---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-027849"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPK"
cik: "0000019745"
company_name: "CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T15:39:01.617384+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chesapeake Utilities Q3 EPS falls to $0.54; YTD EPS rises 3.8% to $3.58

## Summary
- YTD net income $63.6M, EPS $3.58 (up 3.8% YoY); Q3 net income $9.7M, EPS $0.54 vs $0.71 prior-year.
- Q3 EPS impacted by $0.13 one-time prior-year benefits and $0.05 from higher interest rates.
- Natural gas organic customer growth: Delmarva 5.8%, Florida 4.4% YoY.
- 2022 capex guidance lowered to $140M-$175M; long-term 2025 EPS guidance $6.05-$6.25 reaffirmed.
- Secured $80M long-term financing; Florida interim base rates implemented September 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-027849
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPK
- cik: 0000019745
- company_name: CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828022027849/0001628280-22-027849-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828022027849/cpk-20221102.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP reported the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2022 results: net income $63.6 million, EPS $3.58 per share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2022
  - Net income: $63.6 million
  - EPS: $3.58 per share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (NYSE: CPK) (“Chesapeake Utilities” or the “Company”) today announced its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. On a year-to-date basis, net income was $63.6 million compared to $60.8 million for the same period in 2021. EPS for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $3.58 per share compared to $3.45 per share reported in the same prior-year period, or a 3.8 percent increase .
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828022027849/0001628280-22-027849-index.htm

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