Expand Energy Corporation

XTRA:CS1 Stock Report

Market Cap: €18.3b

Expand Energy Valuation

Is CS1 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of CS1 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: CS1 (€76.57) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (€221.57)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: CS1 is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CS1?

Key metric: As CS1 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CS1. This is calculated by dividing CS1's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CS1's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio6.5x
EarningsUS$3.23b
Market CapUS$20.92b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CS1's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CS1 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.5x
DR0 Deutsche Rohstoff
3.3x-29.91%€417.2m
TPL Texas Pacific Land
48.6x15.50%US$24.5b
TATN PJSC Tatneft
4.6xn/a₽915.4b
PTTEP PTT Exploration and Production
9.4x4.18%฿534.0b
CS1 Expand Energy
6.5x-9.40%€20.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CS1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.5x) compared to the peer average (20.5x).


Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CS1's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Oil and Gas Industry?

11 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CS1 6.5xIndustry Avg. 15.0xNo. of Companies13PE0816243240+
11 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CS1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.5x) compared to the European Oil and Gas industry average (15.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CS1's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CS1 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio6.5x
Fair PE Ratio22x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CS1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (6.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CS1 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€76.57
€111.86
+46.08%
12.10%€137.84€86.15n/a25
Jun ’27€79.71
€111.85
+40.32%
12.01%€137.62€86.01n/a25
May ’27n/a
€113.00
0%
12.37%€140.79€85.33n/a26
Apr ’27€97.92
€114.98
+17.42%
11.71%€144.49€74.41n/a27
Mar ’27€91.64
€110.44
+20.52%
11.09%€128.74€72.84n/a28
Feb ’27€94.80
€110.46
+16.52%
11.41%€128.17€72.52n/a28
Jan ’27€96.20
€113.63
+18.12%
11.79%€137.78€73.14n/a28
Dec ’26€104.75
€112.69
+7.58%
11.39%€139.55€74.08n/a28
Nov ’26€86.76
€112.56
+29.74%
11.11%€140.54€74.61n/a28
Oct ’26€93.74
€109.40
+16.70%
12.49%€131.24€70.73n/a27
Sep ’26n/a
€114.36
0%
11.79%€145.50€83.88n/a26
Aug ’26n/a
€115.47
0%
10.43%€146.81€93.27n/a27
Jul ’26n/a
€111.24
0%
10.53%€144.19€89.06n/a27
Jun ’26n/a
€112.81
0%
10.52%€149.74€92.48€79.7127
May ’26n/a
€109.18
0%
10.52%€150.57€88.57n/a26
Apr ’26n/a
€115.22
0%
15.18%€157.57€78.79€97.9226
Mar ’26n/a
€115.55
0%
11.65%€144.63€87.74€91.6425
Feb ’26n/a
€112.56
0%
12.24%€140.85€82.96€94.8025
Jan ’26n/a
€103.39
0%
10.36%€123.00€82.64€96.2020
Dec ’25n/a
€99.81
0%
10.24%€121.96€81.94€104.7520
Nov ’25n/a
€93.22
0%
11.67%€118.12€76.59€86.7620
Oct ’25n/a
€86.56
0%
11.84%€108.41€70.47€93.7419
Sep ’25n/a
€92.85
0%
9.05%€106.16€80.07n/a17
Aug ’25n/a
€97.10
0%
7.81%€109.15€86.03n/a17
Jul ’25n/a
€98.33
0%
7.37%€109.32€86.90n/a15
Jun ’25n/a
€97.16
0%
7.09%€108.04€85.88n/a16
€113.67
Fair Value
32.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
25
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/18 08:26
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/18 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Expand Energy Corporation is covered by 49 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
Michael HallBaird
Jeffrey RobertsonBarclays