Q1 Earnings Estimate for EXE Issued By Capital One Financial

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:EXE) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Chesapeake Energy in a report issued on Thursday, March 20th. Capital One Financial analyst P. Johnston now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.23 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.31. The consensus estimate for Chesapeake Energy’s current full-year earnings is $1.33 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Chesapeake Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $1.04 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.16 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.55 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.99 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.55 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $116.00 price target on shares of Chesapeake Energy in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. UBS Group increased their target price on Chesapeake Energy from $119.00 to $133.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Chesapeake Energy from $115.00 to $114.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 13th. Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $96.00 to $101.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Finally, TD Cowen began coverage on shares of Chesapeake Energy in a research note on Friday, January 17th. They set a “hold” rating and a $108.00 price objective for the company. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $119.12.

Chesapeake Energy Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ EXE opened at $107.35 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $103.65. Chesapeake Energy has a fifty-two week low of $81.66 and a fifty-two week high of $109.63. The company has a market capitalization of $24.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 66.27 and a beta of 0.53. The company has a quick ratio of 2.00, a current ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20.

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.02. Chesapeake Energy had a net margin of 6.07% and a return on equity of 2.74%. The company had revenue of $2 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.82 billion.

Chesapeake Energy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 11th will be paid a $0.575 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 11th. This represents a $2.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.14%. Chesapeake Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -55.83%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Chesapeake Energy news, CEO Domenic J. Dell’osso, Jr. acquired 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were bought at an average price of $99.50 per share, with a total value of $248,750.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer now owns 107,845 shares in the company, valued at $10,730,577.50. This represents a 2.37 % increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 58.00% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.