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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
CPK Utilities Utilities Regulated Gas
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $930.0 million, up 18.1% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.72%, EPS grew 2.91%, free cash flow grew 38.6% and total debt rose 11.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years.
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 52.25 | 63.00 | 66.35 | 77.59 | 69.47 | 99.64 | 105.79 | 83.80 | 98.25 | 115.12 |
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| High | 70.00 | 86.35 | 93.40 | 98.55 | 111.40 | 146.07 | 146.30 | 132.91 | 134.20 | 140.59 | |||||
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| People | Employees | 903 | 945 | 983 | 955 | 947 | 1,007 | 1,034 | 1,281 | 1,200 | 1,300 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.55 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.66 | 0.52 | 0.66 | 0.72 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 499 | 450 | 490 | 480 | 488 | 570 | 681 | 671 | 787 | 930 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 52.28 | 61.71 | 61.22 | 67.79 | 71.75 | 67.20 | 61.73 | 67.72 | 72.08 | 68.66 | |||||
| EBT | 73 | 75 | 78 | 82 | 94 | 113 | 124 | 115 | 162 | 193 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 14.64 | 16.68 | 15.93 | 17.14 | 19.29 | 19.77 | 18.16 | 17.19 | 20.55 | 20.75 | |||||
| Net income | 45 | 58 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 83 | 90 | 87 | 119 | 140 | |||||
| Depreciation | 39 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 68 | 73 | 80 | 77 | 82 | 108 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 32.04 | 27.52 | 29.95 | 29.25 | 29.21 | 32.46 | 38.41 | 36.50 | 35.03 | 39.76 | ||||
| Earnings | 2.87 | 3.56 | 3.46 | 3.97 | 4.28 | 4.75 | 5.07 | 4.75 | 5.28 | 6.00 | |||||
| Cash flow | 6.69 | 6.74 | 7.17 | 6.28 | 9.51 | 8.57 | 8.97 | 11.08 | 10.65 | 9.99 | |||||
| Capex | (10.90) | (10.69) | (14.63) | (11.24) | (9.42) | (10.59) | (7.02) | (10.11) | (15.58) | (18.63) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (4.21) | (3.95) | (7.47) | (4.96) | 0.09 | (2.02) | 1.95 | 0.97 | (4.93) | (8.64) | |||||
| Book value | 28.65 | 29.77 | 31.67 | 34.25 | 41.71 | 44.09 | 46.99 | 67.83 | 61.87 | 68.34 | |||||
| Shares, m | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 23 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 22.96 | 21.74 | 23.50 | 24.08 | 25.34 | 30.63 | 23.14 | 22.27 | 23.03 | 20.76 | ||||
| P/S | 2.06 | 2.81 | 2.71 | 3.28 | 3.70 | 4.49 | 3.05 | 2.90 | 3.46 | 3.14 | |||||
| P/B | 2.30 | 2.60 | 2.57 | 2.80 | 2.59 | 3.31 | 2.49 | 1.56 | 1.96 | 1.83 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 2.77 | 3.82 | 3.97 | 4.79 | 5.13 | 5.87 | 4.22 | 4.96 | 5.34 | 4.88 | |||||
| EV/FCF | (21.07) | (26.60) | (15.93) | (28.25) | 1,685.29 | (94.52) | 83.22 | 186.74 | (37.96) | (22.45) | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 104 | 110 | 117 | 103 | 159 | 151 | 159 | 204 | 239 | 234 | ||||
| Capex | (170) | (175) | (240) | (184) | (157) | (186) | (124) | (186) | (350) | (436) | |||||
| Free cash flow | (66) | (65) | (122) | (81) | 1 | (35) | 35 | 18 | (111) | (202) | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (193) | (234) | (337) | (288) | (193) | (206) | (175) | (201) | (215) | (293) | ||||
| Total debt | 359 | 458 | 622 | 733 | 698 | 789 | 802 | 1,386 | 1,484 | 1,620 | |||||
| Net debt | 355 | 452 | 616 | 726 | 694 | 785 | 796 | 1,381 | 1,476 | 1,618 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 446 | 486 | 518 | 562 | 697 | 774 | 833 | 1,246 | 1,390 | 1,599 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 3.89 | 4.40 | 3.64 | 3.75 | 3.85 | 4.12 | 4.15 | 3.16 | 3.45 | 3.71 | ||||
| ROIC | 6.71 | 5.98 | 5.22 | 5.16 | 5.06 | 5.26 | 5.48 | 3.59 | 4.98 | 4.97 | |||||
| ROE | 11.11 | 12.47 | 11.26 | 12.07 | 11.36 | 11.35 | 11.18 | 8.39 | 9.00 | 9.39 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation vs peers in Utilities Regulated Gas (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWX Southwest Gas Corporation | $6.1B | 11.0× | 20.8× | −9.63% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | −157.57% (below 0%: shrinking) | 89.27% | 23.54% | Compare |
| BKH Black Hills Corporation | $5.8B | 19.2× | 16.7× | +3.14% (above 0%: growing) | +31.58% (above 0%: growing) | +24.09% (above 0%: growing) | 74.93% | 21.42% | Compare |
| NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation | $5.2B | 14.1× | 15.9× | +16.80% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −3.14% (below 0%: shrinking) | 57.69% | 9.13% | Compare |
| SR Spire Inc. | $4.6B | 8.7× | 20.4× | +19.21% (above 0%: growing) | +1,131.03% (above 0%: growing) | +0.22% (above 0%: growing) | 75.92% | 5.57% | Compare |
| OGS ONE Gas, Inc. | $4.6B | 15.6× | 16.5× | −2.86% (below 0%: shrinking) | +39.62% (above 0%: growing) | +511.45% (above 0%: growing) | 78.07% | 20.08% | Compare |
| MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. | $4.0B | 19.7× | 21.8× | +6.87% (above 0%: growing) | +42.86% (above 0%: growing) | −58.85% (below 0%: shrinking) | 64.77% | 12.78% | Compare |
| CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation | $3.1B | 20.3× | 19.2× | +4.72% (above 0%: growing) | +2.91% (above 0%: growing) | +38.63% (above 0%: growing) | 74.39% | 26.20% | |
| CTRI Centuri Holdings, Inc. | $2.1B | 67.4× | 67.3× | +32.86% (above 0%: growing) | −33.33% (below 0%: shrinking) | +85.38% (above 0%: growing) | 7.19% | 2.51% | Compare |
| NWN Northwest Natural Gas Company | $2.0B | 15.9× | 16.5× | +3.12% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +36.83% (above 0%: growing) | 74.64% | 13.61% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $4.6B | 15.7× | 18.5× | +5.01% | +39.62% | +12.16% | 74.78% | 13.20% |
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK) key facts
- Strength: Chesapeake Utilities Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $930.0 million, up 18.1% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $140.3 million, or $6.00 per share (basic), a net margin of 15.1%.
- Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK) is an Utilities Regulated Gas company in the Utilities sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 9, 2026, CPK traded at $127.75, a market capitalization of $3.1 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 20.3× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 3.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 10% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Chesapeake Utilities Corporation pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share, a yield of 2.22%, with a payout ratio of 45.3%.
- Return on equity was 9.39% and debt-to-equity 1.01.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.31 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.