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Chesapeake Utilities (Chesapeake Utilities) Operating Income : $161.2 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Chesapeake Utilities Operating Income?

Chesapeake Utilities's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $53.8 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $161.2 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Chesapeake Utilities's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $53.8 Mil. Chesapeake Utilities's Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $185.3 Mil. Therefore, Chesapeake Utilities's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 29.01%.

Good Sign:

Chesapeake Utilities Corp operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Chesapeake Utilities's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 2.70% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Chesapeake Utilities's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.97%. Chesapeake Utilities's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 8.70%.


Chesapeake Utilities Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chesapeake Utilities's Operating Income 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 Operating Income Chart

Chesapeake Utilities Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Operating Income
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Chesapeake Utilities Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Chesapeake Utilities Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $161.2 Mil.

* 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) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Chesapeake Utilities's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Sep. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=215.084 * ( 1 - 20.94% )/( (2301.829 + 3394.407)/ 2 )
=170.0454104/2848.118
=5.97 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=3304.704 - 110.982 - ( 4.904 - max(0, 386.384 - 185.699+4.904))
=3394.407

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Chesapeake Utilities's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Sep. 2023  Q: Dec. 2023
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=190.868/( ( (1921.099 + max(-34.736, 0)) + (2468.801 + max(-43.657, 0)) )/ 2 )
=190.868/( ( 1921.099 + 2468.801 )/ 2 )
=190.868/2194.95
=8.70 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(44.992 + 24.594 + 45.518) - (89.861 + 40.228 + 19.751)
=-34.736

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(71.786 + 29.225 + 43.358) - (110.982 + 46.427 + 30.617)
=-43.657

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Chesapeake Utilities's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=53.771/185.335
=29.01 %

* 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.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important screening filter for GuruFocus. GuruFocus's Buffett-Munger screener requires that the profit margin is either consistent or expanding. The Model Portfolio of the Buffett-Munger screener has outperformed the market every year since inception in 2009.


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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