Chesapeake Utilities
CPK · Gas Utilities
$134.28
0.1%National Fuel Gas
NFG · Gas Utilities
$80.53
0.5%The short version
- National Fuel Gas is the larger business, with $2.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $930M for Chesapeake Utilities, about 2.4 times as much.
- Chesapeake Utilities grew revenue faster (18.1%, against 17.1%).
- National Fuel Gas kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (35.7% operating margin, against 27.5% operating margin).
- National Fuel Gas turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.2% FCF margin, against −23.1% FCF margin).
- National Fuel Gas earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (10.6%, against 6.1%).
| Latest fiscal year | CPK · FY25 | NFG · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $3.2B | $7.7B |
| Revenue | $930M | $2.3B |
| Free cash flow | −$215M | $187M |
| Net income | $140M | $519M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 18.1% | 17.1% |
| 5-year growth | 13.8% | 8.1% |
| Share count change | 4.3% | −1.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 27.5% | 35.7% |
| Net margin | 15.1% | 22.8% |
| FCF margin | −23.1% | 8.2% |
| Return on capital | 6.1% | 10.6% |
| Return on equity | 9.4% | 33.7% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.7B | $2.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.8x | 2.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $60.7M | $243M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 11.2x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 8 |
FY16
CPK $499M
NFG $1.5B
FY17
CPK $450M
NFG $1.6B
FY18
CPK $490M
NFG $1.6B
FY19
CPK $480M
NFG $1.7B
FY20
CPK $488M
NFG $1.5B
FY21
CPK $570M
NFG $1.7B
FY22
CPK $681M
NFG $2.2B
FY23
CPK $671M
NFG $2.2B
FY24
CPK $787M
NFG $1.9B
FY25
CPK $930M
NFG $2.3B
CPK
NFG
FY16
CPK 17.2%
NFG −28.7%
FY17
CPK 20.0%
NFG 37.6%
FY18
CPK 19.3%
NFG 32.6%
FY19
CPK 22.2%
NFG 30.2%
FY20
CPK 23.1%
NFG 1.9%
FY21
CPK 23.0%
NFG 36.7%
FY22
CPK 21.0%
NFG 37.3%
FY23
CPK 22.5%
NFG 34.7%
FY24
CPK 29.0%
NFG 10.8%
FY25
CPK 27.5%
NFG 35.7%
CPK
NFG
FY16
CPK −$65.7M
NFG $7.4M
FY17
CPK −$65.2M
NFG $234M
FY18
CPK −$123M
NFG $31.3M
FY19
CPK −$81.8M
NFG −$94.5M
FY20
CPK −$6.6M
NFG $24.7M
FY21
CPK −$36.4M
NFG $39.8M
FY22
CPK $30.6M
NFG $0.7M
FY23
CPK $14.9M
NFG $227M
FY24
CPK −$116M
NFG $135M
FY25
CPK −$215M
NFG $187M
CPK
NFG
FY16
CPK 7.1%
NFG −8.8%
FY17
CPK 8.3%
NFG 10.8%
FY18
CPK 6.7%
NFG 14.1%
FY19
CPK 6.5%
NFG 9.8%
FY20
CPK 6.3%
NFG 0.5%
FY21
CPK 6.6%
NFG 10.6%
FY22
CPK 6.5%
NFG 14.6%
FY23
CPK 5.4%
NFG 10.9%
FY24
CPK 6.1%
NFG 3.3%
FY25
CPK 6.1%
NFG 10.6%
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