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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK) vs Centuri Holdings, Inc. (CTRI)

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation and Centuri Holdings, Inc. are both Utilities Regulated Gas companies. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $3.4B against $1.9B — 1.8× the size. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 22.3× against 33.7×. Centuri Holdings, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 31.5% against 14.0%. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation has the higher net margin (15.1% vs 1.44%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.97% vs 4.41%). Across the 19 metrics below, Centuri Holdings, Inc. leads on 11 and Chesapeake Utilities Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric CPK CTRI Utilities Regulated Gas median
P/E 22.25 33.70 18.45
P/S 3.39 0.51 2.24
P/B 2.01 2.12 1.60
Price to free cash flow n/m 128.94 —
EV/EBITDA 13.66 10.11 12.21
EV/Sales 5.13 0.72 3.95
Earnings yield 4.49% 2.97% 5.44%
Free cash flow yield (5.73%) 0.78% (4.57%)

Profitability

Metric CPK CTRI Utilities Regulated Gas median
Gross margin 0.00% 8.00% 63.29%
Operating margin 27.21% 3.15% 22.80%
Net margin 15.09% 1.44% 13.27%
Free cash flow margin (19.45%) 0.40% (11.13%)
Return on equity 9.47% 7.23% 9.10%
Return on assets 3.73% 2.21% 3.58%
Return on invested capital 4.97% 4.41% 4.40%

Growth

Metric CPK CTRI Utilities Regulated Gas median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.95% 31.48% 3.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.50% 412.50% 13.77%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.76% — 6.36%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.43% — 8.10%

Health

Metric CPK CTRI Utilities Regulated Gas median
Debt to equity 1.04 0.90 1.15
Current ratio 0.29 1.84 0.80
Net debt to EBITDA 4.45 2.41 4.57

Dividend

Metric CPK CTRI Utilities Regulated Gas median
Dividend yield 2.00% — 3.32%
Payout ratio 0.45 — 0.59

Size

Metric CPK CTRI Utilities Regulated Gas median
Market cap 3.42b 1.88b 5.26b

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