Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK): Price and Financial Metrics

CPK POWR Grades

• CPK scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 94.74% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CPK is in Sentiment, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• CPK's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 13.31% of US stocks).

CPK Stock Summary

• With a one year PEG ratio of 390.47, 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 93.67% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.53% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, CPK is more volatile than just 9.56% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CPK, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are EGP, OTTR, NFG, DEI, and AMH.
• 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 EV/EBIT ratio is 20.6; this is 6.79% lower than that of the median Utilities stock.
• CPK's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 5.6 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CPK.

CPK Growth Metrics

The 2 year price growth rate now stands at 46.58%.
• The year over year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -6.58%.
• Its 5 year price growth rate is now at 20.8%.

Over the past 15 months, CPK's revenue has gone up $113,041,000.

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
2022-09-30	653.767	133.73	86.358
2022-06-30	630.049	140.083	89.171
2022-03-31	601.661	139.242	85.933
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

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.