Chesapeake Utilities (CPK) Competitors

Chesapeake Utilities (NYSE:CPK) and UGI (NYSE:UGI) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.

Is CPK or UGI a better dividend stock?

Chesapeake Utilities pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Chesapeake Utilities pays out 51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UGI pays out 121.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chesapeake Utilities has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and UGI has raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years. UGI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CPK or UGI?

83.1% of Chesapeake Utilities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of UGI shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Chesapeake Utilities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of UGI shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPK or UGI?

Chesapeake Utilities received 112 more outperform votes than UGI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.32% of users gave Chesapeake Utilities an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave UGI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chesapeake Utilities	Outperform Votes 336 60.32%	Underperform Votes 221 39.68%
UGI	Outperform Votes 224 53.72%	Underperform Votes 193 46.28%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CPK or UGI?

UGI has higher revenue and earnings than Chesapeake Utilities. UGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chesapeake Utilities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chesapeake Utilities	$670.60M	4.21	$87.21M	$4.93	25.16
UGI	$7.21B	0.90	$269M	$1.24	24.28

Does the media favor CPK or UGI?

In the previous week, UGI had 3 more articles in the media than Chesapeake Utilities. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for UGI and 2 mentions for Chesapeake Utilities. UGI's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Chesapeake Utilities' score of 0.30 indicating that UGI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chesapeake Utilities	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
UGI	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CPK or UGI?

Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UGI has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CPK or UGI more profitable?

Chesapeake Utilities has a net margin of 14.16% compared to UGI's net margin of 3.73%. UGI's return on equity of 14.64% beat Chesapeake Utilities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chesapeake Utilities	14.16%	9.08%	3.48%
UGI	3.73%	14.64%	4.28%

Do analysts prefer CPK or UGI?

Chesapeake Utilities currently has a consensus price target of $123.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.82%. UGI has a consensus price target of $28.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.88%. Given Chesapeake Utilities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chesapeake Utilities is more favorable than UGI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chesapeake Utilities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
UGI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

UGI beats Chesapeake Utilities on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.