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 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 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 net margin of 5.46% and a return on equity of 9.01%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business 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.

14 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Chesapeake Energy's shares. 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 210.0% 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.

Headlines about CHK stock have been trending somewhat negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Energy earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Chesapeake Energy.

Chesapeake Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 daily 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.18%), Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC (0.06%) and Cumberland Advisors Inc. (0.03%). 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.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Chesapeake Energy.

CHK stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI and Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC. 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 $0.66.

Chesapeake Energy has a market capitalization of $1.29 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]