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Venture Global

VG
60
Oil & Gas Midstream · Energy
Winston Score
60
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Venture Global is an American energy company that takes natural gas and turns it into liquefied natural gas, or LNG. LNG is gas that has been super-cooled into liquid form so it can be loaded onto ships and sent to customers overseas. The company operates large export terminals on the US Gulf Coast and sells primarily to energy companies and utilities in Europe and Asia.

Venture Global makes money by signing long-term contracts with buyers who pay for LNG over many years, giving the business relatively predictable revenue. It is one of the newer and faster-growing LNG exporters in the United States, with multiple terminal projects either operating or under construction. The company's main competitive edge is its low-cost liquefaction technology, but its biggest risk is the long timeline and massive capital cost required to build and expand LNG terminals, which leaves it carrying significant debt while projects ramp up.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+58.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong revenue growth

EPS Growth

+25.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

Insider Activity

79.4%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~4 months

$3.3B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Strong grower

Venture Global is growing revenue at 59% year-over-year. The Winston Score penalises unprofitable companies, but revenue at this pace tells a different story — this is a company still in "build mode."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
35.0%
Modest — 35.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
25.9%
Excellent — 25.9% operating margin
ROCE
2.6%
Weak — 2.6% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+139.8%
Fast-growing sales (139.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
+90.2%
Earnings growing fast (90.2% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
233%
Turns 233% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
-44.4%
Burning cash (-44.4%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
4.14
Heavy debt load (4.14)
Interest Cover
3.25x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.2x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
13.3x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 13.3

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
+4.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (13.3 → 9.3)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.63%
no trend
Small dividend — 0.63% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
N/A
no trend
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