Cheniere Energy, Inc.

Utilities
Oil/Gas Transmission
www.cheniere.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score

Market Cap $53.78B
PE 17
Debt $23.10B
Cash $3.19B
EV $73.68B
FCF $3.16B

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$3.25B
EBIT	$6.13B
ROE	32%
ROA	14%
FCF	$3.16B
Equity	$10.05B
Growth Stability	-680%
PE	16.54
PEG	0.57
PB	5.35
P/FCF	17.04
P/S	3.42
Price/Cash	0.06
Debt/Equity	2.3
Debt/FCF	7.32
Net Margins	21%
Gross Margins	62%
Op. Margins	39%
Earnings CAGR	13%
Sales Growth YoY	-8%
Sales Growth QoQ	18%
Sales CAGR	40%
FCF CAGR	5%
Equity CAGR	15%
Earnings Stability	0.18
Earnings Growth YoY	-29%
Earnings Growth QoQ	9%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	29%

Sales CAGR 5Y	20%
FCF CAGR 5Y	72%
Equity CAGR 5Y	28%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-20%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-20%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-16%
Equity CAGR 3Y	31%
Market Cap	$53.78B
Revenue	$15.70B
Dividend Yield	1%
Payout Ratio	13%
Assets	$43.86B
Total Debt	$23.10B
Cash	$3.19B
Shares Outstanding	228.37M
EV	73.68B
Earnings Score	10%
Moat Score	96%
Safety Score	43%
Final Score	49%
Working Capital	360M
Current Ratio	1.08
Gross Profit	$9.68B
Shares Growth 3y	-4%
Equity Growth QoQ	8%
Equity Growth YoY	11%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Cheniere Energy owns and operates the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas terminal via its stake in Cheniere Partners. It also owns the under-development Corpus Christi LNG terminals as well as Cheniere Marketing, which markets LNG using Cheniere's gas volumes.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2022
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Cheniere Energy, Inc. compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 13%

Stability 18%

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Cheniere Energy, Inc. Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $45B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$3.2B	$3.3B	$3.5B	$3.7B	$3.9B	$4.1B	$4.3B	$4.5B	$4.8B	$5B	$5.3B	$53B
DCF		$3B	$2.9B	$2.8B	$2.6B	$2.5B	$2.4B	$2.3B	$2.2B	$2.1B	$2B	$20B
Value	$45B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	-405%	-52%	-7%	6%	7%	-1%	-15%	4%	48%	21%	21%
ROA	-	-0%	5%	6%	7%	7%	-2%	11%	36%	14%	14%
ROE	-	-79%	-32%	24%	27%	-4%	7K%	-835%	110%	32%	32%

Good Net Margins (20.71%)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	-4.61	-11.92	-17.19	-25.16	-53.73	20.23	2.89	3.79	7.32	7.32
Debt over Equity	11.07	26.16	20.43	14.73	12.64	13.91	-921.39	-146.7	2.65	2.3	2.3
Growth Stability	-	-	-	-	-	-35%	-680%	-	-	100%	-680%

Bad Debt/FCF ratio (7.32)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Bad Debt/Equity ratio (2.3)

The company is overleveraged and has a bad balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (-680%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	374%	336%	43%	22%	-4%	70%	111%	-39%	-23%	20%
Earnings YoY growth	-	-39%	-41%	-220%	38%	-113%	3K%	-161%	592%	-67%	29%
Equity YoY growth	-	-46%	48%	56%	26%	-9%	-101%	418%	-5K%	11%	28%
FCF YoY growth	-	-33%	-55%	-22%	-26%	-53%	-362%	478%	-28%	-50%	72%