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Chesapeake Financial Shares

CPKF
61
Banks - Regional · Financial Services
Winston Score
61
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Chesapeake Financial Shares is a small regional bank holding company based in Virginia. It serves everyday consumers, small businesses, and local organizations through its subsidiary, Chesapeake Bank, offering services like checking and savings accounts, loans, and wealth management. The company operates primarily in the coastal Virginia and Northern Neck regions.

The company makes money mainly through interest income — it collects more on loans than it pays out on deposits — and also earns fees from banking services and wealth management. With a market cap of around $200 million, it is a community-focused institution competing against larger national banks by emphasizing local relationships and personalized service. Its main risk is rising interest rates or a slowdown in the local economy, either of which could reduce loan demand or increase the number of borrowers who cannot repay, squeezing profits.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+79.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+222.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

17.1%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$28M cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Chesapeake Financial Shares grew revenue 80% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
73.4%
Premium pricing power — 73.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
22.7%
Excellent — 22.7% operating margin
ROCE
2.5%
Weak — 2.5% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+35.9%
Fast-growing sales (35.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
+368.9%
Earnings growing fast (368.9% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
0%
Weak — only 0% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.90
Moderate — manageable debt (0.90)
Interest Cover
0.79x
Dangerous — barely covers interest (0.8x)

Interest coverage below 1. Their profits don't cover the interest bill.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
9.0x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 9.0

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward
-0.2
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.86%
no trend
Small dividend — 1.86% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+7.1%
no trend
Dividend growing modestly (7.1% YoY)

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