Cheniere Energy, Inc. · Natural Gas Distribution

LNG

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The short version

A profitable company with growing sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Sales up 24% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable, keeps 34% of sales as profit
Sales up 27% last year

Watch out for

High debt: 2.84x equity

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 2.3% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (666 bought, 633 sold)
Held by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$300.65+0.7% that day

Company value: $62.1B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 22.6x; You pay about $23 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 2.9x; Company value is 2.9 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 2%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 36%; Debt as a share of company value

From LNG's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$5.7B+24% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $21.5B, up 18% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 16% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of LNG. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+18% a yearRecently: +18% a yearProfit margin20%Last 12 months: 20.4%P/E at the end23xToday: 22.6x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-4% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$49.2B

Profit in 5 years$9.8B

Price these guesses point to$1,343.00+347% vs $300.65 todayAbout +35% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 20% margin and a 23x P/E, sales could shrink about 13% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

4/6Mixed

PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.99.8%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.2.84x equity
PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.34.0%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$2.5B
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-13.1% in 3 years

Revenue: $20.0B; +27.2% vs prior year
5-year growth: +16.4%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $22.5B; 2.84x equity
Current ratio: 0.94x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Latest quarter

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026

Reported Aug 6

Revenue: $5.7B; +23.5% YoY
EPS: $14.65; vs $7.30
Op. margin: 74.8%; +20.3 pts
Free cash flow: $398.0M
Share count: -5.8%; vs a year ago

Insider rating

Last 90 days

No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.

Weekly insider trend

No trades to chart yet.

Filing buzz

Last 7 days vs normal

0/ 100

This week: 0
Normal week: 0.6
vs normal: 0.0x

SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.

Institutional ownership

Accumulating+2.3%

Institutions added 2.3% to their holdings. 666 bought, 633 sold.

Shares held by institutions185.8M

Sep '24Jun '26

Safety check

From SEC filings

Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years

-4.9%

Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn

Cash flow positive

Debt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have

3.9x · $24.0B debt

Shares outstandingLatest reported

207M

Why low risk

High debt: 3.88x equity

Earnings reports

Last 12

Next reportIn 1 days (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year

Results filedAug 6
Results filedMay 7
Results filedFeb 26
Results filedOct 30, 2025
Results filedAug 7, 2025

Flags and big holders

Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days

Offering prospectusSep 22 · View filing ↗Offering

Insider trades

Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days

No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.

"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.

Latest filings

Straight from SEC EDGAR

SDSep 28 · Form SD ↗Offering prospectusSep 22 · Form 424B3 ↗EFFECTSep 22 · Form EFFECT ↗S-4Sep 2 · Form S-4 ↗

Shares withheld for taxesLorraine MitchelmoreDirector

51 shares at $271.64 · $14K

-1% of holdings
Now owns 7,972 shares
Filed 3 days after trade

Aug 15Form 4 ↗

Quarterly reportAug 6 · Form 10-Q ↗Earnings resultsAug 6 · Form 8-K ↗Investor disclosureJul 28 · Form 8-K ↗

Stock awardBritt J. VitaloneDirector

614 shares

+31% of holdings
Now owns 2,614 shares
Filed 2 days after trade

Jul 14Form 4 ↗

New insiderJul 16 · Form 3 ↗Leadership changeJul 14 · Form 8-K ↗Major agreementJul 2 · Form 8-K ↗Major agreementJun 9 · Form 8-K ↗Major agreementMay 27 · Form 8-K ↗Shareholder vote resultsMay 15 · Form 8-K ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR filings. For informational purposes. Not investment advice.

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