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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E18.9

P25 15.3P50 18.3P75 20.8

Trailing P/E20.2

P25 16.2P50 20.2P75 23.8

ROE9.6

P25 4.7P50 8.5P75 10.2

ROIC5.4

P25 2.4P50 3.8P75 4.8

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All CPK market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Showing 259 of 259 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000019745
Company name	Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	165303108
Employees	1,300
Employees Change	100%
Employees Change Percent	8.33
Enterprise value	$4.7B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Utilities - Regulated Gas
Isin	US1653031088
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$3B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$126
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	757,230.77x
Sector	Utilities
Sic	4923
Symbol	CPK
Website	https://www.chpk.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	4.9%
EV Earnings	31.59x
EV/EBIT	17.43x
EV/EBITDA	12.48x
EV/Sales	4.77x
FCF yield	-6.92%
Forward P/E	18.91x
P/B ratio	1.84x
P/E ratio	20.18x
P/S ratio	3.08x
PE Ratio10 Y	24.12x
PE Ratio3 Y	23.27x
PE Ratio5 Y	24.42x
PEG ratio	2.28x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	27.37%
EBITDA Margin	38.23%
Gross margin	40.35%
Gross Profit	$397.2M
Net Income	$148.7M
Net Income Growth	20.6%
Net Income Growth Q	16.5%
Net Income Growth Quarters	9%
Net Income Growth Years	2%
Net Income Growth3 Y	18.57%
Net Income Growth5 Y	14.06%
Pretax Margin	20.76%
Profit Margin	15.11%
Profit Per Employee	$114,385
Profitable Years	33
ROA	4.34
Roa5y	4.07
ROCE	7.61
ROE	9.6
Roe5y	9.86
ROIC	5.36

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	9.37%
Cagr15y	13.21%
Cagr1y	-3.61%
Cagr20y	12.58%
Cagr3y	1.8%
Cagr5y	3.05%
Div CAGR10	9.1%
Div CAGR3	8.32%
Div CAGR5	9.16%
EPS Growth	15.44
EPS Growth Q	11.77
EPS Growth Quarters	7
EPS Growth Years	2
EPS Growth3 Y	7.78
EPS Growth5 Y	6.8
OCF Growth	17.44%
OCF Growth Q	38.82%
OCF Growth10 Y	11.99%
OCF Growth3 Y	15.87%
OCF Growth5 Y	8.12%
Revenue Growth	17.16x
Revenue Growth Q	18.21x
Revenue Growth Quarters	9x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	13.35x
Revenue Growth5 Y	13.32x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.25
Assets	$4.1B
Cash	$4.7M
Current Assets	$239.1M
Current Liabilities	$553.7M
Debt	$1.7B
Debt EBITDA	$4.43
Debt Equity	$1.01
Equity	$1.7B
Interest Coverage	3.69
Liabilities	$2.4B
Long Term Assets	$3.9B
Long Term Liabilities	$1.9B
Net Cash	$-1.7B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-54.78
Net Debt EBITDA	$4.42
Net Debt Equity	$1.01
Tangible Book Value	$1.1B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$47.13
WACC	6.44

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.43
Inventory Turnover	21.35
Net Working Capital	$14.9M
Quick ratio	0.3
Working Capital	$-314.6M
Working Capital Turnover	$-3.59

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-4.52%
Dividend Growth	7.1%
Dividend Growth Years	22%
Dividend per share	$2.74
Dividend Years	56
Dividend Yield	2.17%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-15
Last Dividend	$0.74
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	44.54%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	144.75%
1Y total return	-3.6%
200-day SMA	128.7
3Y total return	5.51%
50-day SMA	128.4
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	16.22%
All Time High	146.3
All Time High Change	-13.59%
All Time High Date	2022-01-03
All Time Low	6.22
All Time Low Change	1,931.82%
All Time Low Date	1985-12-02
ATR	2.7
Beta	0.72
Beta1y	-0.02
Beta2y	0.04
Ch YTD	1.33
High	128.2
High52	140.6
High52 Date	2025-10-10
High52ch	-10.08%
Low	126.2
Low52	115.2
Low52 Date	2025-05-14
Low52ch	9.7%
Ma50ch	-1.57%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-1.76%
RSI	47.2
RSI Monthly	51.41
RSI Weekly	47.01
Sharpe ratio	-0.28x
Sortino ratio	-0.11
Total Return	-2.35%
Tr YTD	1.87
Tr15y	542.79%
Tr1m	-2.69%
Tr1w	-0.41%
Tr3m	-2.14%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	1
Analyst Count Top	1
Analyst Price Target Top	$142
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$2.39
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	7.66
Earnings Revenue Estimate	322,200,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	7.87x
Operating Income	$269.4M
Operating margin	27.37
Price target	$142
Price Target Change	$12.32
Price Target Change Top	$12.32

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	23,703,171%
Float Percent	98.74%
Net Borrowing	157,600,000
Shares Insiders	1.24%
Shares Institutions	89.38%
Shares Out	24,004,761
Shares Qo Q	0.78%
Shares Yo Y	4.52%
Short Float	2.66%
Short Ratio	3.88
Short Shares	2.62

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-219.7M
Average Volume	123,609.65x
Bv Per Share	68.81
CAPEX	$-476.7M
Ch10y	103.2
Ch15y	364.3
Ch1m	-2.69
Ch1w	-0.41
Ch1y	-5.69
Ch20y	535.1
Ch3m	-2.66
Ch3y	-1.08
Ch5y	5.53
Ch6m	-6.91
Change	-0.64%
Change From Open	-0.8
Close	127.2
Days Gap	0.17
Depreciation Amortization	90,700,000
Dollar Volume	14,193,299.8
Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$269.4M
EBITDA	$376.3M
EPS	$6.26
F Score	5
FCF	$-210M
FCF EV Yield	-4.47x
FCF Per Share	$-8.75
Financing CF	201,600,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,990
Goodwill	507,500,000
Graham Number	98.48044
Graham Upside	-22.1
Income Tax	$55.7M
Investing CF	-464,300,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-06
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2014-09-09
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-25
Lynch Fair Value	$88.06
Lynch Upside	-30.34
Ma150	129.8
Ma150ch	-2.63%
Ma20	126.8
Ma20ch	-0.3%
Net CF	4,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-06
Open	127.4
Optionable	Yes
P OCF Ratio	11.38
Payment Date	2026-07-06
Position In Range	10.1
Post Close	126.4
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.02
Postmarket Price	$126
Ppne	3,233,300,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$8.06
Ptbv Ratio	2.68
Relative Volume	0.91x
Revenue	984,400,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.99x
Share Based Comp	9,700,000
Tax By Revenue	5.66x
Tax Rate	27.25%
Tr20y	970.07%
Tr6m	-5.91%
Us State	Delaware
Volume	112,271

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Income

CPK dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.2%

$2.74 annual per share

Payout ratio

+44.5%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+9.2%

22 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

-2.4%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-06-15

Performance

CPK stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CPK?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+89.4%

Float: +98.7% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+1.2%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CPK momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

47.2

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-1.8%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.72

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

-0.28

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CPK vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
NEE	NextEra Energy Inc.	194.1B	23.6x	7.0x	3.1%	+10.2%	+42.3%	Comprare

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