Q2 EPS Forecast for Chesapeake Energy Raised by Analyst

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:EXE - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Roth Capital raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Chesapeake Energy in a research report issued on Tuesday, October 29th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.09 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of ($0.01). Roth Capital currently has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Chesapeake Energy's current full-year earnings is $0.72 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Chesapeake Energy's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.26 EPS.

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, July 29th. The company reported $0.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.02 by ($0.01). Chesapeake Energy had a return on equity of 2.74% and a net margin of 6.07%. The business had revenue of $378.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $556.35 million.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Bank of America assumed coverage on shares of Chesapeake Energy in a research note on Monday. They issued a "buy" rating and a $114.00 price target on the stock. Stephens increased their price objective on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $85.00 to $86.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $90.00 to $97.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on Chesapeake Energy from $85.00 to $89.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $99.20.

Chesapeake Energy Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of Chesapeake Energy stock traded down $1.06 on Friday, hitting $83.66. 2,615,190 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,042,992. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 2.00 and a quick ratio of 2.16. Chesapeake Energy has a 52 week low of $69.12 and a 52 week high of $93.58. The stock has a market cap of $10.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.43 and a beta of 0.47.

Chesapeake Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.575 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.75%. Chesapeake Energy's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 141.98%.

About Chesapeake Energy

Expand Energy Corporation is an independent natural gas producer principally in the United States. Expand Energy Corporation, formerly known as Chesapeake Energy Corporation, is based in OKLAHOMA CITY.