Chesapeake Utilities Corporatio — Earnings Quality Grade F
CPK · Utilities
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Management Signals
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 40 days, change +4 days YoY
AR growth 32.3% exceeds revenue growth 18.1%
Revenue grew 18.1% but CFFO declined -2.4%
Expense Quality
Inventory -0.7% vs COGS 20.4%. Normal
CapEx growth 26.3% vs revenue 18.1%. Normal
Insufficient data
Gross margin 41.4%, change -1.1pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 1.67. Profits backed by cash
FCF < 50% of Net Income for 3 years
Accruals ratio = -2.3%. Low accruals
Cash $0.0B covers only 0% of debt $1.6B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.5B = 33% of equity
Debt/EBITDA = 4.4x (>4x). Financial stress
Insufficient data
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years
Goodwill+Intangibles change -0% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
Insufficient data
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Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25