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) Return on equity

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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.47%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.39%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.39% (fiscal 2023) to 12.5% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is in line with the Utilities Regulated Gas industry median of 9.10% and above the Utilities sector median of 8.82%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 9.39% 0.39
FY2024 9.00% 0.61
FY2023 8.39% (2.79)
FY2022 11.2% (0.17)
FY2021 11.4% (0.01)
FY2020 11.4% (0.71)
FY2019 12.1% 0.81
FY2018 11.3% (1.21)
FY2017 12.5% 1.36
FY2016 11.1% (1.39)

Against its own ten years

Low 8.39% High 12.5%
Ten-year median 11.3%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
SR Spire Inc. compare 15.6%
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation compare 14.5%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation 9.47%
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. compare 8.73%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas Company compare 8.55%
BKH Bright Horizon Energy Corporation compare 7.99%
CTRI Centuri Holdings, Inc. compare 7.23%
SWX Southwest Gas Corporation compare 7.20%
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. compare 6.95%
Utilities Regulated Gas industry median 9.10%
Utilities sector median 8.82%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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