Question 1

Which is bigger, DUK or WTRG?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $11.6B for Essential Utilities, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, DUK or WTRG?

Accepted Answer

WTRG keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 21.6% vs 15.8% for DUK.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, DUK or WTRG?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, DUK trades at a lower P/E — 18.0 vs 20.4 for WTRG. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, DUK or WTRG?

Accepted Answer

DUK yields 3.58% vs 3.42% for WTRG.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — DUK or WTRG?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	DUK	WTRG
Price	$121.35	$40.83
Market cap	$94.6B	$11.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$33.3B	$2.57B
Revenue growth	+3.9%	+2.6%
Net margin	15.8%	21.6%
Free cash flow	-$4.27B	$1.03B
Net cash (debt)	($82.5B)	($8.08B)
1-year price return	-4.7%	-1.2%
P/E	18.0	20.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	95%	41%
Dividend yield	3.58%	3.42%
Return on equity	10%	8%
Altman Z-score	0.56	0.98
CV checks passed	8 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	26,441	3,303

Duke Energy Corporation vs Essential Utilities, Inc.