Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
General ticker "CPK" information:
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Gas Utilities
- Capitalization: $2.9B (TTM average)
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 20.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 130.29$, high 134.05$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-09-15, amount 0.69$ (Y2.14%)
- Total employees count: 1200 (-6.3%) as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Operational and conduct risks, Supply chain disruptions, Regulatory and compliance, Cybersecurity threats, Labor/talent shortage/retention
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [106.26$, 142.63$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [107.68$, 146.14$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CPK estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 22.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 28.99 > 18.64
- Positive: 18.93 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 38.86 <= 41.86
- Positive: 6.82 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 8.85
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 23.80 > 10.33
- Negative: 0.79 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 2.53
- Positive: 1.87 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 3.21
- Positive: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 5.20 > 4.43
- Positive: Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 18.83 > 9.92
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $680.70MM | $670.60MM | $787.20MM |
| Operating Expenses | $537.80MM | $519.80MM | $559.00MM |
| Operating Income | $142.90MM | $150.80MM | $228.20MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-19.30MM | $-35.50MM | $-66.40MM |
| Interest Expense | $24.40MM | $36.90MM | $68.40MM |
| Income(Loss) | $123.60MM | $115.30MM | $161.80MM |
| Taxes | $33.80MM | $28.10MM | $43.20MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $89.80MM | $87.19MM | $118.60MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $832.80MM | $1,246.10MM | $1,390.20MM |
| Inventory | $26.26MM | $29.23MM | $26.90MM |
| Assets | $2,215.04MM | $3,304.70MM | $3,577.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $158.90MM | $203.50MM | $239.40MM |
| Capital expenditure | $128.28MM | $188.62MM | $355.30MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-136.50MM | $-1,111.40MM | $-349.90MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-21.20MM | $906.60MM | $113.50MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $5.07 | $4.75 | $5.28 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.