Debt-to-equity rising to 0.59 from 0.35 over five quarters, with total debt near $1.4B, suggests equity is growing too slowly to keep pace with the expanding $4.2B asset base.
Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE) balance sheet — 7-year assets, liabilities & shareholders' equity history
| Metric | TTM | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 |
|---|
| Total Assets | 4.17B | 4.13B | 2.88B | 2.86B | 2.87B | 2.5B | 2.26B | 2.13B |
| Asset Growth % | 90.72% | 43.29% | 0.8% | -0.22% | 14.64% | 10.86% | 5.69% | - |
| PP&E (Net) | 2.52B | 2.3B | 1.62B | 1.65B | 1.53B | 1.54B | 1.62B | 1.56B |
| PP&E / Total Assets % | 60.35% | 55.65% | 56.29% | 57.68% | 53.52% | 61.56% | 71.65% | 73.13% |
| Total Current Assets | 617.99M | 753.37M | 754.28M | 699.61M | 823.53M | 490.39M | 167.77M | 99.62M |
| Cash & Equivalents | 356.74M | 541.47M | 537.52M | 555.85M | 516.66M | 72.79M | 90.24M | 56.32M |
| Receivables | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K |
| Inventory | 0 | 27.07M | 23.93M | 2.95M | 173.6M | 105.02M | 22.35M | 5.24M |
| Other Current Assets | 173.34M | 4.63M | 2.61M | 2.65M | 2.61M | 2.5M | 8.02M | 0 |
| Long-Term Investments | 1.07B | 337.94M | 396.11M | 404.82M | 424.09M | 434.96M | 16.33M | 467.8M |
| Goodwill | 235.19M | 234.99M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intangible Assets | 347.49M | 359.22M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Assets | 413.78M | 121.48M | 82.37M | 63.22M | 45.04M | 35.05M | 455.48M | 5.97M |
| Total Liabilities | 1.86B | 1.9B | 994.71M | 1.05B | 1.17B | 1.5B | 1.48B | 1.39B |
| Total Debt | 1.38B | 1.43B | 697.38M | 769.64M | 715.88M | 1.02B | 1.35B | 1.26B |
| Net Debt | 1.02B | 889.43M | 159.86M | 213.79M | 199.23M | 945.37M | 1.26B | 1.2B |
| Long-Term Debt | 1.04B | 1.06B | 448.71M | 505.06M | 374.17M | 405.59M | 661.57M | 626.27M |
| Short-Term Borrowings | 35.32M | 83.33M | 55.74M | 50.95M | 28.57M | 26.14M | 35.55M | 92.05M |
| Capital Lease Obligations | 1.11B | 283.35M | 192.93M | 213.63M | 313.14M | 586.43M | 650.58M | 540.24M |
| Total Current Liabilities | 316.95M | 310.06M | 216.1M | 203.76M | 391.51M | 520.16M | 192.18M | 158.59M |
| Accounts Payable | 15.06M | 46.57M | 7.13M | 13.76M | 96.82M | 311.59M | 7.12M | 6.16M |
| Accrued Expenses | 232.27M | 26.84M | 66.91M | 81.98M | 55.09M | 67.55M | 49.52M | 5.47M |
| Deferred Revenue | 37.3M | 57.13M | 58.19M | 27.17M | 144.81M | 9.65M | 0 | 9.93M |
| Other Current Liabilities | 0 | 96.19M | 3.12M | 6.07M | 3.7M | 12.47M | 26.09M | 44.97M |
| Deferred Taxes | 263.16M | 1000K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Liabilities | 157.63M | 150.9M | 134.27M | 123.3M | 112.77M | 37.93M | 54.14M | 59.08M |
| Total Equity | 2.32B | 2.23B | 1.89B | 1.81B | 1.7B | 1B | 771.16M | 745.29M |
| Equity Growth % | 46.04% | 18.03% | 4.37% | 6.64% | 69.01% | 30.18% | 3.47% | - |
| Shareholders Equity | 693.55M | 682.48M | 487.99M | 505.45M | 477.35M | 1.12B | 887.14M | 854.22M |
| Minority Interest | 1.62B | 1.55B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.22B | -115.91M | -115.98M | -108.93M |
| Common Stock | 117K | 117K | 108K | 108K | 108K | 1.14B | 902.1M | 863.75M |
| Additional Paid-in Capital | 663.73M | 634.81M | 467.43M | 465.55M | 464.72M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Retained Earnings | 132.92M | 102.64M | 72.32M | 39.75M | 12.01M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Accumulated OCI | 798K | -112K | 502K | 505K | 515K | -15.94M | -14.96M | -9.53M |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 1.15% | 1.12% | 1.14% | 1.06% | 0.98% | 1.73% | 1.77% | 2.57% |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 2.11% | 1.9% | 1.78% | 1.73% | 1.95% | 4.63% | 5.11% | 7.36% |
| Debt / Equity | 0.59x | 0.64x | 0.37x | 0.43x | 0.42x | 1.01x | 1.75x | 1.69x |
| Debt / Assets | 32.95% | 34.63% | 24.19% | 26.91% | 24.97% | 40.71% | 59.75% | 58.97% |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | 2.13x | 2.07x | 0.51x | 0.63x | 0.63x | 3.53x | 5.03x | 4.35x |
| Book Value per Share | 71.92 | 72.79 | 73.07 | 68.91 | 64.61 | 42.09 | 31.63 | 30.57 |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying EE stock.
As of 2025, Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE) had total assets of $4.13B including $753.4M in current assets.
Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE) carries total debt of $1.43B. Comparing total debt to cash helps evaluate the company's debt burden and net leverage.
Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE) has total shareholders' equity (book value) of $682.5M ($72.79 book value per share). Book value represents the net worth of the company belonging to common stock holders.
Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE) reported a current ratio of 2.43x. A current ratio above 1.0x indicates that the company has more current assets than current liabilities, suggesting sufficient short-term liquidity.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Non-operating drag on equity returns
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Asset Base Step-Up Not Yet Compounding Equity
Based on EE's reported figures, total assets rose from $2.9B to $4.2B across the ten quarters while equity grew only from $499.0M to $693.6M, suggesting fleet additions are being funded more by liabilities than retained earnings.
The jump in total assets during 2025Q2 coincided with a near-doubling of PPE net from $1.6B to $2.5B, which is consistent with a large FSRU capital deployment. Equity has advanced far more slowly, and the trailing ROE of 0.6% to 0.6% implies that the incremental asset base is generating little shareholder return on the supplied figures. Investors should monitor whether the asset build translates into earnings power or remains an unrecovered investment.
Leverage Ratio Rising Despite Lower Debt Load
EE's debt-to-equity ratio climbed from 0.35 to 0.59 over the last five quarters, as reported in financial statements, even though total debt stayed near $1.4B, indicating that equity dilution through earnings stagnation is driving the leverage optics.
Total debt has been roughly flat at $1.4B since 2025Q1, so the rise in D/E is primarily a function of a slower-growing equity base rather than new borrowing. Equity-to-assets fell from 0.66 to 0.56, which suggests the balance sheet is becoming more reliant on debt-funded assets. Because the supplied data does not include regulatory or contractual covenant parameters, the implications for financing headroom warrant further investigation.
Cash Buffer Thins as Fleet Spending Continues
According to recent SEC filings, cash fell from $663.9M in 2025Q1 to $356.7M in 2026Q3, while the current ratio stayed between 1.80 and 3.49, suggesting near-term liquidity remains adequate even as the cash cushion narrows.
The reduction in cash coincides with the heavy capex period, with quarterly capital outlays ranging widely and peaking near $1.1B in 2025Q2. A current ratio above 1.8 throughout the period indicates short-term obligations are covered, but the trend in cash balances may indicate that internal reserves are being drawn down to support expansion. Investors should watch whether cash stabilizes or continues to decline as deployment proceeds.
Equity Quality Weakened by Thin Returns
Based on EE's reported figures, ROE has remained near 0.2% to 0.6% in most recent quarters, with the 2.6% reading in 2025Q1 appearing as an outlier, suggesting the equity base is growing without commensurate earnings contribution.
Book equity expanded modestly from $499.0M to $693.6M, but returns on that equity have been persistently low relative to the operating margin of roughly 24.5%. The gap between operating strength and shareholder return points to non-operating charges absorbing much of the profit, a pattern that appears consistent with the earlier income statement findings. Whether this drag is structural or temporary cannot be determined from the supplied data.
Asset Growth Could Mask Impairment Risk
As reported in financial statements, PPE net nearly doubled to $2.5B, yet equity growth has been modest, which may suggest that a portion of the fleet investment carries returns below book value expectations if deployment or contract renewals underperform.
If the newly added FSRU assets generate cash flows below their carrying values, the current equity base could face write-down pressure that the reported ratios do not yet reflect. The combination of a 0.56 equity-to-assets ratio and minimal ROE leaves limited cushion for impairments. This is an analytical inference from reported figures rather than an established outcome, and it warrants monitoring of contract-level economics and any impairment disclosures.