CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP
boothcheck covers CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP (CPK) but does not put one priced-in number on it: here the defensible answer is the evidence rather than a point estimate. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating. Narrative composed July 25, 2026.
• Chesapeake Utilities is running a construction program large relative to its own size: the company ⟦"continues to affirm its capital guidance for the five-year period ended 2028 of $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion"⟧ while carrying a market value of about $3.3B, with regulated energy distribution at 68% of revenue and transmission at 21%. • Shares outstanding have compounded about 7.9% a year since early 2022, so a good deal of the build is being paid for by new owners rather than by retained profi
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327 institutional managers reported holding CPK in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 89% of the company; the top 10 hold 56%. 42 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, State Street, among others. On the short side, 722k shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (5.6 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
CPK's share count grew 36.4% over the past five years. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (16 and counting), raised 15 years straight; the current rate is $2.69 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $152.10M in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at CPK over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 16 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
CPK's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-04 | -4.2% | -16.7% |
| 2023-11-03 | +3.7% | +11.6% |
| 2024-02-22 | -1.4% | +2.4% |
| 2024-05-09 | +0.7% | -2.3% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
CPK's latest 8-K filings: 2026-10-01 (items 1.01, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-09-29 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-09-01 (items 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-08-06 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-07-13 (items 8.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 25, 2026
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