$50,000 of DUKE ENERGY BUSINESS SERVICES LLC lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Funding and issues related to nuclear energy, science and technology, waste, pipeline, transmission, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; FY26 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R.4553); FY26 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R.5304/S.2587), LIHEAP changes. Issues related to nuclear energy and nuclear waste. Pipeline related regulatory issues. Nuclear Regulatory Commission fees. Hydrogen policy issues. General business updates on Duke Energy Indiana. Energy supply chain, electric grid, transformers, and uranium issues. Issues related to reliability and resource adequacy. Normalization of the Solar Investment Tax Credit and continuation of the Nuclear Production Tax Credit; implementation of Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L.117-169); General business related tax credits; H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L.119-21)."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
DUK Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $DUK stock 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 0 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $DUK stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 09/11, 05/05 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN purchased up to $15,000 on 06/17.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
DUK Insider Trading Activity
DUK insiders have traded $DUK stock on the open market 5 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 5 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $DUK stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- THOMAS PRESTON JR. GILLESPIE (EVP-Chf Gen Off-Entrp Op Excel) sold 6,700 shares for an estimated $832,542
- BONNIE B. TITONE (SVP, Chief Admin Officer) sold 2,000 shares for an estimated $248,763
- E MARIE MCKEE sold 1,610 shares for an estimated $201,056
- LOUIS E. RENJEL (EVP&CEO Duke Energy FL&Midwest) sold 1,580 shares for an estimated $198,378
- ALEXANDER J. WEINTRAUB (SVP, Chief Customer Officer) sold 400 shares for an estimated $48,656
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
DUK Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,161 institutional investors add shares of DUK stock to their portfolio, and 845 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 3,674,211 shares (+5.8%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $433,556,898
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added 1,309,685 shares (+36.1%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $154,542,830
- FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP removed 1,186,502 shares (-57.6%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $140,007,236
- VANGUARD GROUP INC added 1,154,783 shares (+1.5%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $136,264,394
- STATE STREET CORP added 1,145,612 shares (+2.8%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $135,182,216
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 984,728 shares (-6.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $116,197,904
- THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS removed 966,719 shares (-93.5%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $114,072,842
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
DUK Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $DUK in the last several months. We have seen 6 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/14/2025
- BMO Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/10/2025
- Scotiabank issued a "Sector Outperform" rating on 10/03/2025
- Goldman Sachs issued a "Buy" rating on 06/25/2025
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/07/2025
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 05/07/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for DUK, check out Quiver Quantitative's $DUK forecast page.
DUK Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $DUK recently. We have seen 11 analysts offer price targets for $DUK in the last 6 months, with a median target of $135.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Nicholas Campanella from Barclays set a target price of $135.0 on 10/14/2025
- Ross Fowler from UBS set a target price of $137.0 on 10/10/2025
- James Thalacker from BMO Capital set a target price of $135.0 on 10/10/2025
- Nicholas Amicucci from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $143.0 on 10/07/2025
- Andrew Weisel from Scotiabank set a target price of $137.0 on 10/03/2025
- Julien Dumoulin-Smith from Jefferies set a target price of $134.0 on 09/26/2025
- Stephen Byrd from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $127.0 on 09/25/2025
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