---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001326160-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUK"
cik: "0001326160"
company_name: "Duke Energy CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:17:09.539734+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duke Energy Q1 2026 reported EPS $1.97, adjusted EPS $1.93; reaffirms guidance

## Summary
- Reported EPS $1.97 vs $1.76 YoY; adjusted EPS $1.93 vs $1.76 YoY.
- Electric Utilities adj. segment income $1,404M (+$128M YoY) driven by infrastructure recovery and weather.
- Gas Utilities adj. segment income $361M (+$12M YoY); includes gains from asset sales (excluded from adjusted).
- Reaffirms 2026 adjusted EPS guidance $6.55-$6.80; long-term growth 5%-7% through 2030.
- Secured 7.6 GW of economic development projects under ESAs; closed $5.3B strategic transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001326160-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUK
- cik: 0001326160
- company_name: Duke Energy CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000132616026000022/0001326160-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000132616026000022/duk-20260505.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001326160-26-000022.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 782dc737b0cca72b14b156cc9363a6f4b21c4837
  claim: Duke Energy CORP reported first quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: EPS $1.97. Guidance reaffirmed.
  evidence_excerpt: Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today announced first-quarter 2026 reported EPS of $1.97, prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and adjusted EPS of $1.93.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326160/000132616026000022/0001326160-26-000022-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.