Investing.com – Duke Energy (NYSE: ) On Monday, the first quarter ended with revenue surpassing expectations. Analysts’ estimates were lower than expected.

Duke Energy posted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.3 on revenues of $7.13B. Investing.com polled analysts and predicted an EPS of $1.34 for revenue of $5.69B.

Duke Energy shares have increased 6% since the start of the year but are still down 4.31% from their 52-week high of $116.33 on April 21. They are outperforming the S&P 500 which is down 13.49% from the start of the year.

Duke Energy is following other Utilities major sector earnings this month

Duke Energy reports on NextEra Energy’s earnings beat of April 21. NextEra reported EPS at $0.74 per share on revenue $2.89B. This compares to NextEra Energy’s forecasts of EPS at $0.7142, on revenue $5.19B.

Southern beat all expectations with a first quarter earnings per share of $0.97 on $6.65B in revenue, as opposed to $0.9069 for $6B revenue.

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