Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK): Price and Financial Metrics

CPK POWR Grades

• CPK scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 74.39% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CPK is in Stability, 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 17.63% of US stocks).

CPK Stock Summary

• With a one year PEG ratio of 320.14, 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 92.27% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.35% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP's share price is greater than that of merely 1.65% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be OTTR, NOMD, NFG, SRC, and CUZ.
• 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 20.2; this is 8.18% lower than that of the median Utilities stock.
• Over the past 243 months, CPK's price/sales ratio has gone up 2.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CPK.

CPK Growth Metrics

The 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 0.32%.
• The 4 year price growth rate now stands at 16%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -6.58%.

CPK's revenue has moved down $15,998,000 over the prior 52 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
2022-12-31	680.704	158.882	89.796
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

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.