Chesapeake Utilities Ownership
| CPK Stock | USD 121.80 1.20 0.98% |
Shares in Circulation | First Issued 1985-09-30 | Previous Quarter 22.3 M | Current Value 22.6 M | Avarage Shares Outstanding 10.4 M | Quarterly Volatility 5 M |
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Chesapeake Stock Ownership Analysis
About 88.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies. The book value of Chesapeake Utilities was currently reported as 59.21. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.35. Chesapeake Utilities last dividend was issued on the 16th of December 2024. The entity had 3:2 split on the 9th of September 2014. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation operates as an energy delivery company. The company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Dover, Delaware. Chesapeake Utilities operates under UtilitiesRegulated Gas classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 1007 people. For more info on Chesapeake Utilities please contact John Schimkaitis at 302 734 6799 or go to https://www.chpk.com.Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Chesapeake Utilities also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Chesapeake Utilities' stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Chesapeake Utilities' strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.
Chesapeake Utilities Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity |
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Chesapeake Utilities Insider Trades History
Roughly 2.0% of Chesapeake Utilities are currently held by insiders. Unlike Chesapeake Utilities' institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Chesapeake Utilities' private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Chesapeake Utilities' insider trades
Chesapeake Utilities Insider Trading Activities
Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Chesapeake Utilities insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Chesapeake Utilities' material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Chesapeake Utilities insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.
Chesapeake Utilities Outstanding Bonds
Chesapeake Utilities issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Chesapeake Utilities uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Chesapeake bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Chesapeake Utilities has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.
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Chesapeake Utilities Corporate Filings
F5 | 13th of February 2025 The annual filing required by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from company insiders or beneficial owners | ViewVerify |
8K | 22nd of November 2024 Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about | ViewVerify |
13A | 14th of November 2024 An amended filing to the original Schedule 13G | ViewVerify |
13A | 17th of October 2024 The form used by investors holding more than 5% of a company's stock, to report their beneficial ownership pursuant to Rule 13d-1 or Rule 13d-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | ViewVerify |
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Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.472 | Dividend Share 2.46 | Earnings Share 4.92 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.217 |
The market value of Chesapeake Utilities is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Chesapeake that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Chesapeake Utilities' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Chesapeake Utilities' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Chesapeake Utilities' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Chesapeake Utilities' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Chesapeake Utilities' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Chesapeake Utilities is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Chesapeake Utilities' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.