Quarterly operating margins of 31.8% in 2026Q3 against a 4.8% net margin suggest substantial non-operating drag is absorbing much of the operating strength before it reaches shareholders.
Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE) annual income statement — 7-year revenue, gross profit & net income history
| Metric | TTM | Dec'25 | Dec'24 | Dec'23 | Dec'22 | Dec'21 | Dec'20 | Dec'19 |
|---|
| Revenue | 1.38B | 1.23B | 851.44M | 1.16B | 2.47B | 888.55M | 430.84M | 544.4M |
| Revenue Growth % | 16.22% | 44.26% | -26.53% | -53.13% | 178.31% | 106.24% | -20.86% | - |
| Cost of Revenue | 772.04M | 832.85M | 443.36M | 746.56M | 2.21B | 688.15M | 254.65M | 334.93M |
| Gross Profit | 605.45M | 395.41M | 408.08M | 412.4M | 259.68M | 200.41M | 176.2M | 209.47M |
| Gross Margin % | 43.95% | 32.19% | 47.93% | 35.58% | 10.5% | 22.55% | 40.9% | 38.48% |
| Gross Profit Growth % | - | -3.11% | -1.05% | 58.81% | 29.58% | 13.74% | -15.89% | - |
| Operating Expenses | 276.99M | 94.49M | 193.09M | 201.8M | 73M | 61.06M | 42.94M | 35.51M |
| Other Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| EBITDA | 477.72M | 430.41M | 313.93M | 339.59M | 315.7M | 267.75M | 249.8M | 276.63M |
| EBITDA Margin % | 34.68% | 35.04% | 36.87% | 29.3% | 12.77% | 30.13% | 57.98% | 50.81% |
| EBITDA Growth % | 29.8% | 37.1% | -7.56% | 7.57% | 17.91% | 7.18% | -9.7% | - |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 149.26M | 129.49M | 98.94M | 128.99M | 129.01M | 128.4M | 116.55M | 102.67M |
| D&A / Revenue % | 10.84% | 10.54% | 11.62% | 11.13% | 5.22% | 14.45% | 27.05% | 18.86% |
| Operating Income (EBIT) | 328.46M | 300.92M | 215M | 210.6M | 186.69M | 139.34M | 133.26M | 173.97M |
| Operating Margin % | 23.84% | 24.5% | 25.25% | 18.17% | 7.55% | 15.68% | 30.93% | 31.96% |
| Operating Income Growth % | - | 39.97% | 2.08% | 12.81% | 33.97% | 4.57% | -23.4% | - |
| Interest Expense | 4M | 94.14M | 61.02M | 67M | 59.54M | 80.81M | 89.43M | 101.87M |
| Interest Coverage | - | 3.07x | 3.94x | 3.39x | 2.82x | 1.77x | 1.52x | 1.61x |
| Interest / Revenue % | 0.29% | 7.66% | 7.17% | 5.78% | 2.41% | 9.09% | 20.76% | 18.71% |
| Non-Operating Income | -4M | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K | -1000K |
| Pretax Income | 232.68M | 194.91M | 179.13M | 160.09M | 108.32M | 62.36M | 46.83M | 61.97M |
| Pretax Margin % | 16.89% | 15.87% | 21.04% | 13.81% | 4.38% | 7.02% | 10.87% | 11.38% |
| Income Tax | 33.54M | 27.89M | 26.1M | 33.25M | 28.33M | 21.17M | 13.94M | 13.72M |
| Effective Tax Rate % | 14.41% | 14.31% | 14.57% | 20.77% | 26.15% | 33.95% | 29.76% | 22.14% |
| Net Income | 47.76M | 39.2M | 32.88M | 30.41M | 26.27M | 41.12M | 38.75M | 54.83M |
| Net Margin % | 3.47% | 3.19% | 3.86% | 2.62% | 1.06% | 4.63% | 8.99% | 10.07% |
| Net Income Growth % | -39.21% | 19.23% | 8.11% | 15.75% | -36.1% | 6.1% | -29.32% | - |
| EPS (Diluted) | 1.48 | 1.28 | 1.27 | 1.16 | 3.05 | 1.72 | 1.59 | 2.25 |
| EPS Growth % | 1.39% | 0.79% | 9.48% | -61.97% | 77.33% | 8.18% | -29.33% | - |
| EPS (Basic) | - | 1.31 | 1.29 | 1.16 | 3.05 | 1.72 | 1.59 | 2.25 |
| Diluted Shares Outstanding | 32.22M | 30.62M | 25.84M | 26.26M | 26.26M | 23.85M | 24.38M | 24.38M |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying EE stock.
For fiscal year 2025, Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE) reported total revenue of $1.23B. This represents a 125.6% increase compared to $544.4M in 2019.
Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE) is profitable, generating $39.2M in net income for the fiscal year ending 2025 with a net profit margin of 3.2%.
Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE) reported an operating income of $300.9M, resulting in an operating profit margin of 24.5%. This margin reflects the operational efficiency of the business before interest and taxes.
Excelerate Energy, Inc. (EE) generated $395.4M in gross profit for the year, representing a gross profit margin of 32.2%. This demonstrates the company's core pricing power and production efficiency.
Key Metrics
Top Statement Risk
Non-operating earnings drag
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Volatile Revenue Lacks Regulated Smoothness
Quarterly revenue swung between $193.4M and $433.4M over the ten reported quarters, with the latest quarter at $297.2M representing a 24.0% decline, which suggests top-line results here are driven by LNG commodity throughput rather than the stable rate-base recovery typical of regulated utilities.
Because Excelerate operates under contract-based FSRU and LNG sales arrangements rather than rate cases, the wide revenue range is best read as volume and cargo-timing sensitivity. The sharp swing between quarters suggests that reported top-line growth may not be a reliable proxy for durable earnings power. Investors should monitor whether contracted infrastructure revenue is stable enough to offset the commodity-linked variability.
Operating Strength Masked by Net Drag
Based on EE's reported figures, the latest quarter shows a 31.8% operating margin against only a 4.8% net margin, a gap that appears to reflect substantial non-operating charges, and the ROE of 1.9% suggests much of that operating strength is not reaching shareholders.
The persistent spread between operating and net margins across recent quarters indicates that interest, taxes, or minority interest leakage may be absorbing most of the operating profit. Net income of $14.2M on $297.2M of revenue points to a thin conversion of operating earnings into shareholder value. This warrants further investigation into the drivers of the non-operating drag before treating operating margin as representative of earnings quality.
Commodity Pass-Through Inflates Reported Revenue
Reported gross margin of 32.19% and the strong revenue growth of 44.26% year over year likely include LNG pass-through sales, which may inflate headline revenue without adding proportional earnings power.
Where LNG is purchased and resold, revenue and cost of goods rise together, so top-line expansion can overstate the economic contribution of the infrastructure business. The gap between gross and net margins implies that a meaningful share of the value chain sits outside the operating line. Investors should separate infrastructure fee income from commodity resale when assessing sustainable profitability.
Fleet Expansion Earnings Conversion Unproven
Trailing ROE of 1.9% and a 3.19% net margin suggest that incremental capital deployed into the FSRU fleet has not yet produced meaningful shareholder returns based on the supplied figures.
Infrastructure investment typically lags earnings recognition, so low current returns may reflect assets still ramping toward contracted utilization. However, the data does not show a clear link between capital spending and EPS acceleration, which limits confidence in near-term conversion. Monitoring utilization and contract commencement will be necessary to judge whether capital deployment is compounding earnings.
Quarterly Beats Obscure Erratic Trajectory
While the latest quarter delivered EPS of $0.44 against an estimate of $0.43, the 24.0% sequential revenue decline and mixed guidance tone suggest the record-earnings framing may rest on a narrow and unstable base.
A one-cent beat on an EPS base of this size does not establish a durable trend, and the prior quarter's guidance raise was not clearly reaffirmed in the available data. Combined with the persistent gap between operating and net margins, the evidence points to an earnings profile that remains dependent on timing and non-operating items. Investors should weigh whether the operating momentum is repeatable before extrapolating recent results.