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Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) Now Covered by Analysts at Bank of America – MarketBeat

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Equities research analysts at Bank of America began coverage on shares of Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXEGet Free Report) in a research note issued on Monday, StockNewsAPI reports. The brokerage set a “buy” rating and a $114.00 price target on the stock. Bank of America‘s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 34.45% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on EXE. UBS Group boosted their price target on Chesapeake Energy from $85.00 to $89.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. Stephens raised their target price on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $84.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Roth Capital raised shares of Chesapeake Energy to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 27th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Chesapeake Energy from $90.00 to $97.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $96.25.

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Chesapeake Energy Stock Performance

EXE opened at $84.79 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a current ratio of 2.16. The company has a market capitalization of $11.13 billion, a P/E ratio of -146.19 and a beta of 0.47. Chesapeake Energy has a 1-year low of $69.12 and a 1-year high of $93.58.

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXEGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, July 29th. The company reported $0.01 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.02 by ($0.01). Chesapeake Energy had a net margin of 8.68% and a return on equity of 4.00%. The business had revenue of $378.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $556.35 million. On average, equities analysts expect that Chesapeake Energy will post 1.3 EPS for the current year.

About Chesapeake Energy

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Expand Energy Corporation is an independent natural gas producer principally in the United States. Expand Energy Corporation, formerly known as Chesapeake Energy Corporation, is based in OKLAHOMA CITY.

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