Company Analysis

Cheniere Energy Inc (LNG)

NYSE: LNG · Natural Gas Distribution · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.1
◀ Past 5.2● Present 6.6▶ Future 6.0

The grade of Cheniere Energy Inc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past5.225% of the headline
● Present6.645% of the headline
▶ Future6.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2024-01-31.

weight 45% of this tense · 29th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cheniere Energy Inc's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2024-01-31) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+35.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cheniere Energy Inc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.3 billion in fiscal 2016 to $20 billion in fiscal 2025, up 35.7% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 53% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span35.7%top 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 46% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak53.0%bottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 4.6% a year. 40% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 88th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Cheniere Energy Inc's diluted share count shrank about 4.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 40% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 7 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 12% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 12% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.6/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.3/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 41%: 41¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 73%: owes 73¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Cheniere Energy Inc earned about 41 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 73 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 27% of its family
  • return on equitytop 4% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 35% of 14 in its family; net margin 26.7%.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cheniere Energy Inc's standing among 14 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $20 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 4% by size; a net margin of 26.7% ranks in the top 11%; revenue growth of -15.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 11% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$19.98Btop 4% of its family
  • net margin26.7%top 11% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-15.8%bottom 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2016.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cheniere Energy Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Fusco, Jack A (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2016-05-16, 10.5 years (top 17% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.4 years (bottom 39%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (bottom 32%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 16 peoplebottom 32% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.4 yearsbottom 39% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record10.5 yearstop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 45% of 13 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Cheniere Energy Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.1 billion against debt of $23 billion leaves -44.7% of its assets as net cash, bottom 18% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 12.3% of revenue (top 27%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-44.7%bottom 18% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue12.3%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 38% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Cheniere Energy Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -15.8% a year over the last three filed years against 35.7% over all 10, slowing (bottom 11% of its family); the newest year grew 27.2% (top 25%); research spending grew 21.1% a year (top 10%); capital spending grew 18.9% a year (top 29%) (its annual reports). Cheniere Energy Inc reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Liquefied Natural Gas at $19 billion (97%), Product and Service Other at $405 million (2%), Regasification Service at $136 million (1%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-51.4 points a yearbottom 11% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth27.2%top 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending21.1%top 10% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending18.9%top 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 32% of 13 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Cheniere Energy Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $20 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 85.6% above the $11 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 12% of its family); net income of $5.3 billion against a prior three-year average of $4.9 billion (bottom 35%); a net margin of 26.7% against 24.5% before (top 19%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace85.6%top 12% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+10%bottom 35% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.2 pointstop 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton LNG · research, not advice