February 22, 2016 - 10:54 AM EST
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Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) Pops 18.5% for February 22

One of the S&P 500’s big winners for Monday February 22 was Chesapeake Energy Corp. ($CHK) as the company’s stock climbed 18.5% to $2.37 on volume of 27.87 million shares.

The stock opened at $2.09 and saw an intraday low of $2.07 and an intraday high of $2.49. All told, the day saw a per-share gain of $0.37. The stock’s average daily volume of 25.66 million and 665.07 million shares outstanding. Chesapeake Energy Corp. now has a 50-day SMA is $3.52 and 200-day SMA is $7.86, and it has a 52-week high of $20.05 and a 52-week low of $1.50.

Chesapeake Energy Corp is a natural gas and oil exploration and production company. It explores, develops and acquires properties for the production of natural gas and crude oil from underground reservoirs and also provides marketing & midstream services.

Based out of Oklahoma City, OK, Chesapeake Energy Corp. has 5,500 employees and, after today’s trading, reached a market cap of $1.58 billion. Its P/S ratio is 0.15, P/B ratio is 1.3, and P/FCF ratio is -0.6.

For a complete fundamental analysis analysis of Chesapeake Energy Corp., check out Equities.com’s Stock Valuation Analysis report for CHK. To see the latest independent stock recommendations from Equities.com’s analysts, visit our Research section.

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