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. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.80%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. 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 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 quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $92.63 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Chesapeake Utilities.

5 brokerages 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 $102.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% 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 trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Chesapeake Utilities earned a news sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Chesapeake Utilities.

Chesapeake Utilities saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 125,700 shares, an increase of 7.7% from the January 15th total of 116,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 58,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 0.8% 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 Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AbbVie (ABBV), 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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.81%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.33%), State Street Corp (2.21%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.34%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.32%) and Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.27%). 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, SG Americas Securities LLC, 361 Capital LLC, Moody Aldrich Partners LLC, Gabelli Funds LLC and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tributary Capital Management LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Bank of America Corp DE, Boston Trust Walden Corp, ProShare Advisors LLC, State Street Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System and Prudential Financial 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 $89.98.

Chesapeake Utilities has a market capitalization of $1.48 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]