---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-011742"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPK"
cik: "0000019745"
company_name: "CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP"
filed_at: "2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T00:29:39.970071+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chesapeake Utilities reports FY2025 adjusted EPS $6.01, up 11.5% YoY; record capex $470M

## Summary
- Adjusted EPS $6.01 for FY2025, up 11.5% YoY vs $5.39; GAAP EPS $5.97.
- Record capital spending $470.4M in 2025; 2026 capex guidance $450-$500M.
- Residential customer growth: 4.1% Delmarva, 2.8% Florida; 10 transmission projects added $18.8M gross margin.
- Reaffirms 2028 EPS guidance $7.75-$8.00 and 5-year capex $1.5B-$1.8B.
- Q4 2025 adjusted EPS $1.94 vs $1.63 in Q4 2024; net income $46.1M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-011742
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPK
- cik: 0000019745
- company_name: CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORP
- filed_at: 2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828026011742/0001628280-26-011742-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19745/000162828026011742/cpk-20260225.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-011742.txt

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