Question 1

Which is bigger, DUK or SRE?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $54.0B for Sempra.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, DUK or SRE?

Accepted Answer

SRE keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 16.8% vs 15.8% for DUK.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, DUK or SRE?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, DUK trades at a lower P/E — 18.0 vs 23.7 for SRE. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, DUK or SRE?

Accepted Answer

DUK yields 3.58% vs 3.08% for SRE.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — DUK or SRE?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, DUK leads 9 of 12 comparable metrics and SRE leads 3. StockCV rates DUK “Strained” and SRE “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	DUK	SRE
Price	$121.35	$82.50
Market cap	$94.6B	$54.0B
Revenue (TTM)	$33.3B	$13.6B
Revenue growth	+3.9%	-2.1%
Net margin	15.8%	16.8%
Free cash flow	-$4.27B	-$5.24B
Net cash (debt)	($82.5B)	($33.1B)
1-year price return	-4.7%	-9.5%
P/E	18.0	23.7
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	95%	38%
Dividend yield	3.58%	3.08%
Return on equity	10%	7%
Altman Z-score	0.56	0.95
CV checks passed	8 of 11	7 of 11
Employees	26,441	15,938

Duke Energy Corporation vs Sempra