Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates for Chesapeake Energy (EXE)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ: EXE):

• 4/15/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target lowered by analysts at Stephens from $123.00 to $118.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/15/2025 – Chesapeake Energy was upgraded by analysts at Barclays PLC from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $122.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $115.00.
• 4/8/2025 – Chesapeake Energy was upgraded by analysts at TD Cowen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $116.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $108.00.
• 4/3/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Benchmark Co. from $93.00 to $112.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/2/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $107.00 to $112.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 4/1/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Mizuho from $132.00 to $136.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 3/27/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $137.00 to $154.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 3/20/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $105.00 to $107.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 3/18/2025 – Chesapeake Energy was upgraded by analysts at Stephens from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $123.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $86.00.
• 3/18/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $117.00 to $115.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 3/17/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target lowered by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $133.00 to $131.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 3/13/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $115.00 to $114.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 3/6/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Piper Sandler from $96.00 to $101.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 3/4/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its “equal weight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Stephens. They now have a $86.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/28/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $113.00 to $117.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 2/27/2025 – Chesapeake Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Mizuho from $128.00 to $132.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.

Chesapeake Energy Stock Performance

NASDAQ EXE opened at $104.23 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 64.34 and a beta of 0.44. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $104.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $98.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 2.00 and a current ratio of 2.00. Chesapeake Energy Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $81.66 and a fifty-two week high of $114.03.

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $2 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.82 billion. Chesapeake Energy had a return on equity of 2.74% and a net margin of 6.07%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Chesapeake Energy Corporation will post 1.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Chesapeake Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 11th were issued a dividend of $0.575 per share. This represents a $2.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.21%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 11th. Chesapeake Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -55.83%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Chesapeake Energy

In other Chesapeake Energy news, CEO Domenic J. Dell’osso, Jr. acquired 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 5th. The shares were bought at an average cost 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 approximately $10,730,577.50. This trade represents a 2.37 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 58.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Rhumbline Advisers acquired a new position in Chesapeake Energy during the first quarter worth $43,592,000. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of Chesapeake Energy during the 1st quarter worth about $36,507,000. Mercuria Capital Strategies LLC purchased a new position in Chesapeake Energy in the 1st quarter valued at about $35,283,000. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new stake in Chesapeake Energy in the 1st quarter worth about $18,777,000. Finally, Vest Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Chesapeake Energy during the 1st quarter worth approximately $11,682,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.93% of the company’s stock.

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.