CPK Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Northwest Natural Holding has a net margin of 17.05% compared to Chesapeake Utilities's net margin of 12.13%. Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.05% beat Northwest Natural Holding's return on equity of 5.87%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a consensus price target of $134.07, signalling upside risk potential of 4.74%. On the other hand Northwest Natural Holding has an analysts' consensus of $46.80 which suggests that it could grow by 9.78%. Given that Northwest Natural Holding has higher upside potential than Chesapeake Utilities, analysts believe Northwest Natural Holding is more attractive than Chesapeake Utilities.

Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.603, which suggesting that the stock is 39.698% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Northwest Natural Holding has a beta of 0.588, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 41.214%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2%. Northwest Natural Holding offers a yield of 4.59% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.49 per share. Chesapeake Utilities pays 45.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Northwest Natural Holding pays out 92.37% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Chesapeake Utilities quarterly revenues are $215M, which are smaller than Northwest Natural Holding quarterly revenues of $370.9M. Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $36.7M is lower than Northwest Natural Holding's net income of $45M. Notably, Chesapeake Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.29x while Northwest Natural Holding's PE ratio is 21.01x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Chesapeake Utilities is 3.66x versus 1.43x for Northwest Natural Holding. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Spire has a net margin of 17.05% compared to Chesapeake Utilities's net margin of 12.15%. Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.05% beat Spire's return on equity of 7.56%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a consensus price target of $134.07, signalling upside risk potential of 4.74%. On the other hand Spire has an analysts' consensus of $76.90 which suggests that it could fall by -1.66%. Given that Chesapeake Utilities has higher upside potential than Spire, analysts believe Chesapeake Utilities is more attractive than Spire.

Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.603, which suggesting that the stock is 39.698% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Spire has a beta of 0.528, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 47.219%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2%. Spire offers a yield of 3.94% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.79 per share. Chesapeake Utilities pays 45.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Spire pays out 72.5% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Chesapeake Utilities quarterly revenues are $215M, which are smaller than Spire quarterly revenues of $669.1M. Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $36.7M is lower than Spire's net income of $81.3M. Notably, Chesapeake Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.29x while Spire's PE ratio is 18.93x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Chesapeake Utilities is 3.66x versus 1.79x for Spire. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Sempra has a net margin of 17.05% compared to Chesapeake Utilities's net margin of 17.99%. Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.05% beat Sempra's return on equity of 8.07%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a consensus price target of $134.07, signalling upside risk potential of 4.74%. On the other hand Sempra has an analysts' consensus of $82.10 which suggests that it could grow by 17.74%. Given that Sempra has higher upside potential than Chesapeake Utilities, analysts believe Sempra is more attractive than Chesapeake Utilities.

Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.603, which suggesting that the stock is 39.698% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Sempra has a beta of 0.765, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 23.537%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2%. Sempra offers a yield of 3.59% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.65 per share. Chesapeake Utilities pays 45.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Sempra pays out 53.91% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Chesapeake Utilities quarterly revenues are $215M, which are smaller than Sempra quarterly revenues of $3.8B. Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $36.7M is lower than Sempra's net income of $676M. Notably, Chesapeake Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.29x while Sempra's PE ratio is 15.78x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Chesapeake Utilities is 3.66x versus 3.37x for Sempra. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a net margin of 17.05% compared to Chesapeake Utilities's net margin of 7.28%. Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.05% beat Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 5.59%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a consensus price target of $134.07, signalling upside risk potential of 4.74%. On the other hand Southwest Gas Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $78.71 which suggests that it could grow by 7.87%. Given that Southwest Gas Holdings has higher upside potential than Chesapeake Utilities, analysts believe Southwest Gas Holdings is more attractive than Chesapeake Utilities.

Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.603, which suggesting that the stock is 39.698% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.372, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 62.82%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2%. Southwest Gas Holdings offers a yield of 3.4% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.62 per share. Chesapeake Utilities pays 45.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Southwest Gas Holdings pays out 89.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Chesapeake Utilities quarterly revenues are $215M, which are smaller than Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues of $1.3B. Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $36.7M is lower than Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $92.5M. Notably, Chesapeake Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.29x while Southwest Gas Holdings's PE ratio is 26.50x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Chesapeake Utilities is 3.66x versus 1.03x for Southwest Gas Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.