Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK)

Last Closing Price: 121.56 (2025-05-29)

Company Description

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is a utility company engaged in natural gas distribution and transmission, propane distribution and marketing, advanced information services and other related businesses.Chesapeake's three natural gas distribution divisions serve residential, commercial and industrial customers in southern Delaware, Maryland's Eastern Shore and Florida. The Company's natural gas transmission subsidiary operates an interstate pipeline system that transports gas from various points in Pennsylvania to Delaware and Maryland distribution divisions.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $787.20M
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $118.60M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 19.40
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 22.06
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) --
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 3.38
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 1.93
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 13.64
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 20.03%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 14.69%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 9.19%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 3.57%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.46
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.40
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.87
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 18.08
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $62.04
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $2.22
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $5.39
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $5.41
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Utilities
Industry Utilities - Regulated Gas
Common Shares Outstanding 23.33M
Free Float 22.70M
Market Capitalization $2.84B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.11M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 0.71
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 2.68%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 83.11%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $2.56
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 2.11%