Expand Energy Q3 2026: adjusted EPS beats, cash returns stay heavy
Expand Energy beat the $1.28 consensus EPS with $1.46 of adjusted profit, but the cleaner story is cash: $339 million of free cash flow and $437 million returned to owners. Read the GAAP $2.24 with care — $464 million of derivative gains and $153 million of unrealized hedging marks sit inside it. The quarter was solid, not spectacular: revenue rose 10.8% while operating income fell to $640 million from $725 million.
1 · Expected vs. Actual
Free preview belowGAAP diluted EPS of $2.24 beat the $1.28 consensus, but $0.66 per share of that came from unrealized hedging gains. Adjusted EPS of $1.46 still cleared consensus by roughly 14.1%, which is a real beat. It was below the $2.28 earned a year ago, so the underlying trend is flat to slightly down.
Revenue of $3.29 billion rose 10.8% from $2.97 billion a year earlier, helped by marketing revenue of $927 million versus $666 million. The catch is that $464 million of the total was derivative gains, while gas, oil and NGL sales were essentially flat at $1.88 billion. The top line grew; the production business did not.
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Figures on this page come from the company's original SEC filings. The analysis is generated automatically and checked against validation rules, but may still contain errors or omissions. Not investment advice. · Generated 2026-11-03
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