Q2 EPS Estimates for EXE Boosted by Capital One Financial

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:EXE) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial lifted their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Chesapeake Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, January 15th. Capital One Financial analyst P. Johnston now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.16 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.93. The consensus estimate for Chesapeake Energy’s current full-year earnings is $1.30 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Chesapeake Energy’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.24 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $5.29 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.65 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on EXE. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $115.00 to $125.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. initiated coverage on shares of Chesapeake Energy in a report on Thursday, January 16th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $112.00 target price for the company. UBS Group raised shares of Chesapeake Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $94.00 to $123.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. Scotiabank raised shares of Chesapeake Energy from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $105.00 to $130.00 in a report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $93.00 target price on shares of Chesapeake Energy in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $115.38.

Chesapeake Energy Price Performance

Shares of EXE stock opened at $106.80 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.68 billion, a PE ratio of 65.93 and a beta of 0.52. The company has a current ratio of 2.00, a quick ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $99.03. Chesapeake Energy has a one year low of $69.12 and a one year high of $109.47.

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.15. The business had revenue of $648.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $708.98 million. Chesapeake Energy had a net margin of 6.07% and a return on equity of 2.74%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 57.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.09 earnings per share.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Catherine A. Kehr sold 43,623 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.58, for a total transaction of $4,343,978.34. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 5,201 shares in the company, valued at approximately $517,915.58. This trade represents a 89.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. 0.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Chesapeake Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 14th were issued a $0.575 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 14th. This represents a $2.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.15%. Chesapeake Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 141.98%.

Chesapeake Energy Company Profile

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.