Question 1

Which is bigger, DUK or ES?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $25.2B for Eversource Energy.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, DUK or ES?

Accepted Answer

DUK keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 15.8% vs 10.2% for ES.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, DUK or ES?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, ES trades at a lower P/E — 17.2 vs 18.0 for DUK. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, DUK or ES?

Accepted Answer

ES yields 4.56% vs 3.58% for DUK.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — DUK or ES?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, DUK leads 6 of 12 comparable metrics and ES leads 6. StockCV rates DUK “Strained” and ES “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	DUK	ES
Price	$121.35	$66.85
Market cap	$94.6B	$25.2B
Revenue (TTM)	$33.3B	$14.0B
Revenue growth	+3.9%	+3.5%
Net margin	15.8%	10.2%
Free cash flow	-$4.27B	$298M
Net cash (debt)	($82.5B)	($26.7B)
1-year price return	-4.7%	-6.3%
P/E	18.0	17.2
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	95%	66%
Dividend yield	3.58%	4.56%
Return on equity	10%	9%
Altman Z-score	0.56	0.73
CV checks passed	8 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	26,441	10,731

Duke Energy Corporation vs Eversource Energy