ETR vs TAC vs DUK Stock Comparison

Entergy, Transalta and Duke Energy Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ETR Entergy Corp /De/
$109.90 +8.9% 1M +14.4% 1Y
Market cap
$52.29B
P/E
40.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.04B
Div. yield
0.02%
Regulated Electric Utilities Utilities
3 wins
TAC Transalta Corp
$12.74 +3.1% 1M -27.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.06B
P/E
115.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.58B
Div. yield
0.01%
Independent Power Producers Utilities
1 win
DUK Duke Energy CORP
$128.39 +12.5% 1M +3.3% 1Y
Market cap
$100.96B
P/E
19.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$33.25B
Div. yield
0.03%
Regulated Electric Utilities Utilities
8 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Duke Energy leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Duke Energy 8, Entergy 3, Transalta 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionETRTACDUKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $52.29B $4.06B $100.96B DUK
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 40.9x 115.0x 19.5x DUK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.7x 55.1x 19.3x DUK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.5% -8.8% +6.3% ETR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 13.3% -3.3% 15.6% DUK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 4.7% 0.0% 5.4% DUK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 5.4x 4.8x 5.3x TAC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.01% 0.03% DUK
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +14.4% -27.9% +3.3% ETR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +16.3%/yr +2.9%/yr +4.6%/yr ETR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 20.4% 41.0% 16.7% DUK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 44/100 54/100 DUK

Percentile Scorecard

ETRTACDUK

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisETRTACDUK
Valuation 9 #61 of 67 61 #10 of 24 67 #23 of 67
Growth 34 #43 of 65 27 #17 of 23 75 #17 of 65
Profitability 59 #27 of 65 50 #12 of 23 78 #15 of 65
Financial Health 48 #35 of 66 30 #17 of 24 25 #50 of 66
Shareholder Returns 39 #41 of 67 53 #10 of 20 24 #51 of 67
Overall 38 44 54
  • ETR ranked among 67 companies in Regulated Utilities
  • TAC ranked among 24 companies in Power Generation
  • DUK ranked among 67 companies in Regulated Utilities

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodETRTACDUKSPY
1 month +8.9%+3.1%+12.5% -2.3%
3 months +1.7%+3.1%+3.3% -0.7%
6 months -5.6%+1.0%+0.7% +4.8%
Year to date +18.9%+0.8%+9.5% +10.3%
1 year +14.4%-27.9%+3.3% +10.3%
3 years +123.9%+61.7%+42.2% +73.0%
3 years, per year +30.8%+17.4%+12.5% +20.1%
5 years +112.7%+15.3%+25.2% +61.9%
5 years, per year +16.3%+2.9%+4.6% +10.1%
10 years +207.8%+196.3%+64.6% +258.6%
10 years, per year +11.9%+11.5%+5.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureETRTACDUKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 20.4%41.0%16.7% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 20.6%44.4%16.9% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.171.11-0.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.70-0.680.20 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -29.4%-48.4%-26.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.8%-27.7%-3.8% -3.5%
52-week high $117.91$17.62$133.46 $779.14
52-week low $91.19$11.53$113.24 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleETRTACDUK
P/E now vs peer median 28.1xmedian 20.9x -69.1xmedian 23.9x 19.3xmedian 20.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 2.9x 2.3xmedian 2.6x 3.0xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.4xmedian 13.3x 11.6xmedian 11.6x 11.2xmedian 13.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -17.2xmedian 41.3x 13.4xmedian 12.2x -23.4xmedian 41.3x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 1.8x 2.9xmedian 2.1x 1.8xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 4.60median 2.15 2.18median 0.60 0.32median 2.15

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsETRTACDUK
Revenue $14.04B $1.58B $33.25B
Gross profit – $1.09B $24.76B
Operating income $3.45B $297.71M $9.23B
Net income $2.06B $77.74M $5.38B
Free cash flow -$3.70B $192.68M -$4.27B
EPS (diluted) $2.70 $0.12 $6.66
Cash & equivalents $4.21B $243.11M $673.00M
Total debt $34.81B $2.97B $91.24B
Shares (diluted) 474.43M 297.00M 779.00M
Enterprise value $38.73B $2.96B $97.21B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricETRTACDUK
P/E 28.1x -69.1x 19.3x
P/FCF -17.2x 13.4x -23.4x
P/Operating cash flow 8.4x 7.8x 8.7x
P/S 3.8x 2.3x 3.0x
P/B 2.8x 2.9x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 3.3x 1.8x
EV/EBITDA 14.4x 11.6x 11.2x
EV/EBIT 26.6x 32.0x 20.7x
EV/Revenue 6.1x 3.9x 5.7x
EV/FCF -27.6x 22.9x -44.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.5x 13.4x 16.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 4.60 2.18 0.32

Growth

14 metrics
MetricETRTACDUK
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.5% -8.8% 6.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.4% -14.4% 4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -4.9% 9.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -12.3% 8.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -7.4% 44.6% 9.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.6% -29.4% 13.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 2.8% 81.0% 8.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 10.2% -27.1% 59.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -2.4% 60.3% 8.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 6.1% -31.7% 59.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.2% 9.7% -3.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 19.1% -14.2% 26.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -29.7% 38.4% -659.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -39.7% -2.3% 14.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricETRTACDUK
Gross margin – 63.9% 74.5%
EBITDA margin 42.2% 34.0% 51.0%
Operating margin 22.9% 12.3% 27.8%
Pretax margin 17.0% 0.4% 18.6%
Net margin 13.3% -3.3% 15.6%
FCF margin -22.1% 17.2% -12.9%
Operating cash flow margin 45.1% 29.4% 34.8%
Return on equity 10.2% -1.5% 9.5%
Return on assets 2.3% -0.3% 2.7%
Return on invested capital 4.7% 0.0% 5.4%
Return on capital employed 4.5% – 5.1%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.3x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.3x -26.9x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricETRTACDUK
Debt / assets 43.8% 47.9% 45.4%
Debt / equity 1.9x 2.3x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 5.4x 4.8x 5.3x
Debt / FCF -11.6x 10.6x -21.3x
Liabilities / assets 76.8% 79.1% 71.7%
Equity / assets 23.2% 20.9% 28.3%
Interest coverage 2.0x 0.8x 2.4x
Current ratio 0.9x – 0.7x
Quick ratio 0.7x – 0.3x
Cash ratio 0.4x – 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.02 – 0.73

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricETRTACDUK
Dividend yield 2.3% 2.2% 3.3%
Net buyback yield -2.7% -6.0% –
Shareholder yield -0.3% -3.8% 3.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 62.9% -193.0% 62.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) -38.4% 12.3% -79.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 12.5% -5.0% 4.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 9.0% 3.6% 1.8%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusETRTACDUK
Forward P/E 23.7xFY2026 55.1xFY2026 19.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.59FY2026 $0.24FY2026 $6.56FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.4%FY2026 +71.4%FY2026 +4.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +13.9% +54.2% +15.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.48BFY2026 $1.40BFY2026 $32.42BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.1%FY2026 -20.0%FY2026 +0.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.5% +23.2% +4.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersETRTACDUK
Held by institutions 97.8% – 69.7%
Institutions holding 1,332 – 2,461
Change in shares held, QoQ +6.1% – +0.5%
Institutions buying 696 – 1,299
Institutions selling 411 – 802
Buyers to sellers 1.69 – 1.62

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ETRTACDUK
ETR 1.00 0.23 0.64
TAC 0.23 1.00 -0.03
DUK 0.64 -0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ETR, TAC and DUK?

Duke Energy (DUK) is the largest by market capitalisation: Entergy (ETR) $52.29B, Transalta (TAC) $4.06B, Duke Energy (DUK) $100.96B.

Which stock is cheaper, ETR, TAC and DUK?

Duke Energy (DUK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Entergy (ETR) 40.9x, Transalta (TAC) 115.0x, Duke Energy (DUK) 19.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Duke Energy (DUK) is cheapest (Entergy (ETR) 23.7x, Transalta (TAC) 55.1x, Duke Energy (DUK) 19.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Entergy (ETR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Entergy (ETR) +9.5%, Transalta (TAC) -8.8%, Duke Energy (DUK) +6.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Duke Energy (DUK) has the highest net margin (Entergy (ETR) 13.3%, Transalta (TAC) -3.3%, Duke Energy (DUK) 15.6%). On return on invested capital, Duke Energy (DUK) leads (Entergy (ETR) 4.7%, Transalta (TAC) 0.0%, Duke Energy (DUK) 5.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Entergy (ETR) returned the most: Entergy (ETR) +14.4%, Transalta (TAC) -27.9%, Duke Energy (DUK) +3.3%. Over five years, Entergy (ETR) compounded fastest (Entergy (ETR) +16.3%/yr, Transalta (TAC) +2.9%/yr, Duke Energy (DUK) +4.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Duke Energy (DUK) has the highest dividend yield: Entergy (ETR) 0.02%, Transalta (TAC) 0.01%, Duke Energy (DUK) 0.03%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Duke Energy (DUK) has been the steadiest (Entergy (ETR) 20.4%, Transalta (TAC) 41.0%, Duke Energy (DUK) 16.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ETR, TAC and DUK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Duke Energy (DUK) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.