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How Chesapeake Utilities Corporation stacks up

CPK · against 92 other Utilities companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

69/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #20 of 93 · scores higher than 77% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

10 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including CPK · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 69?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

Mainly thanks to its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Utilities peers.

a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 65% of peers. Return on invested capital: 6.3% vs peer median 5.2%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 67% of peers. Return on assets: 3.6% vs peer median 2.7%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 78% of peers. Operating margin: 27.3% vs peer median 18.6%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = CPK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	CPK	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 90 reported	6.3%	5.1%	76%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 91 reported	27.3%	21.3%	79%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 92 reported	3.6%	2.6%	78%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 91 reported	9.5%	9.3%	56%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 94 reported	40.3%	43.6%	41%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around CPK

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPSBS · US-listed	15.5B USD	99	72
2	Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIGCIG · US-listed	5.1B USD	96	75
3	Central Puerto S.A.CEPU · US-listed	1.5B USD	94	93
4	Enlight Renewable Energy LtdENLT · US-listed	9.1B USD	93	52
5	AXIA EnergiaAXIA · US-listed	23.3B USD	90	78
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16	Atmos Energy CorporationATO · US-listed	29.4B USD	79	57
17	Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.SWX · US-listed	6.7B USD	75	59
18	American Water Works Company, Inc.AWK · US-listed	29.1B USD	73	48
18	The York Water CompanyYORW · US-listed	514M USD	73	58
20	Chesapeake Utilities CorporationCPK · US-listed	3.5B USD	69	53
20	NextEra Energy, Inc.NEE · US-listed	175.9B USD	69	47
20	UGI CorporationUGI · US-listed	8.2B USD	69	56
23	MGE Energy, Inc.MGEE · US-listed	2.8B USD	68	57
24	Enel Chile S.A.ENIC · US-listed	5.9B USD	67	73

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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