Cheniere Energy, Inc.

LNG Energy Oil & Gas Midstream

Cheniere Energy, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $20.0 billion, up 27.2% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+39.0%
EPS
+19.1%
Free cash flow
+163.5%
Total debt
+6.07%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

278.93 0.64 −0.23%
Market cap
$57.1B
P/E
19.4×
Fwd P/E
27.5×
Dividend yield
0.79%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
2.13
Beneish M
−1.46
Dividend safety
74/100

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) Return on invested capital

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Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 12.0%, down 4.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.71% (fiscal 2015) to 34.3% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Oil & Gas Midstream industry median of 6.10% and above the Energy sector median of 5.43%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 16.7% 3.80
FY2024 12.9% (21.47)
FY2023 34.3% 21.51
FY2022 12.8% 14.40
FY2021 −1.57% (6.88)
FY2020 5.31% 0.46
FY2019 4.85% 0.20
FY2018 4.65% 1.03
FY2017 3.62% 3.71
FY2016 −0.09% 1.62

Against its own ten years

Low −1.71% High 34.3%
Ten-year median 4.85%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
LNG Cheniere Energy, Inc. 12.0%
TRGP Targa Resources, Inc. compare 10.8%
MPLX MPLX LP compare 8.76%
EPD Enterprise Products Partners L.P. compare 7.93%
OKE ONEOK, Inc. compare 6.30%
ET Energy Transfer LP compare 6.07%
WMB Williams Companies, Inc. (The) compare 5.46%
TRP TC Energy Corporation compare 5.39%
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. compare 5.11%
Oil & Gas Midstream industry median 6.10%
Energy sector median 5.43%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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