CHK: Key Statistics for CHESAPEAKE ENER

Market Cap (intraday):	2.85B
Enterprise Value (2-Mar-04)³:	5.21B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	12.06
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-04)¹:	15.83
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	2.32
Price/Sales (ttm):	1.87
Price/Book (mrq):	2.36
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	3.43
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	5.54

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	30-Sep-03

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	17.61%
Operating Margin (ttm):	39.19%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	7.66%
Return on Equity (ttm):	26.98%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	1.52B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	6.531
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	-23.80%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	610.21M
EBITDA (ttm):	941.04M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	249.44M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	1.09
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	-81.50%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	38.48M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	0.18
Total Debt (mrq)²:	2.02B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	1.278
Current Ratio (mrq):	0.884
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	5.566

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	732.39M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	-1.02B

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TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	0.785
52-Week Change:	61.23%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	16.43%
52-Week High (29-Dec-03):	14.00
52-Week Low (18-Mar-03):	7.27
50-Day Moving Average:	12.99
200-Day Moving Average:	11.35

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	2,862,227
Average Volume (10 day):	2,691,000
Shares Outstanding:	216.52M
Float:	188.40M
% Held by Insiders:	12.99%
% Held by Institutions:	66.73%
Shares Short (as of 9-Feb-04):	11.20M
Daily Volume (as of 9-Feb-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 9-Feb-04):	3.158
Short % of Float (as of 9-Feb-04):	5.95%
Shares Short (prior month):	12.66M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	0.14
Dividend Yield:	1.07%
Dividend Date:	15-Jan-04
Ex-Dividend Date:	30-Dec-03
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	2:1
Last Split Date:	02-Jan-97

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Sep-03)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Sep-03)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-02)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
¹ = Data provided by Thomson; ² = Data provided by EDGAR Online;
³ = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance