Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK) vs RGC Resources Inc. (RGCO)

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation and RGC Resources Inc. are both Utilities Regulated Gas companies. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $3.4B against $241.1M — 14.2× the size. RGC Resources Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.4× against 22.3×. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 14.0% against 13.8%. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation has the higher net margin (15.1% vs 13.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.97% vs 4.29%). Both pay a dividend; RGC Resources Inc. yields more (3.69% vs 2.00%). Across the 22 metrics below, RGC Resources Inc. leads on 13 and Chesapeake Utilities Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric CPK RGCO Utilities Regulated Gas median
P/E 22.25 17.35 18.45
P/S 3.39 2.26 2.24
P/B 2.01 1.97 1.60
Price to free cash flow n/m 116.06 —
EV/EBITDA 13.66 12.73 12.21
EV/Sales 5.13 3.64 3.95
Earnings yield 4.49% 5.76% 5.44%
Free cash flow yield (5.73%) 0.86% (4.57%)

Profitability

Metric CPK RGCO Utilities Regulated Gas median
Gross margin 0.00% 51.39% 63.29%
Operating margin 27.21% 17.29% 22.80%
Net margin 15.09% 13.05% 13.27%
Free cash flow margin (19.45%) 1.95% (11.13%)
Return on equity 9.47% 11.69% 9.10%
Return on assets 3.73% 4.21% 3.58%
Return on invested capital 4.97% 4.29% 4.40%

Growth

Metric CPK RGCO Utilities Regulated Gas median
Revenue growth (TTM) 13.95% 13.83% 3.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 13.50% 11.21% 13.77%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.76% 8.61% 6.36%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.43% 4.68% 8.10%

Health

Metric CPK RGCO Utilities Regulated Gas median
Debt to equity 1.04 1.22 1.15
Current ratio 0.29 0.94 0.80
Net debt to EBITDA 4.45 4.95 4.57

Dividend

Metric CPK RGCO Utilities Regulated Gas median
Dividend yield 2.00% 3.69% 3.32%
Payout ratio 0.45 0.65 0.59

Size

Metric CPK RGCO Utilities Regulated Gas median
Market cap 3.42b 241.11m 5.26b

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