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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be paid 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 1.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. View Chesapeake Utilities' Dividend History.

Shares of Chesapeake Utilities split before market open on Tuesday, September 9th 2014. The 3-2 split was announced on Wednesday, July 2nd 2014. The newly created shares were payable 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) released its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.34 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $92.63 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $170.20 million. Chesapeake Utilities had a net margin of 9.26% and a return on equity of 11.24%. 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% 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.

Press coverage about CPK stock has been trending very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Utilities earned a news sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning 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 decrease in short interest in 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. Approximately 0.7% of the company's 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 AbbVie (ABBV), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Exxon Mobil (XOM), HealthWarehouse.com (HEWA), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Comcast (CMCSA), Gilead Sciences (GILD), AmerisourceBergen (ABC) and Chevron (CVX).

Chesapeake Utilities' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.27%), Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.82%), Tufton Capital Management (0.63%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.31%), Fruth Investment Management (0.14%) and Albert D Mason Inc. (0.08%). 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 Tufton Capital Management, Strs Ohio, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Fruth Investment Management and Eqis Capital Management Inc.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tributary Capital Management LLC, Boston Trust Walden Corp, First National Bank of Omaha, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, FTB Advisors Inc., Albert D Mason 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 $95.68.

Chesapeake Utilities has a market capitalization of $1.57 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]