NYSE:CHKChesapeake Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Chesapeake Energy's stock was trading at $0.1503 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CHK stock has increased by 4,437.6% and is now trading at $6.82. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chesapeake Energy in the last year. There are currently 9 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) issued its earnings results on Monday, May, 11th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $14.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($16.43) by $31.30. The oil and gas exploration company earned $1.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.06 billion. Chesapeake Energy had a negative net margin of 96.80% and a negative return on equity of 30.44%. View Chesapeake Energy's earnings history.

Chesapeake Energy's stock reverse split 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.

12 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Chesapeake Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $400.00. On average, they anticipate Chesapeake Energy's stock price to reach $210.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2,979.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Chesapeake Energy.

Press coverage about CHK stock has trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles 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 company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Chesapeake Energy.

Chesapeake Energy saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,880,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the June 15th total of 3,630,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,860,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 44.0% of the company's stock are sold short. 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."

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One share of CHK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.82.

Chesapeake Energy has a market capitalization of $66.72 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]