On Feb. 22, Chesapeake Energy
- Earnings per share adjusted for non-recurring events came in at $0.90, a 7% increase year over year, and significantly higher than the $0.77 analyst consensus estimate.
- Similarly, Q4 revenue blew out analyst estimates, as it was up 6.7% to $1.9 billion year over year, versus expectations of $1.5 billion.
- The company's average daily production for the quarter averaged 1.65 billions per cubic feet equivalient, an increase of 17% and the company's 22nd consecutive quarter of sequential U.S. production growth.
- A full 971 Motley Fool CAPS players peg Chesapeake as an "outperform."
(Figures in millions, except per-share data)
Income Statement Highlights
|
Q4 2006 |
Q4 2005 |
Change |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sales |
$1,867.6 |
$1,751.0 |
6.7% |
|
Net Profit* |
$445.5 |
$431.8 |
3.2% |
|
EPS |
$0.96 |
$1.11 |
(13.5%) |
|
Diluted Shares |
491.0 |
403.7 |
21.6% |
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Margin Checkup
|
Q4 2006 |
Q4 2005 |
Change* |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Operating Margin |
44.7% |
44.2% |
0.5 |
|
Net Margin |
23.9% |
24.7% |
(0.8) |
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Balance Sheet Highlights
|
Assets |
Q4 2006 |
Q4 2005 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cash + ST Invest. |
$2.5 |
$60.0 |
(95.8%) |
|
Liabilities |
Q4 2006 |
Q4 2005 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Long-Term Debt |
$7,375.5 |
$5,489.7 |
34.4% |
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Cash Flow Highlights
|
2006 |
2005 |
Change |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cash From Ops. |
$1,861.1 |
$829.5 |
124.3% |
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