utilities and Infrastructure recorded third-quarter 2026 segment income of $1,817 million.

Gas Utilities and Infrastructure recorded a segment loss of $19 million, and the Other segment recorded a loss of $247 million.

The company said it is executing a record generation build to add 16 gigawatts of capacity by 2031.

Earlier GAAP diluted EPS in the trend data: $1.97 for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, $1.81 for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, and $1.25 for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

Charts (GAAP)

Duke Energy quarterly revenue (GAAP) by fiscal quarter end; the last bar is this 8-K's figure
Duke Energy quarterly revenue (GAAP) by fiscal quarter end; the last bar is this 8-K's figure
Duke Energy quarterly diluted EPS (GAAP) by fiscal quarter end; the last bar is this 8-K's figure
Duke Energy quarterly diluted EPS (GAAP) by fiscal quarter end; the last bar is this 8-K's figure

Charts show GAAP figures from SEC filings; the last bar marked 8-K is this release. A gap means the company did not report that quarter separately.

Sources

Rick Liu

AI & software engineer, University of Waterloo. Built PreBell to read earnings the way an analyst would, without the analyst.

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