# How Duke Energy Corporation Units 1.08.29 (DUKU) compares with the whole market and its popular alternatives

> Source: BetterThanSPY research, https://betterthanspy.com/research/duku
> Data as of October 22, 2026. Total returns include reinvested dividends. Past performance does not predict future results; nothing here is investment advice.

Built by QuantCommons' quantitative engine, this page is about relative opportunity, not data on DUKU alone. It places DUKU (Duke Energy Corporation Units 1.08.29) against 20+ popular alternatives, its neighboring categories and the entire market of over 10,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, and surfaces what has done better on consistent outperformance, return for the risk taken and diversification. The result is a clearer view of where DUKU stands in the market, and of the alternatives worth a closer look.

Period covered: DUKU's full trading record. All returns include reinvested dividends. Data as of October 22, 2026.

## Key findings

- **Right now:** Both DUKU and the S&P 500 are within a few percent of a record high.
- **Stock or market?:** DUKU's 5.2% gain over the past month is part of a broader electric utilities rally: the electric utilities ETF XLU (State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF) rose 5.8%, with SO (Southern, up 10.2%) and AEP (American Electric Power, up 8.6%). Last month cut against the tape: DUKU rose 5.2% while the S&P 500 fell 1.2%.

## DUKU at a glance

This section summarizes the key facts about the stock, its returns over the months since it began trading and the risk it has carried, with dividends reinvested throughout.

- DUKU is trading within 1% of its all-time high.
- DUKU's deepest decline since it began trading in 2026 was 6.3%, from August to September 2026. It took one month from the low to climb back to its old high.

- Type: Stock, Utilities (Regulated Electric)
- Trading since: August 11, 2026
- Market value: $39B
- Worst decline ever: −6.3%, from August 19, 2026 to September 25, 2026; back at its high by October 22, 2026

| Period | DUKU total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +5.2% |

## DUKU against its popular alternatives

The investments people most often weigh against DUKU, compared period by period and year by year.

### Has DUKU consistently beaten its popular alternatives?

This section compares DUKU with the investments people most often weigh against it, checking each one over one periods from one month to one month.

- 17 of the 25 popular alternatives, led by PNW, ED and SO, outperformed DUKU in its only timeframe.

| Investment | Periods ahead of DUKU | Verdict | Sharpe |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DUKU: Duke Energy Corporation Units 1.08.29 (this page) |  |  | — |
| PNW: Pinnacle West Capital Corporation | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| [ED](https://betterthanspy.com/research/ed): Consolidated Edison, Inc. | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| [SO](https://betterthanspy.com/research/so): The Southern Company | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| [XEL](https://betterthanspy.com/research/xel): Xcel Energy Inc. | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| CMS: CMS Energy Corporation | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| WEC: WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| CNP: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| LNT: Alliant Energy Corporation | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| [AEP](https://betterthanspy.com/research/aep): American Electric Power Company, Inc. | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| [DUK](https://betterthanspy.com/research/duk): Duke Energy Corporation | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| PPL: PPL Corporation | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| [EXC](https://betterthanspy.com/research/exc): Exelon Corporation | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| EVRG: Evergy, Inc. | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| AEE: Ameren Corporation | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| [ETR](https://betterthanspy.com/research/etr): Entergy Corporation | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| EIX: Edison International | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| DTE: DTE Energy Company | 1/1 short-term | consistent | — |
| VPU: Vanguard Utilities ETF | 0/1 short-term |  | — |
| PEG: Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated | 0/1 short-term |  | — |
| [D](https://betterthanspy.com/research/d): Dominion Energy, Inc. | 0/1 short-term |  | — |
| FE: FirstEnergy Corp. | 0/1 short-term |  | — |
| [NEE](https://betterthanspy.com/research/nee): NextEra Energy, Inc. | 0/1 short-term |  | — |
| ES: Eversource Energy | 0/1 short-term |  | — |
| [AGG](https://betterthanspy.com/research/agg): iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | 0/1 short-term |  | — |
| PFF: iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | 0/1 short-term |  | — |

## Risk and diversification

How DUKU has fallen, how it held up in crashes beside the S&P 500 and its popular alternatives, and what moves independently of it.

### What were DUKU's worst declines?

A drawdown is the decline from a peak to the lowest point before a new high.

- None of these declines kept DUKU below its old high for long; the longest climb back took one months.

| Decline | Peak | Low | Back at the high | SPY over the same dates | Market event |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| −6.3% | August 19, 2026 | September 25, 2026 | October 22, 2026 | +0.5% |  |

## Common questions

### What was DUKU's worst drawdown?

DUKU's deepest decline since it began trading in 2026 was 6.3%, from August to September 2026. It took one month from the low to climb back to its old high. Because DUKU launched in August 2026, that record does not include the dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis or eight other sell-offs.

### What are the best alternatives to DUKU?

Of the 25 popular alternatives we compared, 17 outperformed DUKU in its only timeframe, with dividends reinvested: PNW, ED and SO.

## More research

- [Consolidated Edison (ED) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/ed)
- [Southern (SO) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/so)
- [Xcel Energy (XEL) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/xel)
- [American Electric Power (AEP) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/aep)
- [Duke Energy (DUK) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/duk)
- [Exelon (EXC) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/exc)
- [Entergy (ETR) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/etr)
- [Dominion Energy (D) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/d)
- [NextEra Energy (NEE) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/nee)
- [iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/agg)
- [Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/schd)
- [NVIDIA (NVDA) Performance, Alternatives and Market Rank](https://betterthanspy.com/research/nvda)

## Explore further

- Full page with charts: https://betterthanspy.com/research/duku
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- Compare the entire market against DUKU live: https://betterthanspy.com/?b=DUKU