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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Duke Energy's third-quarter 2024 earnings highlighted the operational and financial impacts of an unprecedented hurricane season, significantly influencing the period's results.</li><li>The company reported an adjusted earnings per share of $1.62, down from $1.94 in the same quarter of the previous year.</li><li>Several factors contributed to this decrease, primarily related to the restoration costs and revenue losses due to the series of hurricanes—Debby, Helene, and Milton—that caused extensive damage across Duke Energy's service territories.</li></ul>

Duke Energy's third-quarter 2024 earnings highlighted the operational and financial impacts of an unprecedented hurricane season, significantly influencing the period's results.The company reported an adjusted earnings per share of $1.62, down from $1.94 in the same quarter of the previous year.Several factors contributed to this decrease, primarily related to the restoration costs and revenue losses due to the series of hurricanes—Debby, Helene, and Milton—that caused extensive damage across Duke Energy's service territories.

<ul><li>Duke Energy reported favorable second-quarter 2024 results, emphasizing robust operational and strategic performance.</li><li>In the quarter, Duke Energy announced adjusted earnings per share of $1.18, which exceeded last year's figures by $0.27, supported by growth across electric utilities and favorable weather conditions.</li><li>This uplift facilitated the continuance of Duke Energy's 2024 earnings guidance of $5.85 to $6.10 per share, aligning with a long-term EPS growth target of 5% to 7% through 2028, anchored by a substantial $73 billion capital investment plan.</li></ul>

Duke Energy reported favorable second-quarter 2024 results, emphasizing robust operational and strategic performance.In the quarter, Duke Energy announced adjusted earnings per share of $1.18, which exceeded last year's figures by $0.27, supported by growth across electric utilities and favorable weather conditions.This uplift facilitated the continuance of Duke Energy's 2024 earnings guidance of $5.85 to $6.10 per share, aligning with a long-term EPS growth target of 5% to 7% through 2028, anchored by a substantial $73 billion capital investment plan.

Duke Energy Corporation: What Is The Impact Of Rate Case Hearings? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Duke Energy has delivered robust first-quarter 2024 results, underpinned by various strategic implementations and operational efficiencies.</li><li>With a first-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.44, the company outperformed its previous year's results by $0.24.</li><li>This financial improvement is primarily attributed to growth from rate reforms across various jurisdictions, increased retail volumes, and favorable weather conditions.</li></ul>

Duke Energy has delivered robust first-quarter 2024 results, underpinned by various strategic implementations and operational efficiencies.With a first-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.44, the company outperformed its previous year's results by $0.24.This financial improvement is primarily attributed to growth from rate reforms across various jurisdictions, increased retail volumes, and favorable weather conditions.

Duke Energy Corporation: Initiation of Coverage - Focus on Economic Development and Infrastructure Push Bound To Yield Results? - Major Drivers

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>Price action on SPX is extremely similar to prior major topping patterns in April 2000 and August 2007, which is why we recommended reducing risk near 5670-5783 last week.</li>
<li>Additional similarities to 2000/2007 (other than price action) include the Fed cutting rates, recession indicators such as the Sahm rule and Schannep Recession Indicator (SRI) triggered, and yield curve un-inverting.</li>
<li>SPX resistance is in the 5670-5783 range; if a major top is happening, that is where it would start from (using the 2000 and 2007 tops as comparisons).</li>
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Price action on SPX is extremely similar to prior major topping patterns in April 2000 and August 2007, which is why we recommended reducing risk near 5670-5783 last week.
Additional similarities to 2000/2007 (other than price action) include the Fed cutting rates, recession indicators such as the Sahm rule and Schannep Recession Indicator (SRI) triggered, and yield curve un-inverting.
SPX resistance is in the 5670-5783 range; if a major top is happening, that is where it would start from (using the 2000 and 2007 tops as comparisons).


Recessionary Signals as SPX Tests Resistance; Downgrading Energy to Underweight

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<li>The SPX is back near YTD highs and testing resistance in the 5670-5783 range, and we view this as an ideal time to reduce risk and shift to defensives.</li>
<li>We continue to believe that the SPX and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) are going through a 1- to 4-month pullback/consolidation that could end up being a topping pattern.</li>
<li>After laying out expectations in our 8/13/24 Compass report for a bounce and test of YTD highs, we now expect SPX to roll over near current levels </li>
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The SPX is back near YTD highs and testing resistance in the 5670-5783 range, and we view this as an ideal time to reduce risk and shift to defensives.
We continue to believe that the SPX and Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) are going through a 1- to 4-month pullback/consolidation that could end up being a topping pattern.
After laying out expectations in our 8/13/24 Compass report for a bounce and test of YTD highs, we now expect SPX to roll over near current levels 


Upgrading Utilities to Overweight; Expecting $SPX to Roll Over; NVDA and SMH Topping?

United States

Duke Energy Corporation is an energy company located primarily in the Americas that owns an integrated network of energy assets.  The Company manages a portfolio of natural gas and electric supply, delivery, and trading businesses in the United States and Latin America.

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