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How Chesapeake Utilities Corporation stacks up
CPK · against 104 other Utilities companies of similar size
Valuation
35/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #78 of 105 · scores higher than 26% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score14 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including CPK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 35?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly because of its free cash flow yield and EBITDA yield, which are weaker than most Utilities peers.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -5.8% vs peer median 0.0%
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 63% of peers. EBITDA yield: 7.2% vs peer median 8.6%
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 4.5% vs peer median 4.8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 104 reported | 4.5% | 5.6% | 38% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 105 reported | 7.5% | 9.5% | 22% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 47 reported | -5.6% | 0.6% | 28% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 97 reported | 50.3% | 69.5% | 26% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation 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