Corporate Finance

A. Please provide the following core business information and characteristics on Duke Energy Corporation:

1. The company name and ticker symbol.

2. Provide a brief description of this company and the type of product and/or services it provides. If it is     a diversify entity, please provide a general description of its operations.

3. Identify the core business of the company.

4. Identify the management structure of the company. This can be done by simply pasting the corporate structure flowchart.

5. Identify the market in which this company is publicly traded.

6. Identify the country in which this company operates (if it is a Multinational Corporation just say Multinational Corporation).

7. Identify the major business and financial risk the company faces along with any major competitors if any.

8. Identify any regulatory or legal institutions that this company is subject to.

Hint: this information can be found on the company’s 10K or 10Q financial reporting in the SEC website.

B. Please provide the following financial information for Duke Energy Corporation for the year-end 2017:

1. What is company’s total market capitalization?

2. What is the company’s book value amount?

3. What is the company’s total amount of outstanding liabilities?

4. What is the company’s total amount of assets outstanding?

5. What is the total amount of long-term debt outstanding?

6. What is the total amount of common equity outstanding?

7. What was the company’s total year-end resulting net income?

8. What is the effective year-end taxes paid by this company?

9. What was the company’s total year-end amount of reported earnings? If it is the same as total net income, the just state total net income.

10. What was the total year-end amount of dividends declared by this company?

11. What was the year-end dividend retention policy by this company?

12. What was total year-end amount of dividends paid, if any, by this company?

13. Identify the total year-end amount of shares outstanding.

C. Please present the following financial and valuation metrics for Duke Energy Corporation for year-end 2016:

1. What was the current market stock price for this company? You could also use the 2017-year end average price or the year-end closing price. If you do so, please state what market stock price you are using.

2. What is the company’s year-end earnings per share (EPS)?

3. What is the company’s year-end dividends per share (DPS)?

4. What was the company’s year-end book value per share (BVPS)?

5. What is the company’s current dividend yield? You could also use the 2017-year end average dividend yield. If you do so, please state?

6. What is the company’s beta coefficient?

7. What is the company’s earnings price multiples (P/E)?

8. What is the company’s market to book ratio (M/B)?