Duke Energy CORP (DUK) Change in Account Payables (2009 - 2012)

Duke Energy (DUK) has reported Change in Account Payables for 4 consecutive years, with -$120.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2012.

• On a quarterly basis, Change in Account Payables fell 2.56% year-over-year to -$120.0 million in Q3 2012; TTM through Sep 2012 was $274.0 million, a 245.74% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2011 full-year figure at $41.0 million, down 75.45% from the prior year.
• Change in Account Payables was -$120.0 million for Q3 2012 at Duke Energy, down from $168.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Change in Account Payables peaked at $496.0 million in Q4 2011 and troughed at -$270.0 million in Q1 2012.
• A 4-year average of -$6.3 million and a median of -$56.0 million in 2009 frame the typical range for Change in Account Payables.
• Across the five-year window, Change in Account Payables surged 242.86% in 2010 and sank 1360.0% in 2011, its largest moves.
• Over 4 years, Change in Account Payables stood at $213.0 million in 2009, then increased by 25.35% to $267.0 million in 2010, then soared by 85.77% to $496.0 million in 2011, then slumped by 124.19% to -$120.0 million in 2012.
• The last three Change in Account Payables figures came in at -$120.0 million (Q3 2012), $168.0 million (Q2 2012), and -$270.0 million (Q1 2012), per Business Quant data.