All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

DUK: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

DUK real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, DUK returned −7.25% over the past year and −4.22% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, DUK is up +3,630.34% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.09%/yr, and is currently −15.43% below its real total-return high on Mar. 16, 2026.

Data ending Fri Sep. 25, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-09-25 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
DUK × 		+3,630.34%
+8.09%/yr 		+7.59%/yr
R2=0.939
Duke Energy Corporation NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-09-25 Start
Value 		End
Value
DUK × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$373,034.47
2026-09-25

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-25

  YTD YoY
DUK × 		−4.22% −7.25%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
DUK × 		−15.43%
on 2026-09-25
from 2026-03-16 peak 		−72.94%
on 2003-03-10
from 2001-04-26 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-25 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
DUK × 		−7.25% −1.70%
−0.85%/yr 		+24.62%
+7.61%/yr 		+13.98%
+2.65%/yr 		+48.14%
+4.01%/yr

Annual Returns

Year DUK
2026 (YTD) −4.22%
2025 +9.79%
2024 +12.32%
2023 −4.81%
2022 −4.17%
2021 +11.28%
2020 +3.37%
2019 +7.82%
2018 +5.41%
2017 +10.62%
2016 +11.14%
2015 −11.42%
2014 +25.40%
2013 +11.33%
2012 −0.41%
2011 +26.43%
2010 +7.86%
2009 +21.04%
2008 −21.75%
2007 +4.90%
2006 +23.14%
2005 +11.83%
2004 +26.09%
2003 +9.72%
2002 −49.37%
2001 −6.80%
2000 +70.20%
1999 −20.74%
1998 +18.26%
1997 +23.26%
1996 −1.46%
1995 +27.27%
1994 −7.88%
1993 +19.58%
1992 +5.58%
1991 +17.40%
1990 +8.77%
1989 +23.49%
1988 +10.10%
1987 −3.79%
1986 +34.36%
1985 +27.06%
1984 +21.98%
1983 +12.07%
1982 +8.57%
1981 +4.48%
1980 +13.27%