CPK vs. UGI, NFG, SWX, NJR, NWN, OKE, ATO, NEXT, CTRI, and RGCO
Should you be buying Chesapeake Utilities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chesapeake Utilities include UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Northwest Natural (NWN), ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), NextDecade (NEXT), Centuri (CTRI), and RGC Resources (RGCO).
Chesapeake Utilities vs.
UGI (NYSE:UGI) and Chesapeake Utilities (NYSE:CPK) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.
UGI has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesapeake Utilities has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Chesapeake Utilities pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. UGI pays out 59.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chesapeake Utilities pays out 51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. UGI has raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years and Chesapeake Utilities has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. UGI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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.
In the previous week, UGI had 7 more articles in the media than Chesapeake Utilities. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for UGI and 3 mentions for Chesapeake Utilities. UGI's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Chesapeake Utilities' score of 0.00 indicating that UGI is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UGI presently has a consensus price target of $28.33, indicating a potential downside of 14.45%. Chesapeake Utilities has a consensus price target of $123.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.57%. Given Chesapeake Utilities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chesapeake Utilities is more favorable than UGI.
82.3% of UGI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Chesapeake Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of UGI shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Chesapeake Utilities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Chesapeake Utilities received 112 more outperform votes than UGI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Chesapeake Utilities an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave UGI an outperform vote.
Chesapeake Utilities has a net margin of 14.16% compared to UGI's net margin of 7.73%. UGI's return on equity of 15.19% beat Chesapeake Utilities' return on equity.
Summary
UGI beats Chesapeake Utilities on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CPK) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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