Chesapeake
Energy stock price target cut to $1.00 from $1.60 at UBS.
The insider ownership percentage is the key indicator, can be used by
investors, to measure the outlook of senior management has on their company.
Insider ownership for the CHK is 0.90%. Institutional ownership refers to the
ownership stake in a company that is held by large financial organizations,
pension funds or endowments. The Institutional ownership for the CHK is 71.30%.
Insider trading is the buying or selling of any publicly traded company’s stock
and this can be done by someone who has non-public, material information about
that CHK. Insider trading can be illegal or legal depending on when the insider
makes the trade. It is illegal when the material information is still non-public.
The insider transactions of the company (6-month change in insider ownerships)
for the Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) is -29.97%.
Institutional transactions is the amount of a Chesapeake Energy Corporation
(NYSE:CHK)’s available stock owned by mutual or pension funds, insurance
companies, investment firms, private foundations, endowments or other large
entities that actually manage the funds on the behalf of others, so its an
interesting element for the traders to note it, and the Institutional ownership
for the CHK is 0.16%.
A Basic Materials sector firm, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) stock
remains unchanged on Wednesday and when day-trade ended the stock finally
concluded at $1.39 and number of shares that changed hands during the day are
71.86 Million. The number of shares CHK stock currently held by all its
shareholders are 1643.66 and floated shares, the number of shares are available
for trading in an open market on last trading day are 1615.61. The average
volume of shares for 3 months is 49968.25 and CHK stock value has moved between
$1.38 – 4.96 in last one year.
The Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK)’s latest earnings date is
8/6/2019. The Gross margin is the difference between the revenue and the cost
of goods sold (COGS), divided by revenue. In other words, Gross Margin is a
percentage value, while Gross Profit is a monetary value. The valuable gross
margin for Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) is 80.20% and the profit
margin is 4.70% and the stock has gained -33.81% in 2019 to date.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK)’s monthly stock performance is
-23.20%, the quarterly performance is -51.90%, the half year performance is
calculated as -46.54%. The yearly performance of CHK is -70.43%.
The higher the volatility, the riskier the security. For example, when the
stock market rises and falls more than one percent over a sustained period of
time, it is called a “volatile” market, if the stock price stays
relatively stable, the security has low volatility. The Chesapeake Energy
Corporation (NYSE:CHK) weekly volatility is measured as 10.57% and monthly
volatility measured as 6.92%.
Return on assets (ROA) is a main indicator of how profitable a company is
relative to its total assets. CHK return on assets is 3.40%, the return on
equity (ROE) of the Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) is -206.50%, while
the most important return on investment is calculates as a percentage and is
typically used for personal financial decisions, and CHK return on investment
is 14.20%.
The price to earnings ratio is 2.64, price to sales ratio is 0.23, and price to
book ratio is 0.79, price to cash per share ration is 285.59, price to free
cash flow is 1.29.
Analysts mean target price for Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) is
$2.55 while analysts mean recommendation is 3.40. The current share price
indicates that stock is -72.09% away from its one year high and is moving 0.72%
ahead of its 52-week low. CHK’s distance from 20 day simple moving average is
-18.50% and distance from 50-Day simple moving average is -23.66%.
