NYSE:CHKChesapeake Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Chesapeake Energy's stock was trading at $0.1503 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CHK stock has increased by 9,248.0% and is now trading at $14.05. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chesapeake Energy in the last year. There are currently 10 sell ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View analyst ratings for Chesapeake Energy.

Chesapeake Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Chesapeake Energy.

Chesapeake Energy Co. (NYSE:CHK) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 26th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($8.00) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($12.00) by $4.00. The oil and gas exploration company had revenue of $969 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.21 billion. Chesapeake Energy had a negative return on equity of 30.44% and a negative net margin of 96.80%. View Chesapeake Energy's earnings history.

Shares of Chesapeake Energy reverse split before market open on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. The 1-200 reverse split was announced on Monday, April 13th 2020. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Tuesday, April 14th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of Chesapeake Energy stock prior to the reverse split would have 1 shares after the split.

13 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Chesapeake Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $400.00. On average, they anticipate Chesapeake Energy's stock price to reach $241.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1,620.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Chesapeake Energy.

Media headlines about CHK stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Energy earned a media sentiment score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutChesapeake Energy.

Chesapeake Energy saw a decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,580,000 shares, a decline of 43.6% from the April 30th total of 6,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,450,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 43.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Chesapeake Energy's Current Options Chain.

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

Chesapeake Energy's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include First Trust Advisors LP (165.45%), Geode Capital Management LLC (140.77%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (75.26%), Teacher Retirement System of Texas (48.10%), Swiss National Bank (34.88%) and Legal & General Group Plc (27.54%). 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Rafferty Asset Management LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Creative Planning, Rhumbline Advisers, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., and SG Americas Securities LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Chesapeake Energy.

CHK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Swiss National Bank, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. 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 activity 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 $14.05.

Chesapeake Energy has a market capitalization of $137.45 million and generates $8.49 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas exploration company earns $-308,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($54.00) on an earnings per share basis. Chesapeake Energy employs 2,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for Chesapeake Energy is 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]