---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-036447"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPK"
cik: "0000019745"
company_name: "CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP"
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T01:10:30.309204+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chesapeake Utilities Q3 adjusted EPS up 28% to $0.69; FCG acquisition on track for Q4 close

## Summary
- Q3 GAAP EPS $0.53 (vs $0.54 prior year); adjusted EPS $0.69 (up 28%).
- Warmer weather in H1 2023 reduced year-to-date EPS by ~$0.41 per share.
- Entered agreement to acquire Florida City Gas for ~$923M; expects close by Q4 2023 end.
- New five-year capex guidance $1.5B-$1.8B; 2028 EPS guidance $7.75-$8.00 per share.
- Adjusted gross margin grew $7.6M in Q3 driven by pipeline projects, organic growth, regulatory initiatives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-036447
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPK
- cik: 0000019745
- company_name: CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828023036447/0001628280-23-036447-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828023036447/cpk-20231102.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-036447.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
  - Period: the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On November 2, 2023 , Chesapeake Utilities Corporation issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828023036447/0001628280-23-036447-index.htm

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