Sector Alpha Week of 2026-07-29
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Cheniere Energy, Inc.

LNG
Energy · Oil & Gas Midstream

Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it.

The sharpest disagreement: annual EPS moved +69.9% against a +11.9% price move — the market has not yet caught up with the delivery.

The price is in a confirmed uptrend (5 weeks in). Underneath, the last four quarters read deteriorating — profit −609.0% year on year, and 83% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether the price catches up with earnings that have already moved.

Stage
Turning around
fundamental trajectory, 12 quarters
Price
$252
+11.9% 1Y
P/E
37.5×
of its own 4-year range
Revenue (Mar 26)
$5.9 B
+7.9% YoY
Profit (Mar 26)
$−3.4 B
−609.0% YoY
Operating margin
−59.5%
−77.1 pp YoY
ROE
29%
FY25
ROIC
9.2%
vs WACC 3.6% → +5.6 pp
Cash conversion
83%
of profit, last 3 FY
01 · Price story

Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. trades at $252, in a confirmed uptrend and 5 weeks into that stage. That is +8.5% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 58% of a 52-week range of $189 to $297. On relative strength it is currently behind the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view (1 week and counting).

Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 5 of stage 2. At $252 it trades +8.5% versus its 200-day average and sits at 58% of its 52-week range ($189–$297).

Jul 26: $252 Weekly closing price ($) with 50- and 200-day averages; shaded bands mark the price stage (grey base, green advance, amber top, red decline). 3-year window.
+8.5% versus the 200-day line, week 5 of stage 2
Price50-day avg200-day avg
S3S1S2S2S1S3$309$266$223$180$136$$252$232Jul 23Apr 24Jan 25Oct 25Jul 26
S3S1S2S2S1S3$309$266$223$180$136$$252$232Jul 23Jan 25Jul 26
Beating or trailing, week by week since 2016 Each cell is one week from 2016 to now (526 weeks): the stock's trailing 13-week return minus the S&P 500's, green ahead / red behind (±25% ramp). Grey cells are the 13-week warm-up or weeks where the S&P 500 reading is not held.
trailing 13-week return vs the S&P 500
Jul 16Jul 26

Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.1 years the stock moved +570% while the S&P 500 moved +248% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock is currently behind (1 week and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-07-24) — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.

What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.

→ The trend is one thing; the bill is another. Are you paying up for it? Next: how the P/E reads against its own history.

02 · Valuation

Valuation P/E is the price of $1 of annual profit: how many dollars the market pays for each dollar the company earns in a year.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. trades at 37.5× P/E, against too little history to rank. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.

Today's P/E of 37.5× is against too little history to rank. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.

P/E 37.5× vs a null× long-run median P/E, weekly (left axis); earnings per share, trailing twelve months, weekly step line (right axis). 3.6-year window; loss-period spikes above 44× shown pinned at the top. The eps (ttm) bars are red where the reading is lower than the quarter before.
against too little history to rank
P/EEPS (TTM) (quarterly)
46.9×$54.635.2×$40.923.5×$27.311.7×$13.60.0×$0.0×$41.48×$6Jan 23Nov 23Oct 24Sep 25Jul 26
46.9×$54.635.2×$40.923.5×$27.311.7×$13.60.0×$0.0×$41.48×$6Jan 23Oct 24Jul 26
PEG 0.66 PEG ratio per quarter — the P/E divided by the earnings-growth rate. The dashed line marks 1.0: below it the growth is cheap against the multiple, above it the price already prices the growth in. Last 19 quarters.
below 1.0, the growth looks cheap against the multiple
PEGPEG = 1.0
1.0×0.9×0.8×0.7×0.6××0.66×Sep 21Sep 22Dec 23Dec 24Mar 26
1.0×0.9×0.8×0.7×0.6××0.66×Sep 21Dec 23Mar 26
P/E
37.5×
too little history to rank
PEG
2.38
derived from 3-year earnings growth

Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +69.9% against a +11.9% price move — earnings outran the price, pushing the multiple DOWN its own range.

The price move, decomposed: over 3y, of the +16.5%/yr price move, ~−43.6%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+60.1 pp from the multiple (expanding). The split is the honest approximate (price return minus earnings growth); it makes the rally itself visible instead of hiding it behind the percentile.

Put together: the multiple is unremarkable against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.

→ Cheap or dear rides on the earnings. Are they actually growing? Next: the fundamental stage — where the business sits in its arc, and how growth has compounded.

03 · Stage: Turning around

Stage: Turning around Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).

Cheniere Energy, Inc. reads as turning around on its fundamental arc. Turning around — profit growth swung from −62.8% at the trough to −37.0% off a 5-quarter-old trough, ROCE slipping at 11.8%. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on full evidence.

Three growth curves, twelve quarters Year-on-year growth of trailing-twelve-month revenue (left axis), profit and EPS (right axis — they swing far wider), % at each quarter-end. Base-effect spikes shown pinned (▲). A missing point means that reading is not held for the quarter.
the trajectory the stage is read from
RevenueProfitEPS
33%330%11%223%−10%116%−32%8.5%−54%−99%%%20.8%−37%−55.5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
33%330%11%223%−10%116%−32%8.5%−54%−99%%%20.8%−37%−55.5%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
ROCE Trailing-twelve-month operating profit (before interest and tax) as a share of average capital employed — total assets minus current liabilities, the standard textbook basis, %.
the return curve, computed quarterly
ROCE
25%21%18%14%11%%11.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
25%21%18%14%11%%11.8%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Revenue growth
Flat
latest +20.8% · span −47.9% to +27.2%
Profit growth
Falling
latest −37.0% · span −67.2% to +356.8%
EPS growth
Falling
latest −55.5% · span −69.0% to +606.8%
ROCE
Falling
latest 11.8% · span 11.8%–23.6%

Why it matters: growth inflections are where re-ratings start — the curves say a turn is forming, so the question becomes whether the next quarters confirm it.

Growth, year by year: revenue +27.3% in FY25, profit +51.2% Year-over-year growth per fiscal year, %: revenue (left axis); net profit and EPS (right axis — profit growth swings far wider). Zero line drawn. Turnaround-year spikes shown pinned (▲).
Revenue YoYProfit YoYEPS YoY
123%329%79%223%36%117%−7.5%12%−51%−94%%%27.3%51.2%FY21FY23FY25
123%329%79%223%36%117%−7.5%12%−51%−94%%%27.3%51.2%FY21FY23FY25
TTM growth by quarter Trailing-twelve-month growth versus the year-ago TTM, per quarter, %: revenue (left axis); profit and EPS (right axis). The acceleration read compares the last 4 quarters (+20.8%) with the last 8 annualized (+8.5%). Spikes shown pinned (▲).
revenue accelerating, profit stabilising
Revenue TTM YoYProfit TTM YoYEPS TTM YoY
33%330%11%223%−10%116%−32%8.5%−54%−99%%%20.8%−37%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
33%330%11%223%−10%116%−32%8.5%−54%−99%%%20.8%−37%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
Compound annual growth rate (%) Compound annual growth rate over each window, %. Revenue, profit and EPS from fiscal-year figures; stock price is the price CAGR over the same spans. A dash = that window is not held, or the base was a loss.
1yr3yr5yr10yr
Revenue+27.3%−15.8%
Profit+51.2%+37.2%
EPS+69.9%+62.3%
Stock price+11.9%+16.5%+24.3%+19.7%
Revenue YoY (Mar 26)
+7.9%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Profit YoY (Mar 26)
−609.0%
latest quarter vs a year ago
Revenue 10y
5.9%
long-run compound pace

→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.

04 · 4-Factor Sector Score

4-Factor Sector Score

27.1/100 — rank 29 of 30 in Oil & Gas Midstream · 82% evidence confidence

Cheniere Energy, Inc. scores 27.1 out of 100 against the 30 companies it is compared with in Oil & Gas Midstream, ranking 29. Balanced evidence: keep at normal research priority and require another comparable period before raising conviction.

The four contributions add to the total exactly: 8.3 + 3.5 + 10.8 + 4.5 = 27.1. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.

What would change it: The read weakens if profit growth turns negative or margin improvement reverses while sector-relative strength deteriorates.

05 · Revenue

Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. reported $5.9 B of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +7.9% year on year. That is the 5th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 5.9% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $20.0 B. The last four reported quarters add to $20.4 B.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. reported $5.9 B of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +7.9% year on year. That is the 5th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 5.9% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $20.0 B. The last four reported quarters add to $20.4 B.

FY25 revenue came in at $20.0 B (+27.3% on the year), capping 4 years at 5.9% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed $5.9 B, +7.9% year on year — the 5th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.

FY25 revenue $20.0 B (+27.3% YoY) Revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
5.9% a year over 4 years
RevenueYoY growth
36123%2779%1836%9.0−7.5%0.0−51%$ B%$20B27.3%FY21FY23FY25
36123%2779%1836%9.0−7.5%0.0−51%$ B%$20B27.3%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: $5.9 B (+7.9% YoY) Quarterly revenue bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
5th straight quarter of growth
Revenue (quarterly)YoY growth
6.350%4.823%3.2−5.1%1.6−33%0.0−61%$ B%$6B7.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
6.350%4.823%3.2−5.1%1.6−33%0.0−61%$ B%$6B7.9%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +22.9% growth against the decade's 5.9% — the current year is running faster than its own long-run rate.

Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +20.8% over the last 4 quarters against +8.5%/yr over the last 8 — accelerating; TTM profit −37.0% vs −35.2%/yr — stabilising.

→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: −59.5% this quarter (−77.1 pp YoY).

06 · Operating margin

Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every $100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.

Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s operating margin is −59.5% in the Mar 26 quarter, −77.1 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −4.4% to 76.0%. The current quarter is running below every full year in that window.

Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s operating margin is −59.5% in the Mar 26 quarter, −77.1 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −4.4% to 76.0%. The current quarter is running below every full year in that window.

The latest quarter's operating margin is −59.5%, −77.1 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged −4.4%–76.0%.

🚨 Why the margin moved: operating margin went −77.1 pp year on year while gross margin went −76.1 pp — the loss came mostly from the gross line: input costs and pricing.

FY25: 45.6% Operating margin by fiscal year, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). 5-year window.
within a −4.4–76.0% band over 5 years
operating marginYoY change (pp)
82%70%59%42%36%13%12%−16%−11%−45%%%45.6%6.6%FY21FY23FY25
82%70%59%42%36%13%12%−16%−11%−45%%%45.6%6.6%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: −59.5% operating margin (−77.1 pp YoY) Quarterly operating margin, %, line (left); year-on-year change in the margin, in percentage points, line (right). Last 12 quarters. Operating profit as a share of revenue, per quarter.
Operating marginYoY change (pp)
80%115%43%62%5.1%9.0%−32%−44%−70%−97%%%−59.5%−77.1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
80%115%43%62%5.1%9.0%−32%−44%−70%−97%%%−59.5%−77.1%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Margins slipped — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit −609.0% in the latest quarter.

07 · Net profit

Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. posted a net loss of $3.4 B in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $6.8 B. That loss is 58.1% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.7 B. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. posted a net loss of $3.4 B in the Mar 26 quarter. Full-year FY25 profit was $6.8 B. That loss is 58.1% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.7 B. 1 of the last 12 reported quarters were loss-making.

Mar 26 profit was $−3.4 B, −609.0% year on year. On the full year, FY25 printed $6.8 B (+51.2%).

FY25 profit $6.8 B (+51.2% YoY) Net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). 5-year window. A bar is red when it is lower than the year before.
Net profitYoY growth
13392%9.2270%5.3148%1.326%−2.6−97%$ B%$7B51.2%FY21FY23FY25
13392%9.2270%5.3148%1.326%−2.6−97%$ B%$7B51.2%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: $−3.4 B (−609.0% YoY) Quarterly net profit bars, $ B (left); YoY growth-% line (right). Last 12 quarters. A bar is red when it is lower than the quarter before.
Net profit (quarterly)YoY growth
3.4188%1.6−26%−0.2−240%−2.1−454%−3.9−668%$ B%$−3B−609%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
3.4188%1.6−26%−0.2−240%−2.1−454%−3.9−668%$ B%$−3B−609%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

🚨 Why profit moved: revenue contributed +7.9% and the margin −77.1 pp — the quarter was revenue-led despite a thinner margin.

Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit −102.2% vs revenue +22.9%. Profit is growing slower than sales — costs are eating the growth before it reaches the bottom line.

→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 83% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.

08 · Cash flow — the router

Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.

Over the last 3 fiscal years 83% of Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY25 that was $5.5 B of operating cash against $6.8 B of profit. After $3.1 B of capital spending, $2.5 B was left as free cash.

FY25: operating cash of $5.5 B against reported profit of $6.8 B, leaving free cash of $2.5 B after $3.1 B of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 83% of profit.

Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.

FY25: CFO $5.5 B vs profit $6.8 B Operating cash flow and net profit by fiscal year, $ B; the line is free cash flow (CFO minus capital spending). 5-year window, annual resolution.
83% of 3-year profit arrived as cash
Operating cashNet profitFree cash
139.25.31.3−2.6$ B$6B$7B$3BFY21FY23FY25
139.25.31.3−2.6$ B$6B$7B$3BFY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: operating cash $1.1 B Operating cash per quarter, $ B (bars); conversion = operating cash as % of net profit (line, right). Last 12 quarters. Dashed line = 100%.
Operating cash (quarterly)Conversion100%
2.2195%1.7155%1.1114%0.673%0.033%$ B%$1B70%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
2.2195%1.7155%1.1114%0.673%0.033%$ B%$1B70%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

Why: conversion is measured cleanly, but the working-capital day-counts behind it sit below what we hold — the move is shown without inventing its driver.

Router verdict: the visible cash user is investment — the next section checks what the spending is buying.

→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: $7.0 B of building over 3 years.

09 · Where the cash goes

Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).

Cheniere Energy, Inc. does not report the debtor, inventory and payable day-counts a cash cycle is built from, so this section reads the investment side instead. Capital spending ran $7.0 B over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 11.7% of FY25 revenue a year.

Working-capital day-counts are not in our numbers for this stock, so this section reads the investment side — where the cash is being put to work.

On the investment side: capital spending of $7.0 B over the last 3 fiscal years.

FY25: capex $3.1 B Capital spending per fiscal year, $ B (bars).
steady investment
Capex
3.32.51.70.80.0$ B$3BFY21FY23FY25
3.32.51.70.80.0$ B$3BFY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: capex $0.7 B in the quarter Capital spending per quarter, $ B (bars, left); free cash flow, $ B (line, right). Last 12 quarters.
Capex (quarterly)Free cash
1.11.40.81.00.60.60.30.10.0−0.3$ B$ B$1B$0BJun 23Sep 24Mar 26
1.11.40.81.00.60.60.30.10.0−0.3$ B$ B$1B$0BJun 23Sep 24Mar 26

The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.

→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROE is 29% and the ROIC − WACC spread is +5.6 pp.

10 · Return on equity

Return on equity Return on equity (ROE) is the profit the business earns on its shareholders’ money. With the full capital-employed split not in our numbers, ROE is the cleanest long ladder we can draw here.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. earns a ROE of 52% in FY25. That is up from a trough of −1,547% in FY22. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +5.6 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 34.0% net margin on 0.42× asset turns.

FY25 ROE is 52%, recovered from a FY22 trough of −1,547% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.

Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY25): 34.0% net margin × 0.42× asset turns × 3.66× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 52.3% on equity. Margin is doing the heavy lifting; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.

The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 9.2% − 3.6% = a +5.6 pp spread. The 3.6% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. A spread this wide means every dollar reinvested creates more than a dollar of value — the engine compounds.

FY25: ROE 52% Return on equity by fiscal year, % (line); ROIC by fiscal year, % (line). 5-year window, dips included. Dashed line = the 3.6% cost of capital used on this page.
the climb back from FY22's −1,547%
ROEROIC (annual)WACC
5,740%3,783%1,826%−130%−2,087%%51.9%21.2%FY21FY23FY25
5,740%3,783%1,826%−130%−2,087%%51.9%21.2%FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: ROIC 10.0% (TTM) vs WACC 3.6% Trailing-twelve-month ROIC and ROE, per quarter, %; dashed line = the cost of capital. Last 12 quarters, put on a trailing-twelve-month basis and anchored to the annual figure.
ROIC (TTM)ROE (TTM)WACC
253%186%119%52%−15%%10%20.6%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
253%186%119%52%−15%%10%20.6%Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 3.21.

11 · Dividend

Dividend A dividend is cash paid out per share. Dividend per share is the declared amount for the period; the trailing twelve-month total is the four most recent quarters added together.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. paid $2.17 per share over the last four reported quarters, up 11.0% on a year ago. The most recent declaration was $0.56 for Mar 26. Against the current price of $252 that is a trailing yield of 0.86%, measured on dividends already paid rather than on a forecast.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. paid $2.17 per share over the last four reported quarters, up 11.0% on a year ago. The most recent declaration was $0.56 for Mar 26. Against the current price of $252 that is a trailing yield of 0.86%, measured on dividends already paid rather than on a forecast.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. paid $2.17 per share across the last four reported quarters, most recently $0.56 for Mar 26. That is up 11.0% against the same quarter a year earlier. Against the current price of $252 the trailing twelve months work out to 0.86% — trailing dividends measured against today's price, not a forward estimate.

Dividend per share by quarter Declared dividend per share, $ B, per reported quarter. 12 quarters on file.
latest $0.56 (Mar 26)
Dividend per share
0.60.40.30.10.0$ B$1BJun 23Dec 23Sep 24Jun 25Mar 26
0.60.40.30.10.0$ B$1BJun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ A payout is cash leaving the business. Next: what the balance sheet looks like behind it.

12 · Debt

Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings. Low is the safe corner; the trend matters as much as the level.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. carries total debt of $26.4 B against shareholder equity of $8.7 B as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 3.05. On the annual view that ratio went from −1,065.00 in FY21 to 1.95 in FY25. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.

Mar 26: total debt of $26.4 B against shareholder equity of $8.7 B — a debt-to-equity of 3.05. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from −1,065.00 (FY21) to 1.95 (FY25). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.

FY25: debt $25.5 B at 1.95× equity Total debt by fiscal year, $ B (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). 5-year window.
Total debtDebt-to-equity
3588.4×26−221.3×17−531.0×8.6−840.7×0.0−1,150.4×$ B×$26B1.95×FY21FY23FY25
3588.4×26−221.3×17−531.0×8.6−840.7×0.0−1,150.4×$ B×$26B1.95×FY21FY23FY25
Mar 26: debt $26.4 B, debt-to-equity 3.05 Total debt per quarter, $ B (bars); debt-to-equity, × (line). Last 12 quarters.
Total debt (quarterly)Debt-to-equity
314.5×233.8×153.1×7.72.4×0.01.8×$ B×$26B3.05×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26
314.5×233.8×153.1×7.72.4×0.01.8×$ B×$26B3.05×Jun 23Sep 24Mar 26

→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: short interest is 2.0% of the float.

13 · Ownership

Ownership There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read here, so we read the crowd through short interest — the slice of tradable shares currently sold short, positioned for a fall.

2.0% of Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s tradable float is currently sold short — some money is positioned against it. At typical trading volumes those positions would take about 1.8 days to buy back. There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read for this filer, so the crowd is read through short interest instead.

The latest reading: 2.0% of the float is sold short, and at typical trading volumes it would take about 1.8 days to buy those positions back. Some money is positioned against it. This is a single point-in-time reading — we do not yet hold its history, so we show no trend chart.

Short interest
2.0%
of the tradable float
Days to cover
1.8
at typical volumes

Why it sits there: who is doing the shorting, and why, does not travel with the number — the level is shown without inventing its story.

→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.

14 · Safety line

Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.

Cheniere Energy, Inc.: the Z-score reads 1.73. A Z-score above roughly 3 reads as safe and below roughly 1.8 as the distress zone, so this sits inside the distress zone. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.

🚨 Why it matters: a Z-score of 1.73 is inside the distress zone — the balance sheet is a real risk, not a detail.

The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score reads 1.73.

Related companies · same industry · Oil & Gas Midstream Every company is compared on the shape of its own curves, not static ratios. The Revenue, EPS and ROCE columns each draw that company's last 12 quarters as a mini line of the ACTUAL level (trailing-twelve-month revenue and EPS, and the ROCE itself) — so a line that climbs is a business getting bigger, a line that sinks is one shrinking. The colour tracks the same line: green when it is rising or steadily healthy, amber when it is rolling over from a high (still elevated but turning down), red when it is falling, grey when flat or stuck. Colour and direction always agree — a green line never points down. The ROCE curve is the return on capital (annual readings for peers, so a slightly coarser line than the quarterly one at the top of this page). The Stage column then runs the same 12-quarter trajectory classifier used at the top of the page on each company and names where it sits. What lands a company in each bucket: CONSISTENT — growth stays positive across the window and returns are healthy (ROCE ≥ 15%, or ROE ≥ 12% for lenders); IMPROVING — profit or EPS fell into real decline, bottomed a few quarters back, and has climbed back to positive and held there; TURNING AROUND — the same kind of trough but more recent, with the latest quarters just lifting off it (an early, unconfirmed turn); TOPPING OUT — growth is still positive but decelerating hard from its own peak while returns have stopped rising; DETERIORATING — two or more growth curves are shrinking (latest below zero) and staying there, not one soft quarter; MIXED — the curves genuinely disagree, or no clean majority, so no single word fits; NO READ — fewer than eight usable quarters. It is a like-for-like read of every company against its own past, not a ranking against the group.
CompanyP/EMkt capRevenueEPSROCEStage
Cheniere Energy, Inc. this page37.5×$53BTurning around
Enbridge Inc.26.1×$121BMixed
The Williams Companies, Inc.30.8×$86BTurning around
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.14.3×$84BMixed
TC Energy Corporation29.7×$71BDeteriorating
Kinder Morgan, Inc.20.4×$70BMixed
Energy Transfer LP16.9×$70BDeteriorating
MPLX LP12.8×$60BConsistent
Targa Resources Corp.26.7×$56BImproving
ONEOK, Inc.15.9×$56BImproving
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.15.0×$31BTurning around
Venture Global, Inc.13.5×$30BNo read
Pembina Pipeline Corporation26.2×$29BDeteriorating
Western Midstream Partners, LP15.5×$19BDeteriorating
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.18.6×$17BTurning around
Viper Energy, Inc.$15BDeteriorating
DT Midstream, Inc.30.6×$14BTurning around
Antero Midstream Corporation25.3×$10BMixed
Frontline plc9.5×$9BTurning around
Hess Midstream LP13.9×$8BMixed
Kinetik Holdings Inc.20.1×$8BTurning around
South Bow Corporation18.4×$8BNo read
Plains GP Holdings, L.P.26.5×$6BDeteriorating
Golar LNG Limited38.1×$5BImproving
International Seaways, Inc.8.5×$5BTurning around
Cmb.Tech NV9.2×$4BTurning around
Excelerate Energy, Inc.488.2×$4BMixed
SunocoCorp LLC$4B
Scorpio Tankers Inc.7.8×$4BTurning around
BW LPG Limited9.1×$3BTurning around
TORM plc8.7×$3BTurning around
DHT Holdings, Inc.9.0×$3BMixed
Teekay Tankers Ltd.6.2×$3BTurning around
Dorian LPG Ltd.9.8×$2BImproving
NGL Energy Partners LP$2BNo read
Genesis Energy, L.P.$2B
FLEX LNG Ltd.22.2×$2BDeteriorating
Global Partners LP13.5×$2BImproving
Nordic American Tankers Limited24.9×$1BTurning around
Navigator Holdings Ltd.13.5×$1BMixed
12 · Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s stock price today?

Cheniere Energy, Inc. trades at $252, +11.9% over the past year. The company is valued at $53.0 B. The stock sits at 58% of its 52-week range of $189–$297, +8.5% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 5 weeks in. — as of 29 July 2026.

What were Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s latest quarterly results?

Cheniere Energy, Inc. reported revenue of $5.9 B and a net loss of $3.4 B for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 7.9% and profit fell 609.0% year on year. Earnings per share were $−16.65. The operating margin was −59.5%, 77.1 pp lower than a year earlier. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s revenue?

Cheniere Energy, Inc. reported revenue of $5.9 B in the Mar 26 quarter, +7.9% year on year. For the full FY25 fiscal year, revenue was $20.0 B (+27.3%). Over the last 4 years revenue compounded at 5.9% a year. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s profit?

Cheniere Energy, Inc. earned $−3.4 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, −609.0% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was $6.8 B. The operating margin ran −59.5% in the latest quarter. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s market cap?

Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $53.0 B at a stock price of $252. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 29 July 2026.

Does Cheniere Energy, Inc. pay a dividend?

Yes — Cheniere Energy, Inc. declared $0.56 per share for Mar 26, and $2.17 per share across the last four reported quarters. The latest quarter is up 11.0% on the same quarter a year earlier. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s dividend per share?

Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s most recently declared dividend is $0.56 per share for Mar 26, giving $2.17 per share over the trailing twelve months. Each figure is the amount declared for that quarter as reported, added across four quarters for the trailing total. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s dividend yield?

Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s trailing dividend yield is 0.86%: $2.17 declared per share across the last four reported quarters, against a share price of $252. Each quarter’s figure is the amount declared for that quarter as reported, added across four quarters and divided by the latest close. — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Cheniere Energy, Inc. growing?

Not right now — Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s latest numbers are shrinking: latest-quarter revenue +7.9% year on year, profit −609.0%, and the margin −77.1 pp at −59.5%. The earnings engine currently reads: deteriorating — as of 29 July 2026.

How is Cheniere Energy, Inc. performing?

Cheniere Energy, Inc. is in a confirmed uptrend, 5 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 7.9% and profit fell 609.0% year on year. Against the S&P 500 it has been behind on a trailing-13-week view for 1 week. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 29 July 2026.

What stage is Cheniere Energy, Inc. in?

Turning around — profit growth swung from −62.8% at the trough to −37.0% off a 5-quarter-old trough, ROCE slipping at 11.8%. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +20.8% latest, profit growth −37.0% latest, eps growth −55.5% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Cheniere Energy, Inc. in an uptrend?

Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 5 of stage 2), trading +8.5% versus its 200-day average and at 58% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Cheniere Energy, Inc. beating the market?

Not lately — on a trailing-13-week view Cheniere Energy, Inc. is currently behind the S&P 500 (1 week and counting; last ahead the week of 2026-07-24), the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 10.1 years the stock moved +570% against the S&P 500's +248% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 29 July 2026.

Will Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s stock price go up?

This page publishes no price forecast for Cheniere Energy, Inc. What it measures instead: the stock price is $252, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 5 weeks in. Direction is not something this site claims to know. — as of 29 July 2026.

Is the market betting against Cheniere Energy, Inc.?

Somewhat — short interest is 2.0% of Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s tradable float, about 1.8 days to cover at typical volumes. A moderate reading: some money is positioned against it. With no quarter-by-quarter holder register here, short interest is the cleanest crowd read we hold — as of 29 July 2026.

Does Cheniere Energy, Inc. have too much debt?

It carries real leverage — Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s debt-to-equity is 3.21. A year-by-year borrowings ladder is not in our numbers for this stock, so the latest reading is the cleanest hold. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s capex?

Cheniere Energy, Inc. spent $7.0 B on capital expenditure over the last 3 fiscal years, a figure derived from the change in fixed assets plus depreciation. In FY25 alone that was $3.1 B. — as of 29 July 2026.

What is Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s cash flow?

Cheniere Energy, Inc. generated $5.5 B of operating cash flow in FY25 and $2.5 B of free cash flow after $3.1 B of capital spending. Reported profit that year was $6.8 B, so operating cash ran behind profit. — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s profit real cash?

Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 83% of Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY25, operating cash was $5.5 B against reported profit of $6.8 B. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 29 July 2026.

How financially safe is Cheniere Energy, Inc.?

On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 1.73 — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the distress zone. That is inside the danger band — a real balance-sheet risk. — as of 29 July 2026.

Where is Cheniere Energy, Inc. in its business cycle?

Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 45.6%, against a 5-year band of −4.4%–76.0%: mid-band by its own history — neither the peak that precedes mean-reversion nor the trough that precedes recovery. The latest quarter ran −59.5%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 29 July 2026.

What could break the Cheniere Energy, Inc. story?

The sharpest disagreement: annual EPS moved +69.9% against a +11.9% price move — the market has not yet caught up with the delivery. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 29 July 2026.

Is Cheniere Energy, Inc. a stock worth studying right now?

This is not investment advice. The machine read: Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s three tracks disagree. Price, valuation and the earnings engine each tell a different story — the next quarter or two settles it. The sharpest open question: whether the price catches up with earnings that have already moved. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 29 July 2026.

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