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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVA Avista	$36.83 -1.3%	$37.58	$34.80 ▼ $43.09	$3.03B	0.4	774,639 shs	422,272 shs
BKH Black Hills	$60.27 -1.3%	$57.90	$54.92 ▼ $65.59	$4.45B	0.71	826,085 shs	506,149 shs
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$124.42 -2.2%	$122.34	$115.12 ▼ $136.73	$2.99B	0.66	101,393 shs	70,092 shs
UTL Unitil	$46.75 -2.3%	$50.88	$46.65 ▼ $63.52	$846.61M	0.66	118,306 shs	114,346 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVA Avista	-1.18%	-0.23%	-0.85%	-5.03%	-5.32%
BKH Black Hills	-1.13%	-0.16%	+6.26%	+2.82%	+3.48%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	-2.31%	+1.00%	+2.32%	+1.10%	+6.45%
UTL Unitil	-2.30%	-0.39%	-9.79%	-13.96%	-21.85%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AVA Avista	3.8646 of 5 stars	0.8	3.0	3.3	1.9	4.3	2.5	1.9
BKH Black Hills	3.8857 of 5 stars	1.2	3.0	5.0	0.9	3.3	1.7	1.9
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	3.9624 of 5 stars	1.3	2.0	4.2	1.1	3.7	1.7	2.5
UTL Unitil	3.2684 of 5 stars	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.0	1.4	1.7	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AVA Avista	1.50	Reduce	$38.00	3.18% Upside
BKH Black Hills	2.33	Hold	$66.00	9.52% Upside
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	2.67	Moderate Buy	$124.50	0.07% Upside
UTL Unitil	2.00	Hold	$55.00	17.65% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest UTL, AVA, BKH, and CPK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Details
8/20/2025	BKH Black Hills	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Neutral	$57.00 ➝ $64.00
7/22/2025	CPK Chesapeake Utilities	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$124.00 ➝ $120.00

(Data available from 8/25/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AVA Avista	$1.94B	1.54	$5.68 per share	6.48	$32.72 per share	1.13
BKH Black Hills	$2.13B	2.06	$7.64 per share	7.89	$50.09 per share	1.20
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$787.20M	3.72	$8.72 per share	14.27	$61.03 per share	2.04
UTL Unitil	$494.80M	1.67	$7.48 per share	6.25	$31.64 per share	1.48

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AVA Avista	$180M	$2.22	16.59	14.56	2.46	9.13%	6.86%	2.25%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
BKH Black Hills	$273.10M	$3.97	15.18	13.82	2.83	12.68%	7.81%	2.85%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$118.60M	$5.61	22.18	19.91	N/A	14.89%	9.20%	3.62%	11/6/2025 (Estimated)
UTL Unitil	$47.10M	$2.91	16.06	14.17	N/A	9.54%	9.46%	2.69%	11/3/2025 (Estimated)

Latest UTL, AVA, BKH, and CPK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/7/2025	Q2 2025	CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$1.00	$1.04	+$0.04	$1.02	$182.45 million	$192.80 million
8/6/2025	Q2 2025	AVA Avista	$0.28	$0.17	-$0.11	$0.17	$416.06 million	$400.00 million
8/4/2025	Q2 2025	UTL Unitil	$0.28	$0.29	+$0.01	$0.25	$101.00 million	$101.00 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	BKH Black Hills	$0.3850	$0.38	-$0.0050	$0.38	$412.69 million	$439.00 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AVA Avista	$1.96	5.32%	N/A	88.29%	23 Years
BKH Black Hills	$2.70	4.48%	N/A	68.01%	55 Years
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	$2.74	2.20%	N/A	48.84%	22 Years
UTL Unitil	$1.80	3.85%	N/A	61.86%	12 Years

Latest UTL, AVA, BKH, and CPK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/7/2025	CPK Chesapeake Utilities	quarterly	$0.6850	2.27%	9/15/2025	9/15/2025	10/6/2025
8/6/2025	AVA Avista	quarterly	$0.49	5.34%	8/19/2025	8/19/2025	9/15/2025
7/22/2025	BKH Black Hills	quarterly	$0.6760	4.66%	8/18/2025	8/18/2025	9/2/2025
7/29/2025	UTL Unitil	quarterly	$0.45	3.54%	8/14/2025	8/14/2025	8/28/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AVA Avista	1.06	1.00	0.68
BKH Black Hills	1.06	0.64	0.49
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	0.83	0.42	0.36
UTL Unitil	1.19	0.58	0.52

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AVA Avista	85.24%
BKH Black Hills	86.71%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	83.11%
UTL Unitil	76.76%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AVA Avista	0.94%
BKH Black Hills	0.63%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	1.51%
UTL Unitil	2.03%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AVA Avista	1,950	81.11 million	80.35 million	Optionable
BKH Black Hills	2,841	72.85 million	72.39 million	Optionable
CPK Chesapeake Utilities	1,200	23.54 million	23.19 million	Optionable
UTL Unitil	520	17.69 million	17.33 million	Optionable

UTL, AVA, BKH, and CPK Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Public Sector Pension Investment Board Purchases 11,221 Shares of Unitil Corporation $UTL

August 22, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Unitil Closes Common Stock Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option

August 19, 2025 | msn.com

Unitil Closes Common Stock Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters' Over-Allotment Option

August 18, 2025 | gurufocus.com

Unitil Corporation Completes Public Offering of 1,602,358 Shares, Raising Approximately $74.75 Million

August 18, 2025 | quiverquant.comQ

Unitil Closes Common Stock Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters' Over-Allotment Option | ...

August 18, 2025 | gurufocus.com

Unitil Closes Common Stock Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters' Over-Allotment Option

August 18, 2025 | globenewswire.com

Unitil (NYSE:UTL) Sets New 52-Week Low - Should You Sell?

August 17, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Unitil prices public offering of 1.39M shares at $46.65 each, stock drops

August 15, 2025 | msn.com

Unitil announces $65M common stock offering

August 14, 2025 | msn.com

Unitil Corporation Prices Public Offering of 1,393,355 Shares of Common Stock at $46.65 per Share

August 14, 2025 | quiverquant.comQ

Unitil Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering | UTL Stock News

August 14, 2025 | gurufocus.com

Unitil Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering

August 14, 2025 | globenewswire.com

Unitil Announces Common Stock Offering

August 14, 2025 | globenewswire.com

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Unitil Corporation (NYSE:UTL) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

August 6, 2025 | msn.com

Unitil (NYSE:UTL) Hits New 52-Week Low - Should You Sell?

August 6, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Unitil Corp (UTL) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Growth Amid Rising Expenses

August 6, 2025 | gurufocus.com

Unitil (NYSE:UTL) Posts Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.01 EPS

August 5, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Unitil Corporation (UTL) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

August 5, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Unitil Corporation 2025 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

August 5, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Unitil (UTL) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates

August 4, 2025 | zacks.com

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UTL, AVA, BKH, and CPK Company Descriptions

Avista NYSE:AVA

$36.83 -0.48 (-1.29%)

Closing price 08/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$37.23 +0.40 (+1.08%)

As of 08/25/2025 08:00 PM Eastern

Avista Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas utility company. It operates in two segments, Avista Utilities and AEL&P. The Avista Utilities segment provides electric distribution and transmission, and natural gas distribution services in parts of eastern Washington and northern Idaho; and natural gas distribution services in parts of northeastern and southwestern Oregon, as well as generates electricity in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and Montana. This segment also engages in the supply of electricity to customers in Montana; and wholesale purchase and sale of electricity and natural gas. The AEL&P segment offers electric services in Juneau, Alaska. The company generates electricity through hydroelectric, thermal, wind, and solar generation facilities. As of December 31, 2023, it supplied retail electric services to approximately 416,000 customers; and retail natural gas services to approximately 381,000 customers. The company also operates five hydroelectric generation facilities with capacity of 102.7 MW; and four diesel generating facilities with a capacity of 107.5 MW. It also engages in venture fund investments, real estate investments, and other investments. Avista Corporation was incorporated in 1889 and is headquartered in Spokane, Washington.

Black Hills NYSE:BKH

$60.26 -0.78 (-1.27%)

Closing price 08/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$60.28 +0.01 (+0.02%)

As of 08/25/2025 06:38 PM Eastern

Black Hills Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas utility company in the United States. The company operates in two segments: Electric Utilities and Gas Utilities. The Electric Utilities segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to approximately 222,000 electric utility customers in Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming; and owns and operates 1,394 megawatts of generation capacity and 9,106 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines. The Gas Utilities segment distributes natural gas to approximately 1,116,000 natural gas utility customers in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming; owns and operates 4,663 miles of intrastate gas transmission pipelines; 42,514 miles of gas distribution mains and service lines; seven natural gas storage sites; and approximately 50,000 horsepower of compression and 516 miles of gathering lines. It also constructs and maintains customer owned gas infrastructure facilities for gas transportation customers; and provides appliance repair services to residential utility customers, as well as electrical system construction services to large industrial customers. In addition, the company produces electric power through wind, natural gas, and coal-fired generating plants; and coal at its coal mine located near Gillette, Wyoming. Black Hills Corporation was incorporated in 1941 and is headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Chesapeake Utilities NYSE:CPK

$124.42 -2.78 (-2.18%)

Closing price 08/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$124.30 -0.12 (-0.09%)

As of 08/25/2025 06:30 PM Eastern

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation operates as an energy delivery company. The company operates through two segments, Regulated Energy and Unregulated Energy. The Regulated Energy segment natural gas distribution operations in central and southern Delaware, Maryland's eastern shore, and Florida; regulated natural gas transmission in the Delmarva Peninsula, Ohio, and Florida; and regulated electric distribution in northeast and northwest Florida. The Unregulated Energy segment engages in the propane operations in the Mid-Atlantic region, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida; unregulated natural gas transmission/supply operation in central and eastern Ohio; generation of electricity and steam; provision of compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and renewable natural gas transportation and pipeline solutions primarily to utilities and pipelines in the United States; and sustainable energy investments. This segment is also involved in the provision of other unregulated services, such as energy-related merchandise sale and heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and plumbing and electrical services. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.

Unitil NYSE:UTL

$46.75 -1.12 (-2.34%)

Closing price 08/25/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$46.79 +0.04 (+0.09%)

As of 08/25/2025 04:10 PM Eastern

Unitil Corporation, a public utility holding company, engages in the distribution of electricity and natural gas. It operates through two segments, Utility Electric Operations, Utility Gas Operations. The company distributes electricity in the southeastern seacoast and state capital regions of New Hampshire, and the greater Fitchburg area of north central Massachusetts; and distributes natural gas in southeastern New Hampshire and portions of southern and central Maine, including the city of Portland and the Lewiston-Auburn area, as well as electricity and natural gas in the greater Fitchburg area of north central Massachusetts. It also operates 86 miles of interstate underground natural gas transmission pipeline that provides interstate natural gas pipeline access and transportation services primarily in Maine and New Hampshire. In addition, the company provides real estate management services. It serves approximately 108,100 electric customers and 87,500 natural gas customers. Unitil Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Hampton, New Hampshire.

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