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CPK Dividend History, Yield & Dates

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UtilitiesRegulated GasScore data as of Oct 30, 2026

CPKChesapeake Utilities Corporation

Utilities / Regulated Gas

Low Priority

Above Peers

NeutralEdge 7/10
$136.41+$0.85 (+0.63%)

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  • Momentum
    81
  • Value
    46
  • Quality
    47
  • Risk resilience
    52
  • Sentiment
    81
algovestiq.comScore data as of Oct 30, 2026

CPK Dividend answer

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 2.16%, or $2.94 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.08%, from $2.84 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.735 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Sep 14, 2026. Payment date: Oct 5, 2026. Next dividend status: not announced.

CPK Dividend Snapshot

Yield, annual dividend, latest payment, payout coverage, growth, and dividend history are emphasized for this stock. Yield methodology is labeled separately from payout coverage.

History
47
dividends captured
Growth years
10
raw events; specials not isolated
Durability score
65/100
coverage and consistency proxy
Shareholder yield
0.55%
dividend-only view

Next CPK Dividend Date

When CPK next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.

Next CPK dividend

Not announced

CPK's next dividend has not yet been announced. The latest completed dividend was $0.735 per share. Data last checked: Oct 10, 2026.

Ex-date
Unknown
unknown
Pay date
Oct 5, 2026
Frequency
quarterly

Latest CPK Dividend Dates

Sep 14, 2026

Review the latest dividend, yield, available trailing-year income, and coverage context before treating income as durable.

Dividend yield
2.08%
Trailing 12-month dividend yield
2.08%
TTM dividends / latest available price
Forward dividend yield
2.16%
Latest dividend × 4 a year = $2.94 / latest price
Trailing annual dividend
$2.84
7.17% vs prior complete year
Latest dividend
$0.735
0.00% vs prior payment
Frequency
quarterly
Inferred from available dividend events
Ex-dividend date
Sep 14, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Payment date
Oct 5, 2026
Calendar endpoint
Next dividend
Not announced
Amount status independent from ex-date
Payout ratio
42.68%
Dividend as a share of earnings where available
FCF payout
24.31%
Dividend as a share of free cash flow per share
FCF coverage
-4.11x
Free cash flow per share divided by dividend

AIQ Dividend bridge

Quality47/100

Margins, returns, leverage, and cash conversion support dividend durability.

Value46/100

Yield is more useful when valuation context is not stretched.

Risk resilience52/100

Lower drawdown and balance-sheet risk can improve income dependability.

CPK Dividend History

Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.

Dividend reliability

Active payer

Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.

Yield
2.08%
Current income rate
TTM trend
Trailing income rising
7.17% vs prior complete year
FCF coverage
Not covered by FCF
-4.11x
Payout ratio
42.68%
Earnings payout context
Recent dividend cadence
8 records
Dec 24
$0.64
Mar 25
$0.64
Jun 25
$0.685
Sep 25
$0.685
Dec 25
$0.685
Mar 26
$0.685
Jun 26
$0.735
Sep 26
$0.735

CPK Annual Dividend History

2016 - 2026
11 plotted years

CPK Dividend Growth

+7.17% 1Y
Latest increase +7.30%
Latest CPK Dividend: Declaration, Ex-Date & Payment
Declared
Aug 6, 2026
Ex-date
Sep 14, 2026
Record
Sep 14, 2026
Paid
Oct 5, 2026

Latest row amount $0.735, event yield 2.19%.

Event field coverage
Declaration41/41
Record41/41
Payment41/41
Frequency41/41
History depth
41 rows
FMP dividend events via canonical L3
Data through
Sep 14, 2026
latest covered ex-date
Last checked
Oct 10, 2026
independent from event date
Date coverage
41/41 pay
41/41 record dates

This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.

Dividend growth

CPK regular dividend growth, 2020–2025
5-year regular dividend CAGR
9.33%
Cohort rank
#116
Cohort standing
Top half
Utilities rank
#4
2020 regular DPS
$1.725
2025 regular DPS
$2.695
Absolute change
$0.970
Years increased
5
Years reduced
0

CPK's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 9.33% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #116 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.

Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.

CPK Dividend Yield

How CPK's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.

Yield methodology

Trailing 12-month dividend yield

CPK's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.

Trailing 12-month dividend yield
2.08%
Trailing 12-month dividends
$2.84

Dividend coverage

What CPK's dividend is paid out of

Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.

Payout ratio
42.68%
FCF coverage
-4.11x

Recent CPK dividend payments

41 covered dividends
Showing latest 5 of 41 rows
Ex-dateDividendAdjustedYield at ex-dateFrequencyTTM adjustedDeclaredRecord datePayment date
Sep 14, 2026$0.735
$0.735
2.19%Quarterly$2.84Aug 6, 2026Sep 14, 2026Oct 5, 2026
Jun 15, 2026$0.735
$0.735
2.29%Quarterly$2.79May 6, 2026Jun 15, 2026Jul 6, 2026
Mar 16, 2026$0.685
$0.685
2.10%Quarterly$2.74Feb 25, 2026Mar 16, 2026Apr 6, 2026
Dec 15, 2025$0.685
$0.685
2.12%Quarterly$2.70Nov 6, 2025Dec 15, 2025Jan 5, 2026
Sep 15, 2025$0.685
$0.685
2.13%Quarterly$2.65Aug 7, 2025Sep 15, 2025Oct 6, 2025
Show older history+36 rows
Jun 16, 2025$0.685
$0.685
2.19%Quarterly$2.61May 7, 2025Jun 16, 2025Jul 7, 2025
Mar 14, 2025$0.64
$0.64
2.01%Quarterly$2.56Feb 26, 2025Mar 14, 2025Apr 7, 2025
Dec 16, 2024$0.64
$0.64
1.99%Quarterly$2.51Nov 7, 2024Dec 16, 2024Jan 6, 2025
Sep 16, 2024$0.64
$0.64
1.99%Quarterly$2.46Aug 8, 2024Sep 16, 2024Oct 7, 2024
Jun 14, 2024$0.64
$0.64
2.29%Quarterly$2.41May 8, 2024Jun 14, 2024Jul 5, 2024
Mar 14, 2024$0.59
$0.59
2.32%Quarterly$2.36Feb 20, 2024Mar 15, 2024Apr 5, 2024
Dec 14, 2023$0.59
$0.59
2.18%Quarterly$2.31Nov 2, 2023Dec 15, 2023Jan 5, 2024
Sep 14, 2023$0.59
$0.59
2.03%Quarterly$2.25Aug 3, 2023Sep 15, 2023Oct 5, 2023
Jun 14, 2023$0.59
$0.59
1.73%Quarterly$2.20May 3, 2023Jun 15, 2023Jul 5, 2023
Mar 14, 2023$0.535
$0.535
1.69%Quarterly$2.14Feb 22, 2023Mar 15, 2023Apr 5, 2023
Dec 14, 2022$0.535
$0.535
1.77%Quarterly$2.09Nov 3, 2022Dec 15, 2022Jan 5, 2023
Sep 14, 2022$0.535
$0.535
1.59%Quarterly$2.03Aug 4, 2022Sep 15, 2022Oct 5, 2022
Jun 14, 2022$0.535
$0.535
1.65%Quarterly$1.98May 4, 2022Jun 15, 2022Jul 5, 2022
Mar 14, 2022$0.48
$0.48
1.40%Quarterly$1.92Feb 23, 2022Mar 15, 2022Apr 5, 2022
Dec 14, 2021$0.48
$0.48
1.38%Quarterly$1.88Nov 3, 2021Dec 15, 2021Jan 5, 2022
Sep 14, 2021$0.48
$0.48
1.47%Quarterly$1.84Aug 11, 2021Sep 15, 2021Oct 5, 2021
Jun 14, 2021$0.48
$0.48
1.50%Quarterly$1.80May 5, 2021Jun 15, 2021Jul 6, 2021
Mar 12, 2021$0.44
$0.44
1.48%Quarterly$1.76Feb 24, 2021Mar 15, 2021Apr 5, 2021
Dec 14, 2020$0.44
$0.44
1.60%Quarterly$1.73Nov 5, 2020Dec 15, 2020Jan 5, 2021
Sep 14, 2020$0.44
$0.44
2.19%Quarterly$1.69Aug 5, 2020Sep 15, 2020Oct 5, 2020
Jun 12, 2020$0.44
$0.44
2.01%Quarterly$1.66May 7, 2020Jun 15, 2020Jul 6, 2020
Mar 12, 2020$0.405
$0.405
1.88%Quarterly$1.62Feb 26, 2020Mar 13, 2020Apr 6, 2020
Dec 13, 2019$0.405
$0.405
1.69%Quarterly$1.59Nov 6, 2019Dec 16, 2019Jan 6, 2020
Sep 12, 2019$0.405
$0.405
1.66%Quarterly$1.55Aug 7, 2019Sep 13, 2019Oct 7, 2019
Jun 13, 2019$0.405
$0.405
1.62%Quarterly$1.52May 8, 2019Jun 14, 2019Jul 5, 2019
Mar 14, 2019$0.37
$0.37
1.59%Quarterly$1.48Feb 26, 2019Mar 15, 2019Apr 5, 2019
Dec 13, 2018$0.37
$0.37
1.54%Quarterly$1.43Nov 8, 2018Dec 14, 2018Jan 7, 2019
Sep 13, 2018$0.37
$0.37
1.57%Quarterly$1.39Aug 8, 2018Sep 14, 2018Oct 5, 2018
Jun 14, 2018$0.37
$0.37
1.79%Quarterly$1.35May 9, 2018Jun 15, 2018Jul 5, 2018
Mar 14, 2018$0.325
$0.325
1.85%Quarterly$1.30Feb 27, 2018Mar 15, 2018Apr 5, 2018
Dec 14, 2017$0.325
$0.325
1.60%Quarterly$1.28Nov 8, 2017Dec 15, 2017Jan 5, 2018
Sep 14, 2017$0.325
$0.325
1.60%Quarterly$1.26Aug 3, 2017Sep 15, 2017Oct 5, 2017
Jun 13, 2017$0.325
$0.325
1.67%Quarterly—May 4, 2017Jun 15, 2017Jul 5, 2017
Mar 13, 2017$0.305
$0.305
1.82%Quarterly—Feb 27, 2017Mar 15, 2017Apr 5, 2017
Dec 13, 2016$0.305
$0.305
1.79%Quarterly—Nov 3, 2016Dec 15, 2016Jan 5, 2017
Sep 13, 2016$0.305
$0.305
1.97%Quarterly—Aug 4, 2016Sep 15, 2016Oct 5, 2016
Dividend context
How to read CPK's dividend profile

Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.

Yield needs coverage

A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.

Payment history matters

Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.

Payout ratio is context

A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.

Focused follow-on paths for yield methodology, payout coverage, peer comparison, and income planning.

CPK Dividend Comparisons

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CPK Dividends FAQ

Does CPK pay a dividend?

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.74 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.

What is CPK's dividend yield?

CPK's trailing dividend yield is 2.08%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.

When is CPK's next dividend?

CPK's next dividend has not been announced in the current AlgovestIQ snapshot. The latest completed dividend row remains available in the history table when covered data exists.

When is CPK's ex-dividend date?

CPK's latest covered ex-dividend date is Sep 14, 2026. Future ex-dividend dates are shown only when announced or explicitly projected.

How has CPK's dividend changed?

CPK's one-year dividend growth is 7.17% based on comparable covered dividend history.