Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chesapeake Energy in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CHK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CHK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Chesapeake Energy's stock. Their CHK share price targets range from $88.00 to $147.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $103.58 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price.
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Chesapeake Energy's stock was trading at $76.94 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, CHK shares have increased by 13.8% and is now trading at $87.56.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2024.
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Chesapeake Energy Co. (NASDAQ:CHK) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 20th. The company reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.89. The company earned $1.95 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $962.95 million. Chesapeake Energy had a net margin of 27.74% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.74%. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $4.22 EPS.

Chesapeake Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 7th will be given a dividend of $0.575 per share on Tuesday, March 26th. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.63%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 6th.
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Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:CHK) pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.60%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 13.66%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CHK will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.59% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:CHK) stock in their portfolio include Invesco Energy Exploration & Production ETF (PXE), First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund (FXN), Horizon Kinetics Energy and Remediation ETF (NVIR), First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG), Clough Long/Short Equity ETF (CBLS), Clough Select Equity ETF (CBSE), Global SuperDividend US ETF (DIV) and First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers (RDVY).

Chesapeake Energy declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, June 22nd 2022, which allows the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 20.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Chesapeake Energy's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include NBC Securities Inc. (0.01%), CVA Family Office LLC (0.01%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%), Wedmont Private Capital (0.00%), Inscription Capital LLC (0.00%) and Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Domenic J Dell'osso Jr, Holdings LP Blackstone III, Joshua J Viets and Michael Wichterich.
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Shares of CHK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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