NYSE:CHK - Chesapeake Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

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

Chesapeake Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Chesapeake Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $0.50 to $5.00. On average, they anticipate Chesapeake Energy's share price to reach $2.05 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 365.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Chesapeake Energy.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chesapeake Energy in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Chesapeake Energy.

News headlines about CHK stock have trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Energy earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Chesapeake Energy.

Chesapeake Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 255,430,000 shares, an increase of 19.7% from the December 31st total of 213,430,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 79,220,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 17.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Chesapeake Energy's Current Options Chain.

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Chesapeake Energy's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital Research Global Investors (1.14%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.70%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.67%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.52%), AQR Capital Management LLC (0.48%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.41%). 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 Capital Research Global Investors, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Alliancebernstein L.P., Virtu Financial LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Cumberland Advisors 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, AQR Capital Management LLC, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Rafferty Asset Management LLC, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Oxford Asset Management LLP and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 $0.44.

Chesapeake Energy has a market capitalization of $860.61 million 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]