Asset sales pay off

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY $7.08 (New York symbol CHK; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (405-848-8000; www.chk.com; Shares outstanding: 887.4 million; Market cap: $6.5 billion; No dividends paid) continues sell non-core assets to focus on its low-risk, highreturn properties. That has cut its operating costs. The company has also renegotiated… Read More

Chesapeake cuts its costs

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY $7.87 (New York symbol CHK; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (405-848-8000; www.chk.com; Shares outstanding: 665.4 million; Market cap: $5.5 billion; No dividends paid) stopped paying dividends earlier this year to conserve cash in the face of low oil and gas prices. The cut will… Read More

CHK eliminates dividend

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY $7.34 (New York symbol CHK; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (405-848-8000; www.chk.com; Shares outstanding: 665.1 million; Market cap: $5.2 billion; No dividends paid) has eliminated its dividend to conserve cash in the face of low oil and gas prices. The company had been paying… Read More

Insiders like Chesapeake

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY $16.02 (New York symbol CHK; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (405-848-8000; www.chk.com; Shares outstanding: 665.0 million; Market cap: $10.1 billion; Dividend yield: 2.2%) has filed regulatory reports showing that its chairman, Archie W. Dunham, recently purchased one million of the company’s shares at prices… Read More

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY $16.02 – New York symbol CHK

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY $16.02 (New York symbol CHK; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (405-848-8000; www.chk.com; Shares outstanding: 665.0 million; Market cap: $10.1 billion; Dividend yield: 2.2%) has filed regulatory reports showing that its chairman, Archie W. Dunham, recently purchased one million of the company’s shares at prices… Read More