Chesapeake Energy
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
12.458.706.927.52
Price/Sales ratio
1.121.100.590.58
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$6.54$9.35$11.76$10.83

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
0.07-0.01-0.030.210.23-1.21-0.041.202.404.2224.390.23
Price/Sales ratio
0.000.010.020.020.010.040.081.041.031.312.170.01
Price/Book Value ratio
0.000.06-0.12-0.400.590.08-0.081.341.300.951.030.59
Price/Cash Flow ratio
0.030.12-0.840.270.100.230.374.252.874.296.150.10
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-0.100.26-0.160.460.120.240.387.225.1518.5450.440.12
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.000.000.00-0.00-0.000.01-0.00-0.01-0.08-0.070.62-0.00
Dividend Yield
273.20%194.06%N/A90.24%44.99%24.29%5.00%1.56%10.21%4.76%2.11%24.29%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
18.75%1.10%-8.26%18.75%18.24%4.66%11.90%33.14%32.32%64.81%55.76%18.24%
Operating Profit Margin
16.59%-148.22%-55.46%11.99%8.62%-0.18%-1.82%31.84%33.03%40.41%11.71%8.62%
Pretax Profit Margin
15.27%-149.62%-57.72%10.05%8.47%-7.52%-187.50%85.22%31.90%40.08%11.08%8.47%
Net Profit Margin
9.14%-115.05%-55.33%9.99%8.53%-3.62%-187.14%86.67%43.13%31.11%8.92%8.53%
Effective Tax Rate
35.75%23.36%4.18%0.20%-1.15%51.79%0.19%-1.70%-35.19%22.39%19.48%-1.15%
Return on Assets
4.70%-84.60%-33.32%7.63%7.97%-1.90%-148.08%57.48%31.91%16.82%3.21%-1.90%
Return On Equity
11.34%-686.85%307.84%-191.33%253.77%-7.05%182.55%111.58%54.09%22.54%4.16%-7.05%
Return on Capital Employed
9.96%-138.37%-46.32%11.31%10.86%-0.11%-2.72%27.15%29.61%24.05%4.53%-0.11%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
1.270.670.580.640.560.52N/AN/AN/AN/A2.160.56
Quick Ratio
1.650.970.871.201.000.460.350.850.651.442.161.00
Cash ratio
0.700.220.240.000.000.000.090.360.040.821.170.00
Days of Sales Outstanding
38.9532.2849.0050.8144.4842.5652.2655.7445.8629.3826.0242.56
Days of Inventory outstanding
-47.94-32.64-45.26-62.54-54.416.041.511.0443.1294.85N/A-54.41
Operating Cycle
-8.99-0.363.74-11.73-9.9348.6153.7756.7888.99124.2326.02-9.93
Days of Payables Outstanding
43.9327.2928.7730.9433.2922.4627.5123.0328.4256.6946.0633.29
Cash Conversion Cycle
-52.92-27.65-25.03-42.67-43.2226.1526.2533.7560.5767.54-20.03-43.22
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.280.610.790.800.700.580.290.200.190.140.140.58
Debt Equity Ratio
0.685.00-7.37-20.1022.442.16-0.360.400.330.180.192.16
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.390.821.161.050.950.67N/A0.280.250.150.160.67
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.400.831.151.050.950.68-0.560.280.250.150.160.68
Interest Coverage Ratio
19.49-1.35-2.252.763.18-0.07N/AN/AN/AN/A6.253.18
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.400.11-0.010.070.250.170.600.781.331.170.850.25
Company Equity Multiplier
2.418.11-9.23-25.0531.823.71-1.231.941.691.331.313.71
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.220.09-0.020.070.190.190.220.240.360.300.350.19
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-0.300.455.040.580.840.940.970.580.550.230.120.94
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.400.11-0.010.070.250.170.600.781.331.170.850.25
Short Term Coverage Ratio
12.163.23-0.4014.325.244.210.60N/AN/AN/AN/A4.21
Dividend Payout Ratio
21.12%-1.96%N/A19.28%10.53%-29.54%-0.22%1.88%24.55%20.13%74.88%10.53%