Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK) is Initiated by Wells Fargo to Market Perform

The stock’s market capitalization is 4.88B, it has a 52-week low of 1.50 and a 52-week high of 8.15.

Several matter pinch shares of Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (NYSE:SID) [Trend Analysis], as shares moving down -3.58% to $3.77 with a share volume of 3.16 Million. California State Teachers Retirement has 0% invested in the company for 30,744 shares.

Insider Transactions: Since August 17, 2016, the stock had 3 insider purchases, and 0 insider sales for $9.07 million net activity.

Interested investors may be looking at the Magic Formula (MF Rank) on shares of Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE:CPK). The stock touched 52-week High of $8.15 on Sep 12, 2016 and 52-week Low of $1.5 on Feb 8, 2016.

Analysts’ mean recommendation for Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s (CHK) stands at 3.00.

Out of 25 analysts covering Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), 5 rate it a “Buy”, 5 “Sell”, while 15 “Hold”. Following the transaction, the Director is left with a stake of 6670 shares, now valued at $42288. Total 2.36 million shares changed on hands and it kept the average volume of 2.17 million shares.

Along with these its year to date performance is standing at 41.56%.

In case of Revenue Estimates, 13 analysts have provided their consensus Average Revenue Estimates for Ford Motor Co.as 35.65 Billion. The stock next year first quarter current estimate trend for EPS was for $-0.04 and on annual basis FY 2016 estimate trends at current was for $-0.29 as compared to one month ago of $-0.31, and for next year per share earnings estimates have $-0.13. The securities movement can be impacted due to the market anticipations on index and linked shares, which yet again gain strength from financial performance. The mean price target for the company’s stock is $24.59 while the highest price target suggested by the analysts is $32.00 and low price target is $21.00. Beta factor, which measures the riskiness of the security, was observed as 2.08. ROIC is a profitability ratio that measures the return that an investment generates for those providing capital. The variance in EPS predictions over previous week is 0%. This ranking was developed by James O’Shaughnessy using six different valuation ratios including price to book value, price to sales, EBITDA to EV, price to cash flow, price to earnings, and shareholder yield.

According to consensus agreement of Analysts, the mean estimate of short term price target for the CHK’s stock is marked at $7.22. The average broker target price of $7.46 for Chesapeake Energy implies a return of ~12.3% in the next 12 months. The affirmative EPS review in the prior 30 and 60 days were 2, and 3, however, for 90 and 120 days were 3 and 5.

Chesapeake Energy Corporation had its “buy” rating reiterated by analysts at KLR Group. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 4,127,951 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,533,433.17. The rating score is on a scale of 1-5 where 1 stands for strong buy and 5 stands for sell. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE:CPK) has risen 11.60% since April 26, 2016 and is uptrending.

The 52-week high event is an important milestone for every stock because it shows very positive momentum and is time when buyers come in. “6” rated “Sell” for the company. “23” said the company as a “Hold”. Overweight rating was given by “1” and Underweight rating was given by “0”.