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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution, transmission, and marketing of natural gas. The company distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in central and southern Delaware, the Salisbury and Cambridge areas on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and parts of Florida. It also supplies natural gas and provides supply management services. In addition, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation engages in the distribution and wholesale marketing of propane to independent petrochemical companies, resellers, and retail propane companies in Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia, southeastern Pennsylvania, and parts of Florida. As of December 31, 2008, the company distributed natural gas to 65,190 customers and propane to 35,170 customers, as well as delivered approximately 27.9 million retail and wholesale gallons of propane. It also operated a 379-mile natural gas transmission pipeline system. Further, Chesapeake Utilities Corporation provides information-technology-related business services and solutions for enterprise and e-business applications in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1859 and is based in Dover, Delaware.

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Key Statistics

Closing Price	42.08
Volume	29747
Volume Avg	43779
52 Week High	44.53
52 Week Low	36.00
PE	14.96
PE (group average)	24
EPS Year	2.87
EPS change Q/Q	341.18%
EPS change Q/Q Yr ago	5.63%
EPS change Q/Q next Q est	-47.18%
EPS change Y/Y	-22.55%
REV change Q/Q	53.99%
REV change Q/Q Yr ago	28.46%
EPS next Q est	1.42
EPS next Y est	2.92
Divident Annual	1.38
Dividend Yield	3.28%