Duke Energy (DUK) Q3 adj. EPS $1.99 vs $1.88 est.; reaffirms full-year guidance
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Duke Energy reported third-quarter 2026 adjusted EPS of $1.99, beating the $1.88 consensus estimate and rising from $1.81 a year earlier, according to a Form 8-K filed November 4, 2026. The company narrowed its full-year 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $6.70–$6.80 and reaffirmed its 5%–7% long-term growth rate through 2030 off a 2025 midpoint of $6.30, expecting to land in the top half of that range starting in 2028. CEO Harry Sideris attributed the results to disciplined execution and infrastructure investment across growing jurisdictions, with gains from cost recovery and favorable weather partly offset by higher depreciation, interest expense, minority interest impacts and taxes. Duke is executing a record buildout to add 16 gigawatts of generation capacity by 2031. Investors will watch whether the utility converts its strong year-to-date performance into guidance near the top end and how regulators in its expanding service territories treat recovery of that capital spending.
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