Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) stock price target cut to $1.00 from $1.60 at UBS

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%.


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