Chesapeake Utilities Stock Today
| CPK Stock | USD 126.83 0.16 0.13% |
PerformanceSoft
| Odds Of DistressSmall
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Chesapeake Utilities is selling for 126.83 as of the 15th of December 2025. This is a 0.13% increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's last reported lowest price was 124.33. Chesapeake Utilities has about a 33 percent probability of financial distress in the next few years of operation and did not have a very good performance during the last 90 trading days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 16th of September 2025 and ending today, the 15th of December 2025. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain Utilities | IPO Date 26th of March 1990 |
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation operates as an energy delivery company. The company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware. Chesapeake Utilities operates under UtilitiesRegulated Gas classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. The company has 23.65 M outstanding shares of which 788.92 K shares are currently shorted by investors with about 5.45 days to cover. More on Chesapeake Utilities
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| Chairman | John Schimkaitis | ||||
| Thematic Idea | Basic Utilities (View all Themes) | ||||
| Old Name | CP1 FP | ||||
| Business Concentration | Gas Utilities, Utilities - Regulated Gas, Utilities, NYSE Composite, SP Small-Cap 600, Basic Utilities, Energy, Utilities, Gas Utilities, Utilities—Regulated Gas, Utilities (View all Sectors) | ||||
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Debt LevelsChesapeake Utilities can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand Chesapeake Utilities' financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of Chesapeake Utilities' total assets is financed by creditors.
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Chesapeake Utilities (CPK) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA and employs 1,200 people. Chesapeake Utilities is listed under Gas Utilities category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Mid-Cap' category with a total capitalization of 3.01 B. Chesapeake Utilities runs under Gas Utilities sector within Utilities industry. The entity has 23.65 M outstanding shares of which 788.92 K shares are currently shorted by investors with about 5.45 days to cover.
Chesapeake Utilities has about 7.9 M in cash with 239.4 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 0.24.
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Ownership AllocationChesapeake Utilities holds a total of 23.65 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Chesapeake Utilities outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to acquire positions in Chesapeake Utilities to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Chesapeake Utilities. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Chesapeake Utilities as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Please note that no matter how many assets the company secures, if the real value of the firm is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
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Chesapeake Utilities Risk Profiles
Investors will always prefer to have the highest possible return on investment while minimizing volatility. Chesapeake Utilities market risk premium is the additional return an investor will receive from holding Chesapeake Utilities long position in a well-diversified portfolio.
| Mean Deviation | 0.9366 | |||
| Semi Deviation | 1.18 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 1.2 | |||
| Variance | 1.45 |
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Chesapeake Utilities Corporate Directors
| Calvert Morgan | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Thomas Bresnan | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Dianna Morgan | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Eugene Bayard | Independent Director | Profile |
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Is Gas Utilities space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Chesapeake Utilities. If investors know Chesapeake will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Chesapeake Utilities listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.054 | Dividend Share 2.65 | Earnings Share 5.63 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.121 |
The market value of Chesapeake Utilities is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Chesapeake that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Chesapeake Utilities' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Chesapeake Utilities' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Chesapeake Utilities' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Chesapeake Utilities' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Chesapeake Utilities' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Chesapeake Utilities is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Chesapeake Utilities' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.