CPK Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

New Jersey Resources has a net margin of 17.05% compared to Chesapeake Utilities's net margin of 26.89%. Chesapeake Utilities's return on equity of 9.05% beat New Jersey Resources's return on equity of 15.21%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a consensus price target of $134.07, signalling upside risk potential of 7.17%. On the other hand New Jersey Resources has an analysts' consensus of $53.75 which suggests that it could grow by 14.73%. 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 0.657, which suggesting that the stock is 34.292% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison New Jersey Resources has a beta of 0.586, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 41.445%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.05%. New Jersey Resources offers a yield of 3.78% 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 $215M, which are smaller than New Jersey Resources quarterly revenues of $488.4M. Chesapeake Utilities's net income of $36.7M is lower than New Jersey Resources's net income of $131.3M. Notably, Chesapeake Utilities's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.74x while New Jersey Resources's PE ratio is 14.11x. 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 3.58x versus 2.57x for New Jersey Resources. 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 7.17%. On the other hand Spire has an analysts' consensus of $77.40 which suggests that it could grow by 4.65%. 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 0.657, which suggesting that the stock is 34.292% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Spire has a beta of 0.564, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 43.626%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.05%. Spire offers a yield of 4.16% 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 23.74x while Spire's PE ratio is 17.91x. 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 3.58x versus 1.69x 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 7.17%. On the other hand Sempra has an analysts' consensus of $81.48 which suggests that it could grow by 27.74%. 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 0.657, which suggesting that the stock is 34.292% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Sempra has a beta of 0.654, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 34.569%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.05%. Sempra offers a yield of 3.93% 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 23.74x while Sempra's PE ratio is 14.43x. 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 3.58x versus 3.09x 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 7.17%. On the other hand Southwest Gas Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $78.14 which suggests that it could grow by 16.44%. 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 0.657, which suggesting that the stock is 34.292% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southwest Gas Holdings has a beta of 0.502, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 49.773%.

Chesapeake Utilities has a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.05%. Southwest Gas Holdings offers a yield of 3.7% 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 23.74x while Southwest Gas Holdings's PE ratio is 24.37x. 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 3.58x versus 0.95x for Southwest Gas Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.