CPK Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

New Jersey Resources has a net margin of 17.04% compared to Chesapeake Utilities's net margin of 22.38%. Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.13% beat New Jersey Resources's return on equity of 18.35%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a consensus price target of $134.86, signalling upside risk potential of 9.64%. On the other hand New Jersey Resources has an analysts' consensus of $54.00 which suggests that it could grow by 18.24%. Given that New Jersey Resources has higher upside potential than Chesapeake Utilities, analysts believe New Jersey Resources is more attractive than Chesapeake Utilities.

Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.706, which suggesting that the stock is 29.449% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison New Jersey Resources has a beta of 0.660, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 34.007%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.08%. New Jersey Resources offers a yield of 3.83% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share. Chesapeake Utilities pays 45.7% of its earnings as a dividend. New Jersey Resources pays out 56.96% 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 $298.7M, which are smaller than New Jersey Resources quarterly revenues of $913M. Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $50.9M is lower than New Jersey Resources's net income of $204.3M. Notably, Chesapeake Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.74x while New Jersey Resources's PE ratio is 11.21x. 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 3.33x versus 2.23x for New Jersey Resources. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Spire has a net margin of 17.04% compared to Chesapeake Utilities's net margin of 19.91%. Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.13% beat Spire's return on equity of 7.51%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a consensus price target of $134.86, signalling upside risk potential of 9.64%. On the other hand Spire has an analysts' consensus of $78.20 which suggests that it could grow by 3.98%. 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 0.706, which suggesting that the stock is 29.449% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Spire has a beta of 0.647, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.28%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.08%. Spire offers a yield of 4.09% 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 $298.7M, which are smaller than Spire quarterly revenues of $1.1B. Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $50.9M is lower than Spire's net income of $209.3M. Notably, Chesapeake Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.74x while Spire's PE ratio is 18.57x. 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 3.33x versus 1.80x for Spire. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Sempra has a net margin of 17.04% compared to Chesapeake Utilities's net margin of 24.12%. Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.13% beat Sempra's return on equity of 8.15%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a consensus price target of $134.86, signalling upside risk potential of 9.64%. On the other hand Sempra has an analysts' consensus of $80.75 which suggests that it could grow by 2.33%. Given that Chesapeake Utilities has higher upside potential than Sempra, analysts believe Chesapeake Utilities is more attractive than Sempra.

Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.706, which suggesting that the stock is 29.449% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Sempra has a beta of 0.634, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 36.557%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.08%. Sempra offers a yield of 3.18% 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 $298.7M, which are smaller than Sempra quarterly revenues of $3.8B. Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $50.9M is lower than Sempra's net income of $917M. Notably, Chesapeake Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.74x while Sempra's PE ratio is 17.34x. 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 3.33x versus 3.80x for Sempra. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Southwest Gas Holdings has a net margin of 17.04% compared to Chesapeake Utilities's net margin of 8.78%. Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.13% beat Southwest Gas Holdings's return on equity of 6.21%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a consensus price target of $134.86, signalling upside risk potential of 9.64%. On the other hand Southwest Gas Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $77.57 which suggests that it could grow by 7.93%. Given that Chesapeake Utilities has higher upside potential than Southwest Gas Holdings, analysts believe Chesapeake Utilities is more attractive than Southwest Gas Holdings.

Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.706, which suggesting that the stock is 29.449% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.476, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 52.423%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.08%. Southwest Gas Holdings offers a yield of 3.43% 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 $298.7M, which are smaller than Southwest Gas Holdings quarterly revenues of $1.3B. Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $50.9M is lower than Southwest Gas Holdings's net income of $113.9M. Notably, Chesapeake Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 22.74x while Southwest Gas Holdings's PE ratio is 23.25x. 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 3.33x versus 1.08x for Southwest Gas Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.