Question 1

Which is bigger, DUK or ET?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $69.5B for Energy Transfer LP Common.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, DUK or ET?

Accepted Answer

DUK keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 15.8% vs 4.9% for ET.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, DUK or ET?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, ET trades at a lower P/E — 12.9 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 ET?

Accepted Answer

ET yields 6.98% vs 3.58% for DUK.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — DUK or ET?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, DUK leads 4 of 12 comparable metrics and ET leads 8. StockCV rates DUK “Strained” and ET “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	DUK	ET
Price	$121.35	$20.18
Market cap	$94.6B	$69.5B
Revenue (TTM)	$33.3B	$107B
Revenue growth	+3.9%	-1.6%
Net margin	15.8%	4.9%
Free cash flow	-$4.27B	$5.22B
Net cash (debt)	($82.5B)	($67.0B)
1-year price return	-4.7%	+21.0%
P/E	18.0	12.9
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	95%	92%
Dividend yield	3.58%	6.98%
Return on equity	10%	15%
Altman Z-score	0.56	0.84
CV checks passed	8 of 11	7 of 11
Employees	26,441	22,311

Duke Energy Corporation vs Energy Transfer LP Common