Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) Stock

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) is a Utilities stock trading at $279.17 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $57.66B. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. is an LNG-focused energy infrastructure company that owns and operates LNG terminals at Sabine Pass in Louisiana and Corpus Christi in Texas. It also operates natural gas supply pipelines connecting those terminals and participates in LNG and natural gas marketing.

Understand Cheniere Energy, Inc.: how it makes money

Cheniere Energy operates U.S. LNG infrastructure, owning and running LNG terminals at Sabine Pass (Louisiana) and Corpus Christi (Texas), with connected natural gas supply pipelines that feed those terminals and support LNG-related services for customers.

Because Cheniere’s core assets are LNG terminals plus natural gas supply pipelines, its profitability is structurally driven by the commercial performance of LNG terminal operations and related LNG service lines tied to those facilities.

Business quality (Mixed): The dataset provides a revenue total (about 5.9B) and a reported operating margin (negative), but it does not include a clean official segment split or meaningful operational KPIs beyond revenue labels.

Valuation: At 38× earnings, LNG trades 74% above the Utilities average (22×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Integrated LNG infrastructure footprint: Cheniere owns and operates LNG terminals at Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi, plus natural gas supply pipelines (Creole Trail and Corpus Christi pipeline), which are directly tied to feeding and supporting LNG terminal operations.
  • Multiple LNG-related revenue lines: The provided revenue candidates include LNG revenues, plus smaller labeled items such as commissioning cargo sales (revenue) and regasification revenue, suggesting more than one service component within the LNG value chain.

Bear case

  • Deep operating loss in the latest period shown: For the period ending 2026-03-31, operating margin is -59.4%, indicating substantial operating losses based on the data provided.
  • Limited visibility into drivers: No official reportable segment breakdown and no non-revenue operational KPIs are provided in the dataset, which makes it harder to pinpoint what specifically drives the operating result.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$279.17
Market Cap$57.66B
EV / EBITDA30.9
Price / Book5.02
Price / Sales2.52
FCF Yield4.8%
DCF Value (model)$861.33
DCF Upside vs Price208.5%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$19.98B
Net Margin26.7%
Revenue Growth (YoY)23.5%
EPS Growth (YoY)100.5%
FCF Growth (YoY)-484.5%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score2.41 (grey)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Sector P/E (Utilities)21.3
Industry P/E (Utilities)20.6
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($5.10B)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)10
Company
SectorUtilities
IndustryUtilities
CEOJack A. Fusco
Employees1,714
CountryUS
IPO Date1994-04-04

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.