Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK): Price and Financial Metrics

CPK POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where CPK ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 52.2% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CPK is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
• CPK ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 23rd percentile.

CPK Stock Summary

• CPK's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 415.08 -- higher than 92.02% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; only 0.17% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For CPK, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 88.95% of US equities we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CPK, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are UTL, ALE, MGEE, MDU, and OTTR.
• Visit CPK's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.chpk.com.

CPK Valuation Summary

• CPK's price/sales ratio is 2.8; this is 27.27% higher than that of the median Utilities stock.
• CPK's price/sales ratio has moved up 1.9 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CPK.

CPK Growth Metrics

The 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 0.32%.
• The 4 year price growth rate now stands at 16%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -6.58%.

CPK's revenue has moved down $15,998,000 over the prior 52 months.

The table below shows CPK's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	680.704	158.882	89.796
2022-09-30	653.767	133.73	86.358
2022-06-30	630.049	140.083	89.171
2022-03-31	601.661	139.242	85.933
2021-12-31	569.968	150.504	83.466
2021-09-30	546.642	195.82	83.106

CPK's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CPK has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 36.64% of graded US stocks.
• CPK's asset turnover comes in at 0.277 -- ranking 30th of 105 Utilities stocks.
• AEP, ED, and SJW are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CPK.

The table below shows CPK's key quality metrics over time.