** Shares of Chesapeake Energy Corp CHK.O down 2.5% at
$78.05, ahead of results
** Oil and gas producer expected to post adj. EPS of $2.99 -
Refinitiv
** Co's EPS has topped est. for last three quarters
** Street expects CHK to post Q4 rev of $1.85 bln; co posted
revenue of $3.09 bln in Q4 2021
** Last month, co agreed to sell part of its operations in
south Texas to private equity-owned WildFire Energy for $1.43
bln in cash urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N34324B
** 15 of 18 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher and
three "hold"; their median PT is $125.5
** CHK shares down 2.6% YTD
(Reporting by Ankit Kumar in Bengaluru)
((Ankit.Kumar2@thomsonreuters.com))