Two Hot Stocks of the Day: Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK), Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL)

Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK)

The shares of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) started off the last trading session with the price of $76.34 while closing the day with the price of $76.19. The shares of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) Rise 0.01% with the Loss of -0.15 points.

The shares of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) traded with the day volume of 3.7 Million shares whereas its average trading volume is 4.11 Million.

While analyzing the past performance of the stock we can see that the shares of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) Loss -0.72% in the last week while rising 1.14% in the last month. Past quarter performance shows the red light with -10.38%. The semi-annual and annual performance shows -10.58% and -7.94% respectively.

Some critical values of the shares of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) to be discussed here are: the beta which shows the value at 0.14 while Average True Range of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) demonstrate the value at 1.34. The weekly and monthly volatility of the shares of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) are indicated at 1.58% and 1.78%. Also to discuss here is the Relative Strength Index or RSI which is depicted at 47.6.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 52.79 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 692.93 Million and the shares float stands at 692.93 Million. The income of the company stand at 2.53 Billion while the sales stand at 23.57 Billion.

Here are some critical ratios for a financial perspective: Earnings Per Share or EPS of the company stand at 3.62, Price to Earnings or P/E is at 21.07, Price to Sales P/S show the value of 2.24, the Return on Asset ROA stood at 0.023 and the Return on Equity ROE depicted at 0.074 while Return on Investment ROI is at 0.042.


Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL)

Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) started its previous trading session at $44.97 and closed at $44.37 showing a Fell of -2.2 Percent.

The Company traded with an average Volume of 4.78 Million whereas, its Day Volume stood at 3.7 Million.

Looking at the performance of the stock, Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) Loss -1.42% in the last week in its shares price and -0.16% in the last month. Quarterly performance shows a green of 0.86 Percent while Semi-Annual and Annual performances shows a 5.74 and 23.87 percent respectively.

Beta for Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) stands at 0.95 while the ATR (average true range) is at 0.75. The Stock’s Weekly and Monthly Volatility is 1.67% and 1.64% respectively showing a RSI value of 46.88.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 17.2 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 387.66 Million and the shares float stands at 380.94 Million.

The Company generated an income of 2.9 Billion and the sales of 21.7 Billion in the Trailing Twelve Months period.

While analyzing the stock from technical aspects, Diluted Earnings per share stands at $7.29 a share. P/E (price to earnings) and P/S (price to sales) values are 6.09 and 0.79 respectively.

The Return on Assets stands at 0.034, ROE shows a value of 0.208 and ROI for Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) is 0.105 as of Trailing Twelve Months period.

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