Question 1

Which is bigger, AEE or DUK?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $29.4B for Ameren Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, AEE or DUK?

Accepted Answer

AEE keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 18.2% vs 15.8% for DUK.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, AEE or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, DUK trades at a lower P/E — 18.0 vs 18.4 for AEE. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, AEE or DUK?

Accepted Answer

DUK yields 3.58% vs 2.77% for AEE.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — AEE or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, AEE leads 6 of 11 comparable metrics and DUK leads 5. StockCV rates AEE “Strained” and DUK “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	AEE	DUK
Price	$106.28	$121.35
Market cap	$29.4B	$94.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$8.75B	$33.3B
Revenue growth	+3.4%	+3.9%
Net margin	18.2%	15.8%
Free cash flow	-$1.40B	-$4.27B
Net cash (debt)	($18.8B)	($82.5B)
1-year price return	+1.0%	-4.7%
P/E	18.4	18.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	81%	95%
Dividend yield	2.77%	3.58%
Return on equity	12%	10%
Altman Z-score	0.72	0.56
CV checks passed	8 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	8,913	26,441

Ameren Corporation vs Duke Energy Corporation