Common-Size Balance Sheet: Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Quarterly Data
Expand Energy Corp., common-size consolidated balance sheet: liabilities and stockholders’ equity (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31).
The capital structure of the organization underwent significant transformations between March 2021 and March 2025, characterized by a period of aggressive deleveraging followed by a recent increase in total liabilities. Total liabilities peaked in early 2022 at 59.51% of total liabilities and stockholders’ equity before trending downward to a low of 23.79% by June 2024. However, a shift occurred in late 2024, with total liabilities rising back to 38.46% by March 2025.
- Liability Composition and Debt Trends
- Current liabilities exhibited substantial volatility, peaking at 34.26% in September 2021 and declining to a minimum of 6.71% by September 2024. This reduction was primarily driven by the collapse of current derivative liabilities, which fell from a high of 19.85% in March 2022 to near-zero levels throughout 2023 and mid-2024. Long-term debt, excluding current maturities, remained relatively stable between 17% and 21% until March 2023, after which it compressed to approximately 14% for most of 2023 and early 2024, before returning to 18.77% by March 2025.
- Stockholders' Equity and Retained Earnings
- Stockholders' equity demonstrated an inverse relationship with total liabilities, reaching a peak of 76.21% in June 2024. A critical driver of this growth was the trajectory of retained earnings, which transitioned from an accumulated deficit of -7.60% in September 2021 to a peak of 35.12% in March 2024. This suggests a period of strong internal capital generation. A sharp contraction in retained earnings occurred in late 2024, dropping to 12.49% by March 2025, coinciding with a decrease in total equity to 61.54%.
- Operational and Contingent Liabilities
- Accounts payable showed a general downward trend, decreasing from 5.01% in March 2021 to 2.34% by March 2025. Asset retirement obligations remained remarkably stable, hovering between 1.79% and 3.44% over the period. Notably, long-term contract liabilities appeared in the latter part of 2024, representing 4.15% of the total structure by March 2025, indicating a change in the nature of the company's long-term obligations.
The overall financial profile indicates a strategic shift from a highly leveraged position in 2021-2022 toward a more equity-funded structure in 2023-2024. The most recent data from late 2024 and early 2025 suggests a pivot back toward increased borrowing and a reduction in retained equity, shifting the balance of the capital structure once again.
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