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) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 5th. The oil and gas exploration company reported ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.09) by $0.02. The oil and gas exploration company earned $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.15 billion. Chesapeake Energy had a net margin of 5.46% and a return on equity of 9.01%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 2.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company 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 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Chesapeake Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $0.50 to $5.00. On average, they expect Chesapeake Energy's stock price to reach $2.05 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 284.6% 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 coverage about CHK stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Energy earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the oil and gas exploration company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Chesapeake Energy.

Chesapeake Energy saw a increase in short interest during 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 daily trading volume, of 79,220,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.2 days. Currently, 17.5% of the shares of the stock 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 investors include Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.18%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.13%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.06%), Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC (0.06%), Cumberland Advisors Inc. (0.03%) and Arizona State Retirement System (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., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Arizona State Retirement System. 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, California Public Employees Retirement System, Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, 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 $0.53.

Chesapeake Energy has a market capitalization of $1.04 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]