Chesapeake Utilities Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:CPK)

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

Chesapeake Utilities declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.405 per share on Monday, October 7th. This represents a $1.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 12th. View Chesapeake Utilities' Dividend History.

Chesapeake Utilities shares split on the morning of Tuesday, September 9th 2014. The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, July 2nd 2014. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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, August, 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.04. The utilities provider earned $130.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $169.40 million. Chesapeake Utilities had a return on equity of 11.30% and a net margin of 8.62%. View Chesapeake Utilities' Earnings History.

Chesapeake Utilities is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Chesapeake Utilities.

3 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Chesapeake Utilities' stock. Their predictions range from $90.00 to $110.00. On average, they anticipate Chesapeake Utilities' stock price to reach $97.4133 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Chesapeake Utilities.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chesapeake Utilities in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Chesapeake Utilities.

Press coverage about CPK stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Utilities earned a daily sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Chesapeake Utilities.

Chesapeake Utilities saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 164,900 shares, an increase of 15.6% from the July 31st total of 142,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 75,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Chesapeake Utilities' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Chesapeake Utilities include Southwest Gas (SWX), Nextdecade (NEXT), RGC Resources (RGCO), Corning Natural Gas (CNIG) and China Natural Gas (CHNGQ).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Chesapeake Utilities investors own include HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Revance Therapeutics (RVNC), Premaitha Health (NIPT), Paypal (PYPL), AbbVie (ABBV), AmerisourceBergen (ABC), CVS Health (CVS), Chevron (CVX) and Kinder Morgan (KMI).

Chesapeake Utilities' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (13.91%), BlackRock Inc. (8.25%), Vanguard Group Inc. (6.33%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.50%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.78%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.31%). Company insiders that own Chesapeake Utilities stock include James F Moriarty, John R Schimkaitis, P Mcmasters Michael, Stephen C Thompson and Thomas P Hill, Jr. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Chesapeake Utilities.

CPK stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, William Blair Investment Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Algert Global LLC, Uniplan Investment Counsel Inc., Energy Income Partners LLC and Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC. 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, BlackRock Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, First Trust Advisors LP, Cutter & CO Brokerage Inc. and Bahl & Gaynor Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Chesapeake Utilities stock in the last two years include James F Moriarty and Thomas P Hill, Jr. 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 $94.09.

Chesapeake Utilities has a market capitalization of $1.54 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]