Cheniere Energy $LNG Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
🫧 Edgar looked up Cheniere Energy, Inc. ($LNG). Last filing: 8-K (2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition), 2026-08-06. 16 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $20.0B (FY2025), total debt $22.8B. Experience: revenue up 27.2% on the year, up 3.3% a year over 4 years; operating margin 45.6%, up from 39.0%. Soundness: equity 16.5% of assets, return on equity 85.8%, payout 6.6% of profit, dividend per share up 4 years running. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $12.2B and $32.9B next year (method v4.1: its own 4-year record of growth weighed at 50% against $10B+ filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $7.9B to $48.9B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (12 filers, $50M+ revenue, natural gas distribution): operating margin 45.6% against a 33.8% median; growth 27.2% against 17.1%.
Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.
Speed and cash · fiscal 2025
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| Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free) | $5.5B · −$3.0B · −$4.1B · $2.5B |
| Investment book (cash · short · long) | $1.1B · — · — · current ratio 0.94 |
| Revenue swing · equity of assets | 51.1% · 16.5% |
Cheniere Energy is growing slower than its size class, with revenue that swings more. Its own audited SEC figures.
The figures, as filed
| Fiscal year end | 2025-12-31 |
| Revenue | $20.0B |
| Revenue, on the year | 27.2% |
| Revenue, a year over the record | 3.3% |
| Operating margin | 45.6% |
| Operating margin, prior year | 39.0% |
| Net margin | 34.0% |
| Research and development | not filed separately |
| Total debt | $22.8B |
| Equity of assets | 16.5% |
| Return on equity | 85.8% |
| Payout of profit | 6.6% |
| Dividend per share | $1.805 · up 4 years running |
| Earnings per share | $24.19 |
| Book value per share | $35.93 |
| Revenue per share | $90.68 |
| Shares outstanding | 220,300,000 |
| Audited years read | 5 |
Peers: the median of 12 filers with $50M+ revenue in natural gas distribution.
Health HarborCheniere Energy sails as: Weathered boat
Health watch · 12 monthsDirector or officer change ×2
Sailing speed follows growth: -15.8% a year crosses the harbor in 120 seconds.
- slow and jumpy: growing slower than its size class, with revenue that swings more
- revenue is hard to predict: its 80% range is ±46%
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
- 8-K · 2026-08-06 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 10-Q · 2026-08-06
- 8-K · 2026-07-28 · 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-07-14 · 5.02 Departure or Election of Directors; Appointment of Officers; 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-07-02 · 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement; 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-06-09 · 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Figures are as filed in audited 10-K reports and can move with restatements, acquisitions, disposals or a change in fiscal year. A range set from how past company-years turned out is not a promise about the next one, and says nothing about the share price. Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets and no trading recommendations. Figures from the SEC’s own data · every filing · this page as JSON · ask about another company