Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.46K Followers Follow Duke Energy Corporation ( DUK ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call August 4, 2026 10:00 AM EDT Company Participants Mike Switzer - Vice President of Investor Relations Harry Sideris - President, CEO & Director Brian Savoy - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Shahriar Pourreza - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division Nicholas Campanella - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Julien Dumoulin-Smith - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Carly Davenport - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Richard Sunderland - Truist Securities, Inc., Research Division Steven Fleishman - Wolfe Research, LLC Presentation 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 Vice President of Investor Relations 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 President, CEO & Director 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