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Company snapshot — Expand Energy Corporation

EXE in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Expand Energy explores for and produces natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids across the United States, working through acquisition and development of shale properties. It holds acreage in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, in the Marcellus and Utica Shales across Ohio and West Virginia, and in the Haynesville and Bossier Shales in Louisiana and Texas. The company was known as Chesapeake Energy before it took its current name in October 2024, and it is based in Spring, Texas.
Where it sits in the stack
Expand Energy carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, so it sits outside the diary's AI build-out sleeves; it belongs to the Oil & Gas E&P industry within the broader Energy sector of our coverage universe.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no peer group for this name yet; the comparison the market usually draws is with EQT Corporation as another large Appalachian gas producer.
Why Closelook tracks it
Expand Energy is a constituent of the S&P 500, but it carries no Closelook score and no quotes have run on it in the diary so far.
What the diary watches
Whether natural gas prices firm enough to narrow the gap between the stock's recent weakness and the higher target analysts have set.

Expand Energy Corporation (EXE) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for EXE, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by UBS, 2026-09-14

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for EXE from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target UBS — target 129 from 124 Target raised to $129 from $124 (+36% to spot) 2026-09-14
  • Price target Stifel — target 135 Target set to $135 (+39.7% to spot) 2026-09-09
  • Price target Goldman Sachs — target 113 from 99 Target raised to $113 from $99 (+19.4% to spot) 2026-08-26

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas E&P · United States · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas E&P · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against EXE on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.60%, quarterly · last 0.58 USD on 2026-08-13

Dividends and capital return

What EXE pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.30 USD per share · a 2.60% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year −27.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.19 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.58 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-13
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.58 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.44 USD · 2025: 3.19 USD · 2026: 1.73 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-15

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Expand Energy Corporation (EXE)?

Expand Energy Corporation trades as EXE on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is EXE in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Expand Energy Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does EXE trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -5.5% vs the 50-day and -11.3% vs the 200-day average, 29.4% below the 52-week high and +3.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Expand Energy Corporation do?

Expand Energy explores for and produces natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids across the United States, working through acquisition and development of shale properties. It holds acreage in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, in the Marcellus and Utica Shales across Ohio and West Virginia, and in the Haynesville and Bossier Shales in Louisiana and Texas. The company was known as Chesapeake Energy before it took its current name in October 2024, and it is based in Spring, Texas. The diary holds no peer group for this name yet; the comparison the market usually draws is with EQT Corporation as another large Appalachian gas producer.

Where does Expand Energy Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Expand Energy carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, so it sits outside the diary's AI build-out sleeves; it belongs to the Oil & Gas E&P industry within the broader Energy sector of our coverage universe. Expand Energy is a constituent of the S&P 500, but it carries no Closelook score and no quotes have run on it in the diary so far.

Does Expand Energy Corporation pay a dividend?

Expand Energy Corporation has paid 2.30 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.60% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.58 USD on 2026-08-13. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Expand Energy Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Expand Energy Corporation on the Closelook wire is a price target by UBS on 2026-09-14 (target 129 from 124). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for EXE, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas E&P. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.