Q1 EPS Estimates for EXE Raised by Capital One Financial

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:EXE) – Stock analysts at Capital One Financial lifted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Chesapeake Energy in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 8th. Capital One Financial analyst P. Johnston now forecasts that the company will earn $1.14 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.85. The consensus estimate for Chesapeake Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.86 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Chesapeake Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.00 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.38 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.44 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.66 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on EXE. Bank of America began coverage on Chesapeake Energy in a report on Monday, October 28th. They set a “buy” rating and a $114.00 price target on the stock. Mizuho boosted their price target on Chesapeake Energy from $110.00 to $128.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Stephens raised their price target on Chesapeake Energy from $85.00 to $86.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $83.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley began coverage on shares of Chesapeake Energy in a research note on Friday. They set an “overweight” rating and a $127.00 target price on the stock. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $113.63.

Chesapeake Energy Trading Down 0.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ EXE opened at $102.15 on Monday. Chesapeake Energy has a 12-month low of $69.12 and a 12-month high of $105.00. The company has a market cap of $23.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 63.06 and a beta of 0.52. The company has a current ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The business has a 50 day moving average of $97.29.

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.15. Chesapeake Energy had a net margin of 6.07% and a return on equity of 2.74%. The company had revenue of $648.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $708.98 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.09 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 57.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Chesapeake Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 14th were given a dividend of $0.575 per share. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 14th. Chesapeake Energy’s payout ratio is presently 141.98%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Chesapeake Energy

In other news, Director Catherine A. Kehr sold 43,623 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.58, for a total value of $4,343,978.34. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 5,201 shares in the company, valued at approximately $517,915.58. The trade was a 89.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 58.00% of the company’s stock.

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.