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 invested capital

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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 4.97%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.97%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.59% (fiscal 2023) to 7.08% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Gas industry median of 4.40% and above the Utilities sector median of 3.92%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 4.97% (0.01)
FY2024 4.98% 1.39
FY2023 3.59% (1.89)
FY2022 5.48% 0.22
FY2021 5.26% 0.20
FY2020 5.06% (0.10)
FY2019 5.16% (0.06)
FY2018 5.22% (0.76)
FY2017 5.98% (0.73)
FY2016 6.71% (0.37)

Against its own ten years

Low 3.59% High 7.08%
Ten-year median 5.22%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
NJR NewJersey Resources Corporation compare 5.47%
CPK Chesapeake Utilities Corporation 4.97%
OGS ONE Gas, Inc. compare 4.93%
CTRI Centuri Holdings, Inc. compare 4.41%
NWN Northwest Natural Gas Company compare 4.38%
BKH Bright Horizon Energy Corporation compare 4.22%
SWX Southwest Gas Corporation compare 4.11%
SR Spire Inc. compare 3.76%
MDU MDU Resources Group, Inc. compare 3.56%
Utilities Regulated Gas industry median 4.40%
Utilities sector median 3.92%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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