How to buy Chesapeake Utilities Corporation stock | $104.49

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is an utilities-regulated gas business based in the US. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares (CPK) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation employs 955 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$483.1 million.

How to buy shares in Chesapeake Utilities Corporation

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: CPK. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Chesapeake Utilities Corporation reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$104.49, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation share price

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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$104.49
52-week range	USD$68.419 - USD$111.4
50-day moving average	USD$105.8991
200-day moving average	USD$90.1896
Wall St. target price	USD$107.17
PE ratio	24.6285
Dividend yield	USD$1.76 (1.64%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$4.347

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Is it a good time to buy Chesapeake Utilities Corporation stock?

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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $104.49 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-07)	1.52%
1 month (2020-12-17)	-5.14%
3 months (2020-10-15)	18.28%
6 months (2020-07-15)	23.82%

1 year (2020-01-15)	10.94%
2 years (2019-01-15)	25.62%
3 years (2018-01-13)	N/A
5 years (2016-01-15)	84.51%

Is Chesapeake Utilities Corporation under- or over-valued?

Valuing Chesapeake Utilities Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's P/E ratio

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 25x. In other words, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares trade at around 25x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's PEG ratio

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.8673. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's EBITDA

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$168.9 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$483.1 million
Operating margin TTM	21.71%
Gross profit TTM	USD$174.2 million
Return on assets TTM	3.64%
Return on equity TTM	11.39%
Profit margin	14.84%
Book value	$36.935
Market capitalisation	USD$1.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares

There are currently 491,945 Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 26.7% up from 388,344 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 85854.27574171). Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's SIR currently stands at 5.73. In other words for every 100,000 Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5730 shares are currently held short.

However Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0336% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares, roughly 34 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Chesapeake Utilities Corporation.

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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 43.13% of net profits

Recently Chesapeake Utilities Corporation has paid out, on average, around 43.13% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.64% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 1.64% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $1.76 per share.

While Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Chesapeake Utilities Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 5 January 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 December 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's shares ever split?

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 9 September 2014. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's share price.

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $68.419 up to $111.4. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's is 0.2436. This would suggest that Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation overview

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, a diversified energy company, engages in regulated and unregulated energy businesses. The Regulated Energy segment engages in the distribution of natural gas in central and southern Delaware, Maryland's eastern shore, and Florida; distribution of electricity in Florida; and transmission of natural gas on the Delmarva Peninsula and in Florida. The Unregulated Energy segment engages in the propane operations in the Mid-Atlantic region and Florida; unregulated natural gas transmission/supply operation in central and eastern Ohio; generation of electricity and steam; and provision of CNG and pipeline solutions primarily to utilities and pipelines in the eastern United States. This segment also provides other unregulated energy services, such as energy-related merchandise sales; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning services; and plumbing and electrical services. The company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 2.946% of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation shares are held by insiders and 77.749% by institutions.

• How many people work for Chesapeake Utilities Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 955 work at Chesapeake Utilities Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Chesapeake Utilities Corporation?

  Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Chesapeake Utilities Corporation based?

  Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's address is: 909 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, DE, United States, 19904

• What is Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's ISIN number?

  Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's international securities identification number is: US1653031088

• What is Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 165303108