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Exterran Corporation
~5 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
Exterran Corporation. What it actually does.

Provides compression services for natural gas. Offers processing and treating solutions for crude oil and natural gas. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 2015
2,800 employees
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
77%Contract Operations
Contract OperationsProduct Sales 17%Aftermarket Services 6%
77% of all revenue comes from a single line: Contract Operations.

That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.

Revenue last year:
$630.2M
The loss that same year:
$110.9M
For every $1 it earns, the company spends $1.2.

The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.

THE SALES TREND
Sales have been shrinking.

An average decline of 15% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.

$1.2B
2017
2018
2019
2020
$630.2M
2021
In the vault right now:
$56.3M
DEBT: $603.5M
At this pace, that money lasts less than a year.

Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.

Every quarter, analysts set a profit bar.
How many of the last 8 did the company clear?
3 / 8
EXPECTATIONS MET OR BEATEN
3
Nov 2020
Aug 2022
3 TIMES IN THE LAST 8 QUARTERS
It misses the bar more often than not.
THE COUNCIL REVIEW
9

angles, checked one by one.

The 3 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.

The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.

WEAK SPOTS
The stock has lost its spark0/10
Thin profit on each sale3/10
Sales are shrinking4/10
WORTH WATCHING

Profit per Sale: The profit kept from each sale is thin.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
Below the peak, but no collapse.

The stock trades 40% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.

1
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/1
Sales are holding up

The company sells $630.2M a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.

1
THE RISKS · 1/2
The losses continue

A loss of $110.9M against $630.2M in annual sales.

2
THE RISKS · 2/2
The cash has a countdown

At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts less than a year. After that, the company needs to find new money.

FINALE · THE GRADE
grade pending

We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.

One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.

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Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 11, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film