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CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP (CPK)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation is an energy delivery company operating primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, and Ohio. It distributes natural gas, electricity, and propane, transmits natural gas, generates electricity and steam, and provides mobile compressed natural gas and other energy-related services. The company serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers through regulated and unregulated energy segments.

Snapshot

Revenue
$930.0M
Revenue growth (YoY)
18.1%
Net income
$140.3M
Diluted EPS
$5.97
Gross margin
Operating margin
27.5%
Net margin
15.1%
FCF margin
-23.1%
ROE
8.8%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
21.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$3.20B
Long-term debt / equity
0.83×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Chesapeake Utilities

  • Revenue grew 18.1% to $930M in FY2025, in line with the 17.4% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 27.5% in FY2025, +4.5 pp against 23.0% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $202M, up 4.7% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $215M in FY2025.
  • Net income rose 18.3% to $140M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Chesapeake Utilities’s fundamentals sit among the 98 Utilities companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin27.5%
79th percentile of 86
Net margin15.1%
70th percentile of 91
FCF margin-23.1%
15th percentile of 76
Revenue growth (YoY)+18.1%
83rd percentile of 94
ROE8.8%
50th percentile of 89
P/E21.2×
49th percentile of 83
Long-term debt / equity0.83×
28th percentile of 84
Short interest6.54d
71st percentile of 98

Chesapeake Utilities’s FCF margin of -23.1% ranks in the 15th percentile of the 76 Utilities companies reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 5 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+5 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
1 new, 3 added
Reduced / exited
2
1 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$21.0M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$10.9M88.9KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$4.8M39.0KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$4.1M33.5KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$710,6295.8KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$524,2144.3KNew

No longer held by: Millennium Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Quiet
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-21
filed 2026-05-26
Householder Jeffry MPresident & CEOSell8.3K$126.27$1.1M
2026-05-21
filed 2026-05-26
Householder Jeffry MPresident & CEOSell1.7K$125.40$210K
2026-05-21
filed 2026-05-26
Householder Jeffry MPresident & CEOSell3$127.56$383
2026-05-20
filed 2026-05-21
Webber Kevin JSr VP & Chief Dev OfficerSell2.0K$127.37$255K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.1M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+4.3%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
6.54
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
169.3K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-141.1M+4.3%6.54
2026-07-311.1M+1.0%5.27
2026-07-151.1M+32.8%4.19
2026-06-30791.0K+9.6%3.04
2026-06-15722.0K+1.8%5.60
2026-05-29709.4K-1.6%5.35
2026-05-15720.6K-0.5%5.44
2026-04-30724.2K+15.0%5.72

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$930.0M$787.2M$670.6M$680.7M$570.0M
Gross profit
Operating income$255.9M$228.2M$150.8M$142.9M$131.1M
Net income$140.3M$118.6M$87.2M$89.8M$83.5M
Diluted EPS$5.97$5.26$4.73$5.04$4.73

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$1.8M$7.9M$4.9M$6.2M$5.0M
Current assets$237.0M$204.3M$185.7M$194.0M$170.3M
Total assets$3.99B$3.58B$3.30B$2.22B$2.11B
Current liabilities$529.9M$419.4M$386.4M$369.0M$376.4M
Long-term debt$1.33B$1.26B$1.19B$578.4M$549.9M
Total liabilities$2.40B$2.19B$2.06B$1.38B$1.34B
Total equity$1.60B$1.39B$1.25B$832.7M$774.2M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$233.7M$239.4M$203.5M$158.9M$150.5M
Capital expenditure$448.6M$355.3M$188.6M$128.3M$186.9M
Free cash flow$-214.9M$-115.9M$14.9M$30.6M$-36.4M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$201.9M4.7%$25.4M$1.05
Q1 FY2026$353.1M18.2%$59.3M$2.47
Q4 FY2025$258.9M20.4%$46.1M$1.93
Q3 FY2025$179.6M12.1%$19.4M$0.82
Q2 FY2025$192.8M15.9%$23.9M$1.02
Q1 FY2025$298.7M21.6%$50.9M$2.21
Q4 FY2024$215.0M16.0%$36.7M$1.60
Q3 FY2024$160.2M21.8%$17.5M$0.78

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorUtilities
SIC industryNatural Gas Transmisison & Distribution
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2012
SEC CIK19745

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-25
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10-Q2026-08-06
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10-Q2026-05-06
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8-K2026-09-01
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8-K2026-08-06
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8-K2026-07-13
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8-K2026-05-08
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.