LNGCheniere Energy, Inc.
Is the business good?
The checks split: earnings fully cash-backed (1.2×), but margins compressing and returns that lean on debt.
Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is improving vs a year ago.
Operating profit is falling even as sales grow, costs are outrunning the top line.
Leverage-amplified, a high assets-to-equity ratio does much of the work. ROE 53% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is LNG?
Cheniere Energy, Inc. earns 17% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 8.4 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 30%
Operating margin · Oil & Gas Midstream median 30% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.16×
Cash conversion · 0.89× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- −5.8%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 28% |
| FY2021 | −4.4% |
| FY2022 | 14% |
| FY2023 | 76% |
| FY2024 | 39% |
| FY2025 | 46% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 48%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 30%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 14%
- Free cash flow margin
- 13%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $21.5B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $2.79B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $2.92B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 17%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.