Cheniere Energy, Inc. LNG

Utilities SIC 4924 - Natural Gas Distribution NAICS Utilities › Natural Gas Distribution derived NYSE

Cheniere, a Delaware corporation, is a Houston-based energy infrastructure company primarily engaged in LNG-related businesses. We provide clean, secure and affordable LNG to integrated energy companies, utilities and energy trading companies around the world. We aspire to conduct our business in a safe and responsible manner, delivering a reliable, competitive and integrated source of LNG to our customers.

LNG is natural gas (primarily methane) in liquid form and is a cleaner dispatchable fuel for power generation. The LNG we produce is shipped all over the world, converted back into natural gas (called "regasification") and then transported via pipeline to homes and businesses and used as an energy source that is essential for heating, cooking and other industrial uses.

Last close 298.67 2026-10-23
Market cap $61.69B 2026-06-30 share count
52-week range 186.20 - 300.89

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S3.2x
P/E12.4x
P/FCF25.1x
EV/EBITDA8.0x
Dividend yield0.7%
Diluted EPS24.13

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $19.46B$15.41B$19.78B$33.31B$17.53B$9.29B$9.16B$7.90B$5.64B$1.28B
Cost of revenue ———————$4.60B$3.12B$582.0M
Gross profit ———————$3.30B$2.52B$700.0M
R&D ———$16.0M$7.0M$6.0M$9.0M$7.0M$10.0M$7.0M
SG&A $383.0M$441.0M$474.0M$416.0M$325.0M$302.0M$310.0M$289.0M$256.0M$260.0M
Total operating expenses $10.86B$9.57B$4.91B$28.87B$16.57B$6.73B$7.37B$5.96B$4.21B$1.31B
Operating income $9.11B$6.13B$15.49B$4.56B-$701.0M$2.63B$2.36B$2.02B$1.39B-$30.0M
Interest expense $948.0M$1.01B$1.14B$1.41B$1.44B$1.52B$1.43B$875.0M$747.0M$488.0M
Pre-tax income $8.28B$5.30B$14.58B$3.09B-$2.28B$544.0M$715.0M$1.23B$566.0M-$663.0M
Income tax $1.49B$811.0M$2.52B$459.0M$713.0M$43.0M$517.0M$27.0M$3.0M$2.0M
Net income $6.79B$4.49B$12.06B$2.63B-$1.56B-$85.0M$648.0M$471.0M-$393.0M-$610.0M
EPS, basic 24.1914.2440.995.69-9.25-0.342.531.92-1.68-2.67
EPS, diluted 24.1314.2040.725.64-9.25-0.342.511.90-1.68-2.67
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 220.3M229.1M242.6M253.4M253.4M252.4M258.1M248.0M233.1M228.8M

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents $1.10B$2.64B$4.53B$2.49B$1.82B$2.08B$2.99B$3.16B$2.61B$1.83B
Receivables $1.24B$661.0M—$1.94B$1.51B$647.0M$491.0M$585.0M$369.0M$218.0M
Inventory $524.0M$501.0M$445.0M$826.0M$706.0M$292.0M$312.0M$316.0M$243.0M$160.0M
Total current assets $3.69B$4.80B$6.33B$5.61B$5.06B$3.17B$4.21B$4.23B$3.37B$2.24B
Property, plant and equipment $35.76B$33.55B$32.46B$31.53B$30.29B$30.42B$29.67B$27.25B$23.98B$20.64B
Goodwill $77.0M$77.0M$77.0M$77.0M$77.0M$77.0M$77.0M$77.0M$77.0M$77.0M
Total assets $47.88B$43.86B$43.08B$41.27B$39.26B$35.70B$35.49B$31.99B$27.91B$23.70B
Accounts payable $123.0M$171.0M$181.0M$124.0M$155.0M$35.0M$66.0M$58.0M$25.0M$49.0M
Short-term debt $306.0M$351.0M$300.0M$813.0M$117.0M$232.0M$0$239.0M$0$247.0M
Total current liabilities $3.92B$4.44B$3.89B$6.79B$4.69B$2.20B$1.87B$1.74B$1.25B$1.08B
Long-term debt $22.51B$22.55B$23.40B$24.05B$29.45B$30.47B$30.77B$28.18B$25.34B$21.69B
Total liabilities $34.80B$33.80B$34.06B———————
Retained earnings $12.24B$7.38B$4.55B-$4.94B-$6.02B-$3.59B-$3.51B-$4.16B-$4.63B-$4.23B
Total equity $7.92B$5.70B$9.02B-$171.0M-$33.0M$2.22B$2.44B$1.93B$1.24B$839.0M

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow $5.54B$5.39B$8.42B$10.52B$2.47B$1.26B$1.83B$1.99B$1.23B-$404.0M
Depreciation and amortisation $1.33B$1.22B$1.20B$1.12B$1.01B$932.0M$794.0M$449.0M$356.0M$174.0M
Stock-based compensation $161.0M$215.0M$250.0M$205.0M$140.0M$110.0M$131.0M$113.0M$91.0M$101.0M
Capital expenditure $3.08B$2.24B$2.12B$1.83B$966.0M$1.84B$3.06B$3.64B$3.36B$4.36B
Investing cash flow -$3.01B-$2.28B-$2.20B-$1.84B-$912.0M-$1.95B-$3.16B-$3.65B-$3.38B-$4.41B
Financing cash flow -$4.13B-$4.45B-$4.18B-$8.01B-$1.82B-$235.0M$1.17B$2.21B$2.94B$4.91B
Dividends paid $451.0M$412.0M$393.0M$349.0M$85.0M$0$0———
Buybacks $2.72B$2.26B$1.47B$1.37B$9.0M$155.0M$249.0M$0$0$20.0M

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001193125-26-144572.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. -10B 0 10B 20B 30B 40B Revenue, FY2016: 1.3B Gross profit, FY2016: 700M Net income, FY2016: -610M Revenue, FY2017: 5.6B Gross profit, FY2017: 2.5B Net income, FY2017: -393M Revenue, FY2018: 7.9B Gross profit, FY2018: 3.3B Net income, FY2018: 471M Revenue, FY2019: 9.2B Net income, FY2019: 648M Revenue, FY2020: 9.3B Net income, FY2020: -85M Revenue, FY2021: 17.5B Net income, FY2021: -1.6B Revenue, FY2022: 33.3B Net income, FY2022: 2.6B Revenue, FY2023: 19.8B Net income, FY2023: 12.1B Revenue, FY2024: 15.4B Net income, FY2024: 4.5B Revenue, FY2025: 19.5B Net income, FY2025: 6.8B FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $1.28B $5.64B $7.90B $9.16B $9.29B $17.53B $33.31B $19.78B $15.41B $19.46B
Gross profit $700.0M $2.52B $3.30B — — — — — — —
Net income -$610.0M -$393.0M $471.0M $648.0M -$85.0M -$1.56B $2.63B $12.06B $4.49B $6.79B

Recent filings and events

  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
  • Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01
  • New debt or obligation The company has taken on debt or a comparable obligation. Item 2.03
  • Material agreement signed Item 1.01
  • Material agreement signed Item 1.01
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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