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NextDecade Corp is building a $1.18 billion liquefied natural gas terminal called Rio Grande LNG, a project that promises ‘reliable, cost-effective and sustainable’ lower-carbon energy and ‘maximising shareholder value’ according to the company’s own website. The trouble is, the latest SEC filing shows the terminal is still a hole in the ground, not a revenue machine. The 10-Q for the quarter ending 31 March 2026 records $0 in revenue, a net loss of $195.0 million, and operating cash outflows of $110.8 million. (source: SEC EDGAR 10-Q, period ending 2026-03-31, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000161272026000039/next-20260617.htm)

NextDecade is not a utility or an integrated energy major; it is a single-asset story dressed in a growth narrative. The company’s public materials lean heavily on contractor inquiry forms, project videos, and a rewritten incentive plan to keep the faith alive, but the filings reveal a business that is still a construction site with a $143.1 million overdraft. The balance sheet at 31 March 2026 shows $13.23 billion of assets, of which $10.87 billion are liabilities, leaving shareholders with negative equity of $30.7 million. Cash sits at $143.1 million, a figure that is less a cushion than a rounding error next to the $1.18 billion spent on property, plant, and equipment in the quarter. (source: SEC EDGAR 10-Q, period ending 2026-03-31, https://www.sec.gov/Archies/edgar/data/1612720/000161272026000039/next-20260617.htm)

The company’s latest SEC exhibits are a masterclass in optics versus arithmetic. On 2 July 2026, shareholders approved an amendment to the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, a move that will keep the executive team focused on upside even as the company burns cash. The plan’s approval was certified on 3 June 2026, a date that predates the quarter-end but arrives in the same financial year when the company is haemorrhaging $55.1 million in operating losses. (source: SEC EDGAR Amendment, 2026-07-02, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000161272026000036/exhibit1012026.htm)

The company’s public site is all promise: Rio Grande LNG is ‘focused on maximizing shareholder value’ and ‘delivering lower-carbon energy solutions.’ The evidence on file, however, shows no contracts, no cargoes, and no revenue. Instead, the company’s operating activities used $-110.8 million in cash during the quarter, while research and development expenses were a mere $2.1 million. The contrast between the polished platform story and the filed numbers is not a rounding error; it is a structural gap. (source: SEC EDGAR 10-Q, period ending 2026-03-31, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000161272026000039/next-20260617.htm)

If investors are looking for a chart to anchor their view, the only chart the company offers is the one it hasn’t yet produced: a working LNG terminal with revenue. For now, the nearest thing to a market signal is the SEC filing itself, a document that reads like a warning label on a half-built industrial site. The company’s cash balance is $143.1 million; the burn rate is $-110.8 million per quarter; and the next stop on the slide deck-commercial operations-remains an aspiration. (source: SEC EDGAR 10-Q, period ending 2026-03-31, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000161272026000039/next-20260617.htm)

What remains unproven is commercial viability. The company’s public materials are heavy on energy transition buzzwords and light on proof. The SEC filings confirm the company is spending like an owner but earning like a tenant. Until cargoes are booked, customers are invoiced, and revenue appears, the story is not a growth thesis but a capital allocation bet with a negative equity cushion. (source: SEC EDGAR 10-Q, period ending 2026-03-31, https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000161272026000039/next-20260617.htm)