Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK): Price and Financial Metrics

CPK POWR Grades

• CPK scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 75.59% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CPK is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• CPK's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 17.13% of US stocks).

CPK Stock Summary

• With a one year PEG ratio of 384.94, Chesapeake Utilities Corp is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than 93.26% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of Chesapeake Utilities Corp's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.5% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, CPK is more volatile than only 8.32% of stocks we're observing.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Chesapeake Utilities Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be BHR, GMRE, INSW, EGP, and DOC.
• CPK's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Chesapeake Utilities Corp's official web site, go to www.chpk.com.

CPK Valuation Summary

• CPK's price/sales ratio is 4.3; this is 48.28% higher than that of the median Utilities stock.
• CPK's price/earnings ratio has moved up 15.8 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, CPK's price/sales ratio has gone up 4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CPK.

CPK Growth Metrics

Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 17.76%.
• The year over year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 40.01%.
• The year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 48.81%.

CPK's revenue has moved up $134,509,000 over the prior 70 months.

The table below shows CPK's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	569.968	150.504	83.466
2021-09-30	546.642	195.82	83.106
2021-09-30	546.642	195.82	83.106
2021-06-30	540.726	201.454	79.892
2021-03-31	526.695	180.49	77.035
2020-12-31	488.198	158.916	71.498

CPK's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CPK has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 36.64% of graded US stocks.
• CPK's asset turnover comes in at 0.277 -- ranking 30th of 105 Utilities stocks.
• AEP, ED, and SJW are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CPK.

The table below shows CPK's key quality metrics over time.