DUK's Growth Comparisons in I. Quarter 2026
Duke Energy improved it's Revenue by 11.26% from the same quarter a year ago, in the first quarter 2026, and underperformed the 13.39% rise in the Electric Utilities industry and 13.01% Revenue improvement in the Utilities sector. Above average sales gains in the Utilities, as well as in the Electric Utilities industry, helped to elevate overall market growth to 10.9%.
Top-line improved by 15.62% from the fourth quarter. Looking into annual sales rise of 6.2%, and S & P 500's average yearly sales growth is 10.59% over the five years, including only Businesses with the first quarter 2026 Results. Duke Energy grew less than the market.
| Segment Name |
Y / Y |
Sequential |
| Duke Energy Carolinas |
|
9.59 % |
- |
| Progress Energy |
|
13.21 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Progress |
|
14.02 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Florida |
|
12.26 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio |
|
15.1 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Indiana |
|
12.59 % |
- |
| Piedmont |
|
13.85 % |
- |
| Other |
|
-37.5 % |
- |
| Eliminations Corporate and Reconciling Items |
|
0 % |
- |
| Eliminations Corporate and Reconciling Items Progress Energy |
|
-40 % |
- |
| Eliminations and Reconciling Items |
|
- |
- |
| Eliminations |
|
- |
- |
| Total Reportable Segments |
|
11.24 % |
- |
| Total Reportable Duke Energy Ohio |
|
14.75 % |
- |
| Total Reportable Eliminations |
|
- |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure |
|
10.37 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Duke Energy Carolinas |
|
9.59 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Progress Energy |
|
13.29 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Duke Energy Progress |
|
14.02 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Duke Energy Florida |
|
12.26 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Duke Energy Ohio |
|
15.4 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Duke Energy Indiana |
|
12.59 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Eliminations |
|
- |
- |
| Gas Utilities and Infrastructure |
|
13.57 % |
- |
| Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Duke Energy Ohio |
|
13.62 % |
- |
| Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Piedmont |
|
17.97 % |
- |
| Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Eliminations |
|
- |
- |
| Duke Energy Carolinas JDA Duke Energy Progress |
|
118.29 % |
- |
| Progress Energy JDA Duke Energy Carolinas |
|
43.1 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Progress JDA Duke Energy Carolinas |
|
43.1 % |
- |
| Piedmont Intercompany natural gas purchases and sales Related Party |
|
0 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Residential |
|
6.35 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Commercial |
|
5.67 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Industrial |
|
0.49 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Wholesale |
|
29.85 % |
- |
| Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Other revenues |
|
39.83 % |
- |
| Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Residential |
|
11.9 % |
- |
| Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Commercial |
|
16.15 % |
- |
| Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Industrial |
|
12.73 % |
- |
| Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Other revenues |
|
18.92 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Carolinas Electric Utilities and Infrastructure |
|
8.03 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Carolinas Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Residential |
|
2.93 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Carolinas Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Commercial |
|
-0.29 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Carolinas Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Industrial |
|
-2.1 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Carolinas Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Wholesale |
|
11.41 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Carolinas Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Other revenues |
|
88.33 % |
- |
| Progress Energy Electric Utilities and Infrastructure |
|
11.77 % |
- |
| Progress Energy Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Residential |
|
7.68 % |
- |
| Progress Energy Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Commercial |
|
7.81 % |
- |
| Progress Energy Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Industrial |
|
-1.12 % |
- |
| Progress Energy Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Wholesale |
|
35.44 % |
- |
| Progress Energy Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Other revenues |
|
23.85 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Progress Electric Utilities and Infrastructure |
|
11.83 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Progress Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Residential |
|
6.71 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Progress Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Commercial |
|
6.99 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Progress Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Industrial |
|
-3.63 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Progress Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Wholesale |
|
29.95 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Progress Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Other revenues |
|
23.31 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Florida Electric Utilities and Infrastructure |
|
11.68 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Florida Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Residential |
|
8.69 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Florida Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Commercial |
|
8.6 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Florida Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Industrial |
|
5.41 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Florida Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Wholesale |
|
92.31 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Florida Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Other revenues |
|
25 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Electric Utilities and Infrastructure |
|
15.9 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Residential |
|
7.09 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Commercial |
|
7.75 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Industrial |
|
3.03 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Wholesale |
|
172.73 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Other revenues |
|
50 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Gas Utilities and Infrastructure |
|
13.67 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Residential |
|
14.52 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Commercial |
|
18.57 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Industrial |
|
0 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Ohio Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Other revenues |
|
-33.33 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Indiana Electric Utilities and Infrastructure |
|
10.53 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Indiana Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Residential |
|
10.82 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Indiana Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Commercial |
|
14.59 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Indiana Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Industrial |
|
9.09 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Indiana Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Wholesale |
|
-24.56 % |
- |
| Duke Energy Indiana Electric Utilities and Infrastructure Other revenues |
|
- |
- |
| Piedmont Gas Utilities and Infrastructure |
|
13.85 % |
- |
| Piedmont Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Residential |
|
10.96 % |
- |
| Piedmont Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Commercial |
|
15.48 % |
- |
| Piedmont Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Industrial |
|
17.95 % |
- |
| Piedmont Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Power Generation |
|
-62.5 % |
- |
| Piedmont Gas Utilities and Infrastructure Other revenues |
|
66.04 % |
- |
| Total |
|
11.26 % |
- |
Duke Energy improved it's EPS by 11.93% from the same quarter a year ago, in the first quarter 2026, and underperformed the 26.7% improvement in the Electric Utilities industry, but beating the 4.19% growth in the Utilities sector. Slow first quarter 2026 income per share, in Electric Utilities industry and Utilities sector, were portrayed in Duke Energy Corporation results which underperformed overall market.
The company's sequential bottom-line increase was 31.61% from the fourth quarter. Average annual income per share rise for Duke Energy is 29.69%, while S & P 500's average yearly income per share growth is 22.96% over the five years, including only Businesses with the first quarter 2026 earnings results.