Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK): Price and Financial Metrics

CPK POWR Grades

• CPK scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 78.04% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CPK is in Momentum, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• CPK ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 20th percentile.

CPK Stock Summary

• CPK's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 521.39 -- higher than 94.47% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.26% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP's share price is greater than that of merely 8.35% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CPK, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are OTTR, NFG, ALE, HPK, and PECO.
• Visit CPK's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.chpk.com.

CPK Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, CPK's price/sales ratio is 64.71% higher, now standing at 2.8.
• Over the past 243 months, CPK's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 7.4.

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.