NYSE:CPK - Chesapeake Utilities Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Chesapeake Utilities announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be given a dividend of $0.405 per share on Monday, January 6th. This represents a $1.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. View Chesapeake Utilities' Dividend History.

Chesapeake Utilities's stock split on Tuesday, September 9th 2014. The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, July 2nd 2014. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, September 8th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Chesapeake Utilities stock prior to the split would have 150 shares after the split.

Chesapeake Utilities Co. (NYSE:CPK) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.34 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $92.63 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $170.20 million. Chesapeake Utilities had a return on equity of 11.24% and a net margin of 9.26%. View Chesapeake Utilities' Earnings History.

Chesapeake Utilities is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Chesapeake Utilities.

5 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Chesapeake Utilities' shares. Their forecasts range from $92.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect Chesapeake Utilities' share price to reach $101.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Chesapeake Utilities.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chesapeake Utilities in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Chesapeake Utilities.

News headlines about CPK stock have trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Utilities earned a news sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Chesapeake Utilities.

Chesapeake Utilities saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 116,700 shares, a decrease of 36.9% from the December 15th total of 184,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 57,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Chesapeake Utilities' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Chesapeake Utilities include ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), National Fuel Gas (NFG), South Jersey Industries (SJI) and Northwest Natural (NWN).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Chesapeake Utilities investors own include HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA), AbbVie (ABBV), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Comcast (CMCSA), AmerisourceBergen (ABC), Chevron (CVX), Agilent Technologies (A), American Electric Power (AEP) and Anthem (ANTM).

Chesapeake Utilities' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.27%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.82%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.31%), Fruth Investment Management (0.14%), First National Bank of Omaha (0.05%) and Boenning & Scattergood Inc. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Chesapeake Utilities stock include James F Moriarty, John R Schimkaitis, P Mcmasters Michael and Stephen C Thompson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Chesapeake Utilities.

CPK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Fruth Investment Management. Company insiders that have sold Chesapeake Utilities company stock in the last year include John R Schimkaitis and Stephen C Thompson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Chesapeake Utilities.

CPK stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tributary Capital Management LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp, First National Bank of Omaha, FTB Advisors Inc. and Boenning & Scattergood Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Chesapeake Utilities.

Shares of CPK 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 CPK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $95.19.

Chesapeake Utilities has a market capitalization of $1.56 billion and generates $717.49 million in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $56.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.31 on an earnings per share basis. Chesapeake Utilities employs 983 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Chesapeake Utilities.

The official website for Chesapeake Utilities is http://www.chpk.com/.

Chesapeake Utilities' mailing address is 909 SILVER LAKE BLVD PO BOX 615, DOVER DE, 19904. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 302-734-6799 or via email at [email protected]