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
+9.02%
EPS
+8.54%
Free cash flow
−35.1%
Total debt
+12.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

141.75 0.05 +0.04%
Market cap
$3.4B
P/E
22.3×
Fwd P/E
21.2×
Dividend yield
2.00%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.31
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
52/100

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK) Operating margin

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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 27.2%, down 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (27.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.9% (fiscal 2015) to 29.0% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Gas industry median of 22.8% and above the Utilities sector median of 18.7%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 27.5% (1.47)
FY2024 29.0% 6.50
FY2023 22.5% 1.50
FY2022 21.0% (2.01)
FY2021 23.0% (0.09)
FY2020 23.1% 0.93
FY2019 22.2% 2.82
FY2018 19.3% (0.62)
FY2017 20.0% 2.72
FY2016 17.2% 0.31

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 24.8% (1.38)
Jun 2026 26.2% (1.95)
Mar 2026 28.2% (0.36)
Dec 2025 28.5% 3.45
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Against its own ten years

Low 16.9% High 29.0%
Ten-year median 22.2%
Current reading's percentile 77

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
SWX Southwest Gas Corporation compare 28.9%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation 27.2%
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation compare 24.8%
BKH Bright Horizon Energy Corporation compare 24.3%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas Company compare 22.9%
SR Spire Inc. compare 22.7%
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. compare 21.1%
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. compare 17.0%
CTRI Centuri Holdings, Inc. compare 3.15%
Utilities Regulated Gas industry median 22.8%
Utilities sector median 18.7%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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