Q2 Earnings Forecast for EXE Issued By Capital One Financial

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:EXE) – Stock analysts at Capital One Financial boosted their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Chesapeake Energy in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 15th. Capital One Financial analyst P. Johnston now expects that the company will earn $1.16 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.93. The consensus estimate for Chesapeake Energy’s current full-year earnings is $0.89 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.

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

Several other brokerages have also recently commented on EXE. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $93.00 target price on shares of Chesapeake Energy in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Scotiabank raised shares of Chesapeake Energy from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $105.00 to $130.00 in a report on Friday. Roth Capital raised shares of Chesapeake Energy to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 27th. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $115.00 to $125.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, UBS Group raised shares of Chesapeake Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $94.00 to $123.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. Three 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $115.38.

Chesapeake Energy Stock Down 1.3 %

Chesapeake Energy stock opened at $106.36 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $24.58 billion, a PE ratio of 65.65 and a beta of 0.52. 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 has a twelve month low of $69.12 and a twelve month high of $109.47. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $99.03.

Insider Activity at Chesapeake Energy

In related news, Director Catherine A. Kehr sold 43,623 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $99.58, for a total value of $4,343,978.34. Following the transaction, the director now owns 5,201 shares in the company, valued at $517,915.58. The trade was a 89.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Chesapeake Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 4th. Investors 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 yield of 2.16%. Chesapeake Energy’s payout ratio is 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.