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230. Chesapeake Energy
Chesapeake Energy
Get Quote: CHK
Financials: Latest Results
Rank: 230 (Previous rank: 324)
Compare tool: Chesapeake Energy vs. Top 10
CEO: Aubrey K. McClendon
Address: 6100 N. Western Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Phone: 405-848-8000
Website: www.chk.com
  $ millions % change from 2007
Revenues 11,629.0 49.1
Profits 723.0 -50.2
Assets 38,444.0 —
Stockholders' equity 16,297.0 —
Market value (3/27/2009) 11,452.9 —
Profits as % of  
Revenues 6.2
Assets 1.9
Stockholders' equity 4.4
Earnings per share  
2008 $ 1.14
% change from 2007 -56.5
1998-2008 annual growth rate % N.A.
Total return to investors %
2008 -58.4
1998-2008 annual rate 33.8
Rank Company 500
rank		 Revenues
($ millions)
1 Occidental Petroleum 98 24,480.0
2 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold 146 17,796.0
3 Anadarko Petroleum 162 15,723.0
4 Devon Energy 163 15,560.0
5 Apache 217 12,389.8
6 Chesapeake Energy 230 11,629.0
7 XTO Energy 330 7,695.0
8 EOG Resources 350 7,127.1
9 Peabody Energy 353 7,074.0
10 Newmont Mining 400 6,199.0
11 MDU Resources Group 473 5,003.3
12 Consol Energy 497 4,652.4
13 Noble Energy 564 3,901.0
14 Cliffs Natural Resources 599 3,609.1
15 Massey Energy 689 2,989.8
16 Arch Coal 692 2,983.8
17 Alpha Natural Resources 762 2,561.0
18 Plains Exploration and Production 802 2,403.5
19 Pioneer Natural Resources 814 2,340.1
20 Southwestern Energy 819 2,311.6
21 Newfield Exploration 838 2,225.0
22 Cimarex Energy 908 1,970.3
Issue date: May 4, 2009
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