Chesapeake Energy came out with quarterly earnings of $1.31 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.42 per share. This compares to earnings of $4.22 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 211.90%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this oil and gas company would post earnings of $0.57 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.09, delivering a surprise of 91.23%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times.
Chesapeake Energy, which belongs to the Zacks Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - United States industry, posted revenues of $763 million for the quarter ended December 2023, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 20.76%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $4.13 billion. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates just once over the last four quarters.
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Chesapeake Energy shares have added about 2.3% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 4.9%.
What's Next for Chesapeake Energy?
While Chesapeake Energy has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Chesapeake Energy: mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.94 on $845 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $3.54 on $3.23 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - United States is currently in the bottom 6% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
One other stock from the same industry, Southwestern Energy , is yet to report results for the quarter ended December 2023. The results are expected to be released on February 22.
This independent oil and gas company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.13 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -50%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 27.1% lower over the last 30 days to the current level.
Southwestern Energy's revenues are expected to be $1.51 billion, down 55.3% from the year-ago quarter.
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Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Tops Q4 Earnings Estimates
Chesapeake Energy came out with quarterly earnings of $1.31 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.42 per share. This compares to earnings of $4.22 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 211.90%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this oil and gas company would post earnings of $0.57 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.09, delivering a surprise of 91.23%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates four times.
Chesapeake Energy
The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Chesapeake Energy shares have added about 2.3% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 4.9%.
What's Next for Chesapeake Energy?
While Chesapeake Energy has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Chesapeake Energy: mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.94 on $845 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $3.54 on $3.23 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - United States is currently in the bottom 6% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
One other stock from the same industry, Southwestern Energy , is yet to report results for the quarter ended December 2023. The results are expected to be released on February 22.
This independent oil and gas company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.13 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of -50%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has been revised 27.1% lower over the last 30 days to the current level.
Southwestern Energy's revenues are expected to be $1.51 billion, down 55.3% from the year-ago quarter.