Q2 EPS Estimate for Chesapeake Energy Boosted by Analyst

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:EXE) – Equities research analysts at Roth Capital lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Chesapeake Energy in a research report issued on Tuesday, October 29th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.09 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of ($0.01). Roth Capital currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Chesapeake Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.72 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Chesapeake Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.26 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Citigroup raised their target price on Chesapeake Energy from $90.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 8th. UBS Group raised their target price on Chesapeake Energy from $85.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 8th. Bank of America began coverage on Chesapeake Energy in a research report on Monday, October 28th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $114.00 target price for the company. Stephens raised their target price on Chesapeake Energy from $85.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Mizuho raised their target price on Chesapeake Energy from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $99.20.

Chesapeake Energy Price Performance

NASDAQ:EXE opened at $83.66 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a current ratio of 2.00 and a quick ratio of 2.16. Chesapeake Energy has a 1 year low of $69.12 and a 1 year high of $93.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.64 and a beta of 0.46.

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The company reported $0.16 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.15. The company had revenue of $648.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $708.98 million. Chesapeake Energy had a return on equity of 2.74% and a net margin of 6.07%. Chesapeake Energy’s revenue was down 57.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.09 earnings per share.

Chesapeake Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 14th will be issued a $0.575 dividend. This represents a $2.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. Chesapeake Energy’s payout ratio is currently 141.98%.

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.