Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE – Get Free Report) is one of 285 public companies in the “Crude petroleum & natural gas” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Chesapeake Energy to similar businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
Volatility & Risk
Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesapeake Energy’s peers have a beta of -14.21, suggesting that their average share price is 1,521% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Chesapeake Energy and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Chesapeake Energy | 6.07% | 2.74% | 2.08% |
Chesapeake Energy Competitors | -2.46% | 6.71% | 6.89% |
Analyst Ratings
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Chesapeake Energy | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2.83 |
Chesapeake Energy Competitors | 2092 | 11600 | 16198 | 625 | 2.50 |
Chesapeake Energy presently has a consensus price target of $99.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.79%. As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies have a potential upside of 22.24%. Given Chesapeake Energy’s peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chesapeake Energy has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.7% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by institutional investors. 58.0% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of shares of all “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dividends
Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Chesapeake Energy pays out 142.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Crude petroleum & natural gas” companies pay a dividend yield of 10.3% and pay out 113.2% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Chesapeake Energy lags its peers as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Chesapeake Energy and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Chesapeake Energy | $8.72 billion | $2.42 billion | 59.00 |
Chesapeake Energy Competitors | $720.54 billion | $1.07 billion | -613.60 |
Chesapeake Energy’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Chesapeake Energy. Chesapeake Energy is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Summary
Chesapeake Energy beats its peers on 8 of the 15 factors compared.
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.
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