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EXE · Q2 2025 Earnings

Expand Energy

Reported July 29, 2025

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The inputs provided cannot be synthesized into a single-company brief. The press release is from Expand Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: EXE) reporting Q2 2025 results for a natural gas E&P, while the earnings-call transcript is from Energy Transfer LP's Q2 2025 call (Tom Long, Mackie McCrea; Desert Southwest pipeline, Hugh Brinson, Lake Charles LNG, Permian processing, Bakken, hyperscaler ethane deals). These are unrelated companies in different sub-industries. No headline numbers, KPI table, guidance section, or take can be responsibly produced from mismatched sources. Please re-run synthesis with a matched pair of source documents — either EXE's press release with EXE's transcript, or ET's press release with ET's transcript — and regenerate the brief.

Headline numbers

EPS

Q2 FY2025

$1.10

Revenue

Q2 FY2025

$3.69B

+631.1% YoY

Free cash flow

Q2 FY2025

$0.67B

Operating margin

Q2 FY2025

34.4%

Key financials

Q2 FY2025
MetricQ2 FY2025YoY
Revenue$3.69B+631.1%
EPS$1.10
Operating margin34.4%
Free cash flow$0.67B

Guidance

Prior quarter data unavailable — comparison not possible.

Segment KPIs

Q2 FY2025
SegmentQ2 FY2025
Haynesville Production2,978 MMcf/d
Northeast Appalachia Production2,662 MMcf/d
Southwest Appalachia Production1,562 MMcfe/d

Other KPIs

Q2 FY2025
SegmentQ2 FY2025
Total Production7.20 Bcfe/d
Natural Gas Production Mix92%
Operating Cash Flow$1,322 million
Adjusted EBITDAX$1,176 million
Operating Rigs11 rigs

Management tone

No tone-shift analysis available for this quarter.

Recurring themes management leaned on this quarter:

Natural gas demand acceleration from data centers and power generationStrategic pipeline asset optimization and conversion to fill long-term demandMajor growth project FID with mid-teen returns and contracted demandPermian Basin volume growth from processing plant upgrades and new fractionationVertical integration benefits of owning upstream pipelines to feed LNG exportOrganic growth capital deployment maintaining 3-5% distribution growth floor

Risks management surfaced:

Bakken pipeline volume weakness from competitive displacement via TMX expansion and weather-related defermentsSlower-than-expected dry gas area recoveryLower optimization volatility and spreads in gas and NGL hedging businessesWeaker Permian crude growth year-to-date than forecastedTariff cost volatility impacting Lake Charles LNG EPC contract

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