Chesapeake Utilities's book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $56.04.
During the past 12 months, Chesapeake Utilities's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 19.40% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.90% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Chesapeake Utilities was 13.10% per year. The lowest was -2.40% per year. And the median was 7.80% per year.
Chesapeake Utilities's current price is $105.8875. Its book value per share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $56.04. Hence, today's PB Ratio of Chesapeake Utilities is 1.89.
During the past 13 years, the highest P/B Ratio of Chesapeake Utilities was 3.33. The lowest was 1.78. And the median was 2.54.
Good Sign:
Chesapeake Utilities Corp stock PB Ratio (=1.89) is close to 10-year low of 1.78
Chesapeake Utilities Book Value per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Chesapeake Utilities's Book Value per Share can be seen below:
* 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.
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Chesapeake Utilities Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
Book Value per Share
34.24
39.92
43.85
46.94
56.04
Chesapeake Utilities Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Book Value per Share
46.94
48.26
48.56
48.70
56.04
Competitive Comparison
For the Utilities - Regulated Gas subindustry, Chesapeake Utilities's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Chesapeake Utilities's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Chesapeake Utilities's PB Ratio falls into.
Chesapeake Utilities Book Value per Share Calculation
Chesapeake Utilities's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:
* 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.
Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.
Chesapeake Utilities (NYSE:CPK) Book Value per Share Explanation
Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.
For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.
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Chesapeake Utilities (Chesapeake Utilities) Business Description
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.
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