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How Chesapeake Utilities Corporation stacks up
CPK · against 104 other Utilities companies of similar size
Profitability
69/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #40 of 105 · scores higher than 63% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score9 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 | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 103 reported | 6.3% | 5.6% | 62% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 104 reported | 27.3% | 21.4% | 79% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 99 reported | 3.6% | 3.3% | 55% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 99 reported | 9.5% | 8.6% | 57% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 105 reported | 40.3% | 34.3% | 63% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CPKScores 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