Chesapeake Utilities Corporation ( CPK ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 14, 2017. A cash dividend payment of $0.325 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 05, 2018. Shareholders who purchased CPK prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that CPK has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $80.2, the dividend yield is 1.62%.
The previous trading day's last sale of CPK was $80.2, representing a -7.12% decrease from the 52 week high of $86.35 and a 27.3% increase over the 52 week low of $63.
CPK is a part of the Public Utilities sector, which includes companies such as Total S.A. ( TOT ) and PetroChina Company Limited ( PTR ). CPK's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $2.69. Zacks Investment Research reports CPK's forecasted earnings growth in 2017 as -.35%, compared to an industry average of 9.3%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the CPK Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to CPK through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have CPK as a top-10 holding:
- Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF ( SMDV ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is SMDV with an decrease of -0.04% over the last 100 days.
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