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Duke Energy (DUK) Receives a Hold from Wells Fargo

Tipranks - Tipranks - Thu Jul 23, 5:42AM CDT

In a report released yesterday, Shahriar Pourreza from Wells Fargo maintained a Hold rating on Duke Energy, with a price target of $136.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $125.91.

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Pourreza covers the Utilities sector, focusing on stocks such as Public Service Enterprise, Vistra Corp, and NRG Energy. According to TipRanks, Pourreza has an average return of 7.7% and a 65.21% success rate on recommended stocks.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Duke Energy with a $138.15 average price target, a 9.72% upside from current levels. In a report released on July 17, RBC Capital also maintained a Hold rating on the stock with a $134.00 price target.

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Based on Duke Energy’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending March 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $9.18 billion and a net profit of $1.55 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $8.25 billion and had a net profit of $1.38 billion

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 87 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of DUK in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in May 2026, Louis E. Renjel, the EVP&CEO DEF&MW&ChiefCorpAffOff of DUK sold 3,500.00 shares for a total of $438,025.00.

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