Duke Energy Corporation Q2 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Duke Energy Q2 2026 Earnings Summary

Key Financial Highlights

  • Adjusted EPS: $1.43 (vs. $1.25 in Q2 2025); Reported EPS: $1.38 (vs. $1.25 in Q2 2025).
  • Electric Utilities & Infrastructure: +$0.15 YoY, driven by customer growth and infrastructure investments, partially offset by higher depreciation and interest expense.
  • Gas Utilities & Infrastructure: Flat YoY (consistent with shoulder quarter expectations).
  • Other segment: +$0.03 YoY, due to lower interest expense from transaction proceeds and higher market returns.
  • Favorable weather (colder Q1, hotter Q2) contributed positively; management may reinvest some weather benefits into O&M.

Guidance & Outlook

  • Reaffirmed 2026 adjusted EPS guidance: $6.55–$6.80.
  • Long-term EPS growth: 5–7% through 2030; confidence in top half of range beginning 2028 due to economic development projects under ESAs.
  • On track for 14.5% FFO/debt target in 2026; long-term target 15% with additional DEF minority interest proceeds.
  • Quarterly dividend increased 2% in July (20+ consecutive years of annual increases).

Strategic & Operational Updates

  • Secured 7.8 GW of electric service agreements (ESAs) with data center customers; 15.4 GW late-stage pipeline expected to convert by H1 2027.

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Operator: Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to Duke Energy Corporation's Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I will now hand the conference over to Mike Switzer, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Development. Mike, please go ahead. Mike Switzer: Thank you, Lucas, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Duke Energy's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Review and Business Update. Leading our call today is Harry Sideris, President and CEO; along with Brian Savoy, Executive Vice President and CFO. Today's discussion will include the use of non-GAAP financial measures and forward-looking information. Actual results may differ from forward-looking statements due to factors disclosed in today's materials and in Duke Energy's SEC filings. The appendix of today's presentation includes supplemental information, along with a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. With that, let me turn the call over to Harry. Harry Sideris: Thank you, Mike, and good morning, everyone. It's great to be with you for our second quarter earnings call. Today, we announced adjusted earnings per share of $1.43, continuing our strong execution in the first half of the year. The results were driven by growth at our Electric Utilities as we continue to make critical infrastructure investments to meet growing customer demand in our service territories. With our largest quarter still ahead of us, we remain firmly on track to achieve our 2026 guidan

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