CluenexExpand Energy EXE
Expand Energy scores good on business quality (6.2 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What Expand Energy does
Expand Energy explores for and produces natural gas, selling to utilities, industrial users, and marketers to generate primary cash flow. The company is leaning into large-scale production assets to capture market share visible in surging top-line metrics.
- What it does best
Expand Energy drives massive top-line expansion, outperforming peers with revenue growth of 190.5% that lands it in the top decile of its sector. This scale creates operational efficiencies that smaller wildcatters struggle to match.
- The main risk
Commodity price swings threaten cash generation directly, leaving margins vulnerable whenever natural gas spot prices dip below expected production cost thresholds.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin hits 27.7% and FCF margin reaches 18.1%, with profitability expanding as production scales up, making each incremental dollar more efficient.
Low-cost production scale anchors the business, placing gross margins at 74.5% which ranks in the top quartile of its sector, though lack of high switching costs limits the moat score.
Revenue growth surges at 190.5%, placing it in the top decile of its sector and accelerating sharply compared to prior years.
Debt-to-equity sits at 0.3 with interest coverage at 17.3x, leaving debt costs manageable while free cash flow hits $2.5B, getting stronger overall.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Our sealed record on EXE
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
Expand Energy scores good on the Cluenex quality check (6.2 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is fair, moat weak, growth steady and financial health strong.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Nov 3, 2026, after the close.
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Expand Energy (EXE)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/exe/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.