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Natural Gas Distribution: capital spending and supply chain

SIC 4924 · 13 companies with filed cash-flow statements

Capital spending, 12 months$28.3B
Operating cash flow$28.0B
Capex / cash flow101%
Capex / revenue30.4%
Top 3 share75%

Analysis

13 companies in Natural Gas Distribution (SIC 4924) spent $28.3B on capital projects over their latest twelve months, 101% of the $28.0B their operations generated; the three largest spenders — VG, ATO, LNG — account for 75%.

Capital spending is 30.4% of the industry's $93.4B of annual revenue.

By the industry's asset mix most of it goes to equipment (43%); about $4.4B is imported.

The largest supplier of that spending is power and communication structures ($8.6B).

Its largest supplying industries, by the input-output tables: monetary authorities and depository credit intermediation ($3.8B), imports ($2.6B), oil and gas extraction ($2.5B).

Charts

Natural Gas Distribution: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsNatural Gas Distribution: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsVG$13.8BATO$4.0BLNG$3.4BCheniere Corpus Christi Holdings,…$2.6BNFG$1.1BSR$838MMDU$749MCQP$549MNWN$508MEE$347MNFE$233MSabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC$228M
Filed cash-flow statements (SEC XBRL).
Natural Gas Distribution: what the capital spending buys (US part)Natural Gas Distribution: what the capital spending buys (US part)Other$2.6BStructures$9.0BEquipment$10.8BSoftware$2.4B
Capital spending × the industry’s asset mix (BEA fixed assets): grade C, an industry average applied to filed figures.
Natural Gas Distribution: the industries that build and sell what it buysNatural Gas Distribution: the industries that build and sell what it buysPower and communication structures$8.6BMining and oil and gas field mach…$3.6BPower, distribution, and specialt…$1.6BSoftware publishers$1.3BSwitchgear and switchboard appara…$1.1BRelay and industrial control manu…$490MCustom computer programming servi…$484MOffice and commercial structures$452MComputer systems design services$429MOther support activities for mini…$401M
BEA fixed assets: investment by asset type → supplying industry. Estimates (grade C).
Natural Gas Distribution: its first-tier supplying industriesNatural Gas Distribution: its first-tier supplying industriesMonetary authorities and deposito…$3.8BImports$2.6BOil and gas extraction$2.5BEmployment services$2.1BOther real estate$1.7BPipeline transportation$1.6BWholesale electronic markets and …$1.4BAccounting, tax preparation, book…$1.3BArchitectural, engineering, and r…$1.1BLegal services$916M
Purchased inputs × the industry’s input mix (BEA Use table), US part: grade C.
Natural Gas Distribution: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Natural Gas Distribution: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Operating cash flow$29.2BCapital spending−$28.3BOther financing (in)$23.2BNet debt repaid−$15.9BNet borrowing$7.0BOther financing (out)−$4.2BCash added to the balance she…−$4.1BBuybacks−$2.9BAcquisitions−$2.5BDividends−$1.9BShares issued$1.3BOther investing (out)−$895MPaid to partners−$797MCash drawn from the balance s…$676M
The companies’ cash-flow statements, latest four quarters or fiscal year: every figure filed (grade A).

Capital spending by company

CompanyCapital spendingOperating cash flowCapex / OCFPeriod
VG Venture Global$13.8B$6.8B202%TTM to Q2 2026
ATO Atmos Energy$4.0B$2.0B200%TTM to Q3 FY26
LNG Cheniere Energy$3.4B$7.2B47%TTM to Q3 2026
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC$2.6B$2.8B94%TTM to Q3 2026
NFG National Fuel Gas$1.1B$1.3B83%TTM to Q3 FY26
SR Spire$838M$616M136%TTM to Q2 FY26
MDU MDU Resources Group$749M$428M175%TTM to Q3 2026
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.$549M$3.4B16%TTM to Q3 2026
NWN Northwest Natural Holding$508M$216M235%TTM to Q3 2026
EE Excelerate Energy$347M$359M97%TTM to Q3 2026
NFE New Fortress Energy$233M−$525M—TTM to Q2 2026
Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC$228M$3.4B7%TTM to Q3 2026
SLNG Stabilis Solutions$14.7M$24.0M61%TTM to Q3 2026

Customers and suppliers named in annual reports

SupplierCustomerShare of supplier revenueEvidenceSource
CRKVG18%Stated in 10-K (sentence)filing
MDUECG—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing
CVXNFG—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing
DTENFG—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing
COPATO—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing
SRSpire Alabama Inc—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing

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Evidence grades: A filed figure · B computed from filed figures · C industry average (BEA input-output and fixed-asset tables) applied to filed figures. Estimates are not the companies’ own records. Not investment advice.