Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Stock Price, News & Analysis

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chesapeake Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Chesapeake Energy's shares. Their CHK share price targets range from $88.00 to $147.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $103.58 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.9% from the stock's current price.
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Chesapeake Energy's stock was trading at $76.94 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CHK stock has increased by 13.3% and is now trading at $87.15.
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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) released its quarterly earnings data 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 business earned $1.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 period last year, the company earned $4.22 EPS.

Chesapeake Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 20th. Investors 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 dividend yield of 2.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 First Trust Energy AlphaDEX Fund (FXN), Horizon Kinetics Energy and Remediation ETF (NVIR), First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG), Invesco Energy Exploration & Production ETF (PXE), 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 announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan 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 purchase up to 20.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Chesapeake Energy's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hodges Capital Management Inc. (0.11%), First Dallas Securities Inc. (0.02%), Romano Brothers AND Company (0.02%), NBC Securities Inc. (0.01%), CVA Family Office LLC (0.01%) and Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%). 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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