Expand Energy Corporation (EXE) Stock

Expand Energy Corporation (EXE) is a Energy stock trading at $96.06 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $22.98B and a trailing P/E of 9.5. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Expand Energy Corporation is an independent exploration and production company in the United States that acquires, explores, and develops oil and natural gas properties to produce oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids from underground reservoirs. It holds onshore unconventional natural gas assets in the Marcellus Shale and the Haynesville/Bossier Shales and, as of December 31, 2023, had interests in about 5,000 natural gas wells.

Understand Expand Energy Corporation: how it makes money

Expand Energy produces oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids from onshore U.S. unconventional reservoir assets (including Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and Haynesville/Bossier Shales in Louisiana), and it also earns revenue from marketing activities by selling these commodities to end users under sales and transportation arrangements.

Earnings are driven by commodity cash flows from unconventional natural gas production, then shaped by realized sales and transportation terms through marketing, with hedging used to reduce exposure over specific future periods.

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Nat gas$3.3B
Marketing$1.2B

Business quality (Strong): Fundamentally production plus marketing exposure, supported by operational resilience indicators and defined hedging coverage, but the profit engine remains sensitive to commodity and sales/transport economics outside the hedged portion.

Valuation: At 7× earnings, EXE trades 62% below the Petroleum & Natural Gas average (17×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Hedging provides some protection: The company reports 59.0 percent "Hedged in 2025" and 47.0 percent "Hedged in 2026," which can help stabilize cash flows versus unhedged exposure.
  • Operational resilience during extreme weather: It reports "Appalachia asset uptime during Winter Storm Fern" of 98.0 percent.

Bear case

  • Hedging coverage is not complete: "Hedged in 2026" is 47.0 percent, implying a larger share of exposure remains unhedged in that period.
  • Revenue is still tied to production performance: The business relies on maintaining volumes, reflected in metrics like "Net production rate" and "Production at year-end exit".
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$96.06
Market Cap$22.98B
P/E Ratio9.5
EV / EBITDA4.2
Price / Book1.18
Price / Sales1.73
FCF Yield22.0%
DCF Value (model)$101.21
DCF Upside vs Price5.4%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$12.12B
Net Margin15.0%
Revenue Growth (YoY)186.3%
EPS Growth (YoY)-268.6%
FCF Growth (YoY)22887.5%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score2.38 (grey)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E9.5
Sector P/E (Energy)16.8
Industry P/E (Petroleum & Natural Gas)16.7
vs Sector-43.5%
vs Industry-43.1%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderVANGUARD GROUP INC ($3.08B)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)7
Company
SectorEnergy
IndustryPetroleum & Natural Gas
CEOMichael A. Wichterich
Employees1,500
CountryUS
IPO Date2021-02-10

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.