Chesapeake Energy Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:CHK)

Chesapeake Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CHK."

Chesapeake Energy Co. (NYSE:CHK) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.09) by $0.02. The oil and gas exploration company had revenue of $1.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.15 billion. Chesapeake Energy had a return on equity of 9.01% and a net margin of 5.46%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.19 EPS. View Chesapeake Energy's Earnings History.

Chesapeake Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 26th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Chesapeake Energy.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Chesapeake Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $1.20 to $5.00. On average, they anticipate Chesapeake Energy's stock price to reach $2.82 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 309.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Chesapeake Energy.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chesapeake Energy in the last year. There are currently 7 sell ratings and 8 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Chesapeake Energy.

News stories about CHK stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Energy earned a news impact score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Chesapeake Energy.

Chesapeake Energy saw a decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 244,320,000 shares, a decrease of 17.3% from the September 30th total of 295,550,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 64,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Approximately 20.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Chesapeake Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Chesapeake Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include First Trust Advisors LP (0.27%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.17%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.15%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.13%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%) and Iberiabank Corp (0.06%). Company insiders that own Chesapeake Energy stock include Archie W Dunham, Domenic J Dell'osso Jr, Frank J Patterson, James R Webb, Ngp Energy Capital Management,, R Brad Martin, Robert D Lawler, Thomas L Ryan and William M Buergler. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Chesapeake Energy.

CHK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including North Star Asset Management Inc., New York State Teachers Retirement System, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Oakbrook Investments LLC and First Allied Advisory Services Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Chesapeake Energy.

CHK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Iberiabank Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Pacer Advisors Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Cumberland Advisors Inc. and CNA Financial Corp. Company insiders that have bought Chesapeake Energy stock in the last two years include Archie W Dunham, Domenic J Dell'osso Jr, Frank J Patterson, James R Webb, R Brad Martin, Robert D Lawler, Thomas L Ryan and William M Buergler. View Insider Buying and Selling for Chesapeake Energy.

Shares of CHK can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CHK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $0.69.

Chesapeake Energy has a market capitalization of $1.13 billion and generates $10.23 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas exploration company earns $873 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.90 on an earnings per share basis. Chesapeake Energy employs 2,350 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Chesapeake Energy.

The official website for Chesapeake Energy is http://www.chk.com/.

Chesapeake Energy's mailing address is 6100 N WESTERN AVE, OKLAHOMA CITY OK, 73118. The oil and gas exploration company can be reached via phone at 405-848-8000 or via email at [email protected]