Jim Cramer - Mad Money Venture Global VG-N PARTIAL BUY Jan 27, 2025

A natural gas company that IPO'd Thursday at an initial price much smaller than expected. Last week, they aimed to raise 50 million shares at $40-60 each, but then raised that to 70 million at $23-27 per. They got a $60 billion valuation out of the gate. Not bad, but below expectations. Then shares slipped Friday today. What went wrong? The company is mired in arbitration. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, VG started selling its LNG at suddenly-higher LNG prices, instead of at lower prices as previously agreed to existing customers. VG may have to honour those lower contracts. That said, VG has been profitable for at least the last three years, but for the first 9 months of 2024, revenue was -45%, operating income -72% and net income -79%. Their second production facility just started last December, which should help but how much? Their numbers are too noisy. But overall this is a great story. They are building new facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.