Duke Energy CORP (DUK) Operating Margin (2009 - 2012)

Duke Energy (DUK) has reported Operating Margin for 4 consecutive years, with 16.04% the latest figure, recorded in Q3 2012.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 331.0% year-over-year to 16.04% in Q3 2012; TTM through Sep 2012 was 16.63%, a 351.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2011 full-year figure at 19.11%, up 187.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin was 16.04% for Q3 2012 at Duke Energy, down from 21.97% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 29.32% in Q4 2009 and troughed at 0.43% in Q2 2010.
• A 4-year average of 18.03% and a median of 19.35% in 2011 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin plunged 1625 bps in 2010 and surged 1964 bps in 2011, its largest moves.
• Over 4 years, Operating Margin stood at 29.32% in 2009, then tumbled by 33 bps to 19.77% in 2010, then declined by 22 bps to 15.35% in 2011, then increased by 4 bps to 16.04% in 2012.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 16.04% (Q3 2012), 21.97% (Q2 2012), and 13.64% (Q1 2012), per Business Quant data.