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 −0.38% over the past year and +1.83% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, DUK is up +3,784.49% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.19%/yr, and is currently −10.09% below its real total-return high on Mar. 16, 2026.

Data ending Fri Sep. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
DUK × 		+3,784.49%
+8.19%/yr 		+7.52%/yr
R2=0.937
Duke Energy Corporation NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Start
Value 		End
Value
DUK × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$388,449.15
2026-09-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-04

  YTD YoY
DUK × 		+1.83% −0.38%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
DUK × 		−10.09%
on 2026-09-04
from 2026-03-16 peak 		−72.93%
on 2003-03-10
from 2001-04-26 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
DUK × 		−0.38% +3.63%
+1.80%/yr 		+40.32%
+11.95%/yr 		+12.69%
+2.42%/yr 		+61.70%
+4.92%/yr

Annual Returns

Year DUK
2026 (YTD) +1.83%
2025 +9.79%
2024 +12.32%
2023 −4.81%
2022 −4.17%
2021 +11.28%
2020 +3.37%
2019 +7.82%
2018 +5.40%
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 +23.15%
2005 +9.38%
2004 +26.10%
2003 +9.74%
2002 −49.37%
2001 −6.80%
2000 +70.21%
1999 −20.74%
1998 +18.26%
1997 +23.27%
1996 −1.46%
1995 +27.28%
1994 −7.87%
1993 +19.59%
1992 +5.59%
1991 +17.42%
1990 +8.78%
1989 +23.48%
1988 +10.10%
1987 −3.80%
1986 +34.36%
1985 +27.06%
1984 +21.99%
1983 +12.07%
1982 +8.57%
1981 +4.47%
1980 +13.28%