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Chesapeake Utilities (Chesapeake Utilities) Forward Dividend Yield % : 2.24% (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Chesapeake Utilities Forward Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-04-25), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Chesapeake Utilities is 2.24%.

As of today (2024-04-25), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Chesapeake Utilities is 2.24%.

CPK's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked worse than
75.41% of 427 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 4.18 vs CPK: 2.24

Chesapeake Utilities's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.59.

During the past 12 months, Chesapeake Utilities's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 10.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 8.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Chesapeake Utilities was 63.70% per year. The lowest was 0.30% per year. And the median was 3.30% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison of Chesapeake Utilities's Forward Dividend Yield %

For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Chesapeake Utilities's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Chesapeake Utilities's Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Chesapeake Utilities's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chesapeake Utilities's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.



Chesapeake Utilities Forward Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Chesapeake Utilities Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.5902024-03-142024-03-152024-04-05Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.5902023-12-142023-12-152024-01-05Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.5902023-09-142023-09-152023-10-05Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.5902023-06-142023-06-152023-07-05Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Chesapeake Utilities's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.36/105.53
=2.24 %

Current Share Price is $105.53.
Chesapeake Utilities's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.59 * 4 = $2.36.

Chesapeake Utilities's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=2.36/105.53
=2.24 %

Current Share Price is $105.53.
Chesapeake Utilities's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.36.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Chesapeake Utilities  (NYSE:CPK) Forward Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

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Chesapeake Utilities (Chesapeake Utilities) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
500 Energy Lane, Dover, DE, USA, 19901
Chesapeake Utilities Corp is a diversified energy delivery company that is engaged in natural gas transmission and distribution, electricity generation and distribution, propane gas distribution, mobile compressed natural gas utility services and solutions and other businesses. The company operates in two reportable segments, Regulated Energy and Unregulated Energy. The company's natural gas and electric distribution operations in Delaware, Maryland and Florida are subject to regulation by their respective PSC. Eastern Shore, its natural gas transmission subsidiary, is subject to regulation by the FERC and Peninsula Pipeline and Aspire Energy Express, its intrastate pipeline subsidiaries, are subject to regulation by the Florida PSC and Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, respectively.
Executives
Jeffery S Sylvester officer: Senior VP & COO 500 ENERGY LANE, DOVER DE 19901
Thomas J Bresnan director 1350 S. MILWAUKEE STREET, DENVER CO 80210
Maddock Paul L Jr director 909 SILVER LAKE BLVD, DOVER DE 19904
Hill Thomas P Jr director 909 SILVER LAKE BOULEVARD, DOVER DE 19904
Lila A Jaber director 909 SILVER LAKE BLVD, DOVER DE 19904
John R Schimkaitis director, other: Chair of the Board 909 SILVER LAKE BLVD., DOVER DE 19904
Kevin J Webber officer: Senior VP & Chief Dev. Officer 909 SILVER LAKE BLVD, DOVER DE 19904
Stephanie N Gary director 500 ENERGY LANE, DOVER DE 19901
Lisa Bisaccia director ONE CVS DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
Michael D Galtman officer: Senior VP & CAO 500 ENERGY LANE, DOVER DE 19901
Sheree M. Petrone director 601 TRAVIS STREET, SUITE 1400, HOUSTON TX 77002
Jeffry M Householder director, other: President & CEO 909 SILVER LAKE BLVD, DOVER DE 19904
Forsythe Ronald G Jr director 909 SILVER LAKE BOULEVARD, DOVER DE 19904
Dianna Morgan director 909 SILVER LAKE BLVD, DOVER DE 19904
Beth W Cooper officer: Executive VP & CFO CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION, 909 SILVER LAKE BOULEVARD, DOVER DE 19904