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.

Revenue
+4.72%
EPS
+2.91%
Free cash flow
+38.6%
Total debt
+11.0%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

139.35 2.94 +2.16%
Market cap
$3.3B
P/E
22.1×
Fwd P/E
21.2×
Dividend yield
2.04%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.31
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
52/100

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 4.69
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 3 — — — — 2 — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 1.27%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 3,290.00
Revenue ttm 993.50
Net income ttm 150.20
Free cash flow ttm (180.10)
Net debt Q 1,687.30
Valuation
P/E 22.12
Forward P/E 21.20
Price / sales 3.37
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 2.00
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.32 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q 1.01
Interest coverage Q 2.88
Growth
Revenue growth Q +4.72% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +5.17% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year +7.25%
EPS, next year A +13.73%
Revenue, next year A +10.32% (at or above 10%: strong)
EPS, past 5 yrs +6.98%
EPS, next 5 yrs A +9.56%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 30.84%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 62.70%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 20.37%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 65.49%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends raised every year since 2016

Yield
2.04%
Annual rate
2.84
Payout ratio
45.3%
Growth, 2016–25
+9.38%/yr
  1. 1.20 ’16
  2. 1.28 ’17 +6%
  3. 1.44 ’18 +12%
  4. 1.59 ’19 +10%
  5. 1.73 ’20 +9%
  6. 1.88 ’21 +9%
  7. 2.09 ’22 +11%
  8. 2.31 ’23 +11%
  9. 2.51 ’24 +9%
  10. 2.70 ’25 +7%
  11. 2.92 ’26e +8%
paid forecast Powerpack

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 5 8 2 0
Receivables 76 84 102 92
Inventory 29 27 27 24
Other 56 65 83 53
186 204 237 188
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 78 78 115 94
ST’ Debt 198 222 293 370
Other 61 62 60 67
386 419 530 595

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.31% 13.76% 10.96%
Cash Flow 8.36% 8.02% 13.72%
Earnings 13.05% 14.43% 16.04%
Book Value 16.14% 18.06% 24.28%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2.47 1.05 — — —
’25 2.21 1.02 0.82 1.93 5.97
’24 2.07 0.82 0.78 1.60 5.26
’23 2.04 0.90 0.53 1.26 4.73
’22 2.08 0.96 0.54 1.47 5.04
’21 1.96 0.78 0.71 1.28 4.73
’20 1.76 0.66 0.56 1.28 4.26
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 353 202 — — —
’25 299 193 180 259 930
’24 246 166 160 215 787
’23 218 136 132 185 671
’22 223 139 131 187 681
’21 191 111 107 160 570
’20 153 97 101 137 488
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 118 96 — — —
’25 85 54 59 35 234
’24 97 70 50 22 239
’23 82 67 34 20 204
’22 69 55 12 23 159
’21 80 54 19 (2) 151
’20 59 33 24 43 159
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (24) (28) — — —
’25 (28) (45) (46) (82) (202)
’24 22 (11) (50) (72) (111)
’23 40 21 (12) (31) 18
’22 39 23 (21) (7) 35
’21 29 1 (25) (41) (35)
’20 28 (15) (16) 5 1
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.9
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 499 450 490 480 488 570 681 671 787 930 994 +7.2% 1,026 1,078 1,130 +6.7%
Gross margin, % 52.28 61.71 61.22 67.79 71.75 67.20 61.73 67.72 72.08 68.66 67.41 +16.4 pt
EBT 73 75 78 82 94 113 124 115 162 193 207 +11.4%
EBT margin, % 14.64 16.68 15.93 17.14 19.29 19.77 18.16 17.19 20.55 20.75 20.79 +6.1 pt
Net income 45 58 57 65 71 83 90 87 119 140 150 +13.6%
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 41.30 +2.4%
Earnings 2.87 3.56 3.46 3.97 4.28 4.75 5.07 4.75 5.28 6.00 6.30 +8.5%
Cash flow 6.69 6.74 7.17 6.28 9.51 8.57 8.97 11.08 10.65 9.99 12.81 +4.6%
Capex (10.90) (10.69) (14.63) (11.24) (9.42) (10.59) (7.02) (10.11) (15.58) (18.63) (20.29) +6.1%
Free cash flow (4.21) (3.95) (7.47) (4.96) 0.09 (2.02) 1.95 0.97 (4.93) (8.64) (7.49) +8.3%
Book value 28.65 29.77 31.67 34.25 41.71 44.09 46.99 67.83 61.87 68.34 69.56 +10.1%
Shares, m 16 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 22 23 24 +4.6%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 22.96 21.74 23.50 24.08 25.34 30.63 23.14 22.27 23.03 20.76 22.12 23.7
P/S 2.06 2.81 2.71 3.28 3.70 4.49 3.05 2.90 3.46 3.14 3.37 3.2
P/B 2.30 2.60 2.57 2.80 2.59 3.31 2.49 1.56 1.96 1.83 2.00 2.4
EV/Sales 2.77 3.82 3.97 4.79 5.13 5.87 4.22 4.96 5.34 4.88 5.07 4.6
EV/FCF (21.07) (26.60) (15.93) (28.25) 1,685.29 (94.52) 83.22 186.74 (37.96) (22.45) (27.98) 170.8
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 104 110 117 103 159 151 159 204 239 234 308 +9.4%
Capex (170) (175) (240) (184) (157) (186) (124) (186) (350) (436) (488) +11.0%
Free cash flow (66) (65) (122) (81) 1 (35) 35 18 (111) (202) (180) +13.3%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (193) (234) (337) (288) (193) (206) (175) (201) (215) (293) (407) +4.8%
Net debt 355 452 616 726 694 785 796 1,381 1,476 1,618 1,687 +18.4%
Shareholders’ equity 446 486 518 562 697 774 833 1,246 1,390 1,599 1,673 +15.2%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 3.89 4.40 3.64 3.75 3.85 4.12 4.15 3.16 3.45 3.71 3.80 (0.2) pt
ROIC 6.71 5.98 5.22 5.16 5.06 5.26 5.48 3.59 4.98 4.97 5.04 (1.7) pt
ROE 11.11 12.47 11.26 12.07 11.36 11.35 11.18 8.39 9.00 9.39 9.47 (1.7) pt
People
People Employees 903 945 983 955 947 1,007 1,034 1,281 1,200 1,300 — +4.1%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.55 0.48 0.50 0.50 0.52 0.57 0.66 0.52 0.66 0.72 — +2.9%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026 · fundamentals updated 26 Oct 2026

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 $6.7B 12.1× 21.4× −9.63% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −157.57% (below 0%: shrinking) 89.27% 23.54% Compare
BKH Black Hills Corporation $6.3B 20.7× 19.0× +3.14% (above 0%: growing) +31.58% (above 0%: growing) +24.09% (above 0%: growing) 74.93% 21.42% Compare
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation $5.4B 14.6× 15.0× +16.80% (above 0%: growing) n/m −3.14% (below 0%: shrinking) 57.69% 9.13% Compare
SR Spire Inc. $5.2B 9.8× 21.9× −0.40% (below 0%: shrinking) +1,131.03% (above 0%: growing) +0.22% (above 0%: growing) 75.92% 5.57% Compare
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. $4.9B 16.9× 16.2× −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. $4.2B 20.8× 20.1× +6.87% (above 0%: growing) +42.86% (above 0%: growing) −58.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 64.77% 12.78% Compare
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation $3.3B 21.7× 21.2× +4.72% (above 0%: growing) +2.91% (above 0%: growing) +38.63% (above 0%: growing) 74.39% 26.20%
CTRI Centuri Holdings, Inc. $2.2B 69.3× 69.5× +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 $2.1B 16.6× 16.3× +3.12% (above 0%: growing) n/m +36.83% (above 0%: growing) 74.64% 13.61% Compare
Median of peers $5.1B 16.7× 19.6× +3.13% +39.62% +12.16% 74.78% 13.20%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 25 March 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 4.53m 5.54m 127.00
2024 4.15m 5.28m 121.00
2023 3.27m 3.36m 103.00
2022 2.77m 1.74m 113.00
2021 2.84m 6.13m 137.00

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 1.36%
BlackRock, Inc. 16.10%
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 9.70%
The Vanguard Group 8.04%
State Street CorporationOne Congress Street, Suite 5.40%
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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