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) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.11) earnings per share 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 analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. Chesapeake Energy had a return on equity of 9.01% and a net margin of 5.46%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Chesapeake Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $0.50 to $5.00. On average, they expect Chesapeake Energy's share price to reach $2.05 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 267.3% 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 stories about CHK stock have trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Energy earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Chesapeake Energy.

Chesapeake Energy saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 255,430,000 shares, an increase of 19.7% from the December 15th total of 213,430,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 80,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Approximately 17.5% 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 number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.18%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.06%), Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC (0.06%), Cumberland Advisors Inc. (0.03%), Traynor Capital Management Inc. (0.00%) and J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. (0.00%). 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 Cumberland Advisors Inc. and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Chesapeake Energy.

CHK stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC, Traynor Capital Management Inc. and J.W. Cole Advisors Inc.. 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 $0.56.

Chesapeake Energy has a market capitalization of $1.09 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]