Swiftmerge Acquisition (NASDAQ:IVCP) & Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) Financial Survey

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) and Swiftmerge Acquisition (NASDAQ:IVCP) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Chesapeake Energy and Swiftmerge Acquisition, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chesapeake Energy	0	4	12	2	2.89
Swiftmerge Acquisition	0	0	0	0	0.00

Chesapeake Energy currently has a consensus target price of $122.35, indicating a potential upside of 22.34%. Given Chesapeake Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Chesapeake Energy is more favorable than Swiftmerge Acquisition.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Swiftmerge Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 58.0% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 42.9% of Swiftmerge Acquisition shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Swiftmerge Acquisition has a beta of 0.03, meaning that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Chesapeake Energy and Swiftmerge Acquisition”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chesapeake Energy	$4.22 billion	5.51	$2.42 billion	($4.12)	-24.27
Swiftmerge Acquisition	N/A	N/A	$3.42 million	($0.02)	-406.00

Chesapeake Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Swiftmerge Acquisition. Swiftmerge Acquisition is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chesapeake Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Chesapeake Energy and Swiftmerge Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chesapeake Energy	6.07%	2.74%	2.08%
Swiftmerge Acquisition	N/A	-11.71%	-0.23%

Summary

Chesapeake Energy beats Swiftmerge Acquisition on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Chesapeake Energy

Expand Energy Corporation is an independent natural gas producer principally in the United States. Expand Energy Corporation, formerly known as Chesapeake Energy Corporation, is based in OKLAHOMA CITY.

About Swiftmerge Acquisition

Swiftmerge Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in West Vancouver, Canada.