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Expand Energy Corporation

United States · Large Cap · listed since 2021 · Revenue 12 mo. $13.4B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
5.5
of 10 6 of 11 points Medium Match To the score
Price
$84.60
1 Y −33.1%
Market cap
$19.8B
Phase
Mature
core business profitable, revenue barely moving
Revenue +0.6% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 17.5%Payout 13.9% of operating cash flow

Expand Energy Corporation operates as an independent natural gas production company in the United States.

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Expand Energy Corporation operates as an independent natural gas production company in the United States. The company engages in acquisition, exploration, and development of properties to produce oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. It holds interests in the Marcellus Shale in the northern Appalachian Basin in Pennsylvania; the Marcellus and Utica Shales in Ohio and West Virginia; and the Haynesville and Bossier Shales in Louisiana and Texas. Expand Energy Corporation was formerly known as Chesapeake Energy Corporation and changed its name to Expand Energy Corporation in October 2024. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Spring, Texas.

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Summary

Expand Energy Corporation is around the middle of the Energy sector overall

52.7 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The market value is below the value without growth: the price requires no FCF growth.

Required FCF growth per year

no growth

no growth afterwards

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 3.6×, below its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 4.1× to 6.3×, median 4.6×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

No sign supports the expectation, 2 speak against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

No indication in the stored figures.

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Share count rising despite money spent on own shares shares +53.1% year on year
  • Volatile earnings 7 drops or sign changes in up to 10 years

Since the last quarter

Q1 → Q2 2026

Mostly worse than the previous quarter: 5 of 7 changes for the worse.

  • Revenue, 12 mo.$14.1B → $13.4B−5.2%worse
  • FCF, 12 mo.$2.9B → $2.5B−11.2%worse
  • Gross margin53.4% → 63.1%+9.7 ppbetter
  • EBIT margin29.0% → 26.0%−3.0 ppworse
  • FCF margin20.3% → 19.0%−1.3 ppworse
  • Shares outstanding241M → 238M−1.0%better
  • Return on equity16.5% → 14.3%−2.2 ppworse

1 more unchanged: Net debt

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability57.3around the middleEarns about as much as the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity9.79%11.63%Rank 41
Return on capital (Greenblatt)8.36%11.00%Rank 27
EBIT margin17.49%14.02%Rank 59
FCF margin15.79%7.36%Rank 75
Gross margin46.51%23.60%Rank 83
Growth63.7above the middleGrows faster than the sector: Revenue growth, 1 year 175.95%, sector −1.93%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year175.95%−1.93%Rank 97
Earnings growth, 3 years per year−39.29%−10.72%Rank 16
Earnings growth, 5 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank–14.99%
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)23.49%9.68%Rank 78
Valuation75.8above the middleValued lower than the sector: Earnings yield 8.95%, sector 4.80%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield8.95%4.80%Rank 86
FCF yield9.30%5.05%Rank 82
EV/saleslower is better2.052.31Rank 56
EV/EBITlower is better11.7215.16Rank 79
Momentum14.5below the middleShare price doing worse than the sector: Share price, 1 year −33.13%, sector 14.27%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year−33.13%14.27%Rank 6
Share price, 6 months−11.34%−0.91%Rank 18
Share price, 3 months−3.74%2.95%Rank 22
Distance from 52-week high−31.16%−17.83%Rank 13
Quality29.2below the middleQuality below the sector: Change in share count 53.11%, sector −0.04%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better0.01%0.88%Rank 55
Change in share countlower is better53.11%−0.04%Rank 2
Dividend streak in years13Rank 41
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted−3.45%0.36%Rank 19
Balance sheet & risk76.0above the middleLess risk than the sector: Equity ratio 65.68%, sector 41.22%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio65.68%41.22%Rank 89
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better0.751.33Rank 75
Debt to equitylower is better0.270.69Rank 83
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better30.34%31.61%Rank 57

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $7.9B (2016) to $11.6B (2025), 4.4% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCFSharesNet debt, $B
20167.9−56.0%−$2.3B3.82M9.6
20179.5−1.5%−$1.7B4.53M10.0
201810.23.7%−$267.0M4.55M7.7
20198.5−0.4%−$640.0M8.32M9.5
20205.2−167.0%$22.0M9.77M1.7
20217.331.8%$1.1B118M1.4
202211.433.0%$2.3B146M3.1
20237.840.4%$551.0M143M1.0
20244.2−19.0%$8.0M157M5.5
202511.617.5%$1.8B240M4.4
5.5 / 10Medium MatchStockScorer score6 of 11 points

3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Expand Energy Corporation mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

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How Expand Energy Corporation's score is built

Expand Energy Corporation is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

3 of 7 rules met

6 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector mediannot met0 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%met2 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.not met0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does Expand Energy Corporation stock perform across 18 strategies?

Excerpt from 18 strategies checked. The full evaluation is visible after a free sign-up.

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  • Moat Quality
  • Dividend Quality: 4 Factors
  • Earnings Quality: Accrual Check (Sloan)
  • Defensive: Low Volatility
  • Altman Z-Score: Stress Test
  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • Balanced GARP
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • PEG Strategy (inspired by Peter Lynch)
  • Growth Momentum (CAN SLIM principle)

Expand Energy Corporation key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Expand Energy Corporation.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio11.220.0
P/B ratio1.12.3
Return on equity (ROE)9.8%11.6%
Equity ratio65.7%41.2%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.270.69
Dividend yield2.7%3.5%

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Frequently asked questions about Expand Energy Corporation stock

How does Expand Energy Corporation stock (EXE) score in the StockScorer model?
Expand Energy Corporation stock reaches a StockScorer score of 5.5 out of 10, which is a medium match with the rule-based strategies. 3 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What is Expand Energy Corporation's P/E ratio?
Expand Energy Corporation's P/E ratio is 11.2. The Energy sector median is 20.0.
What sector is Expand Energy Corporation in?
Expand Energy Corporation is assigned to the Energy sector. Its rank within the sector is 52.7 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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