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Cheniere Energy

LNG
50
Oil & Gas Midstream · Energy
Price
$262.60
+3.60 (+1.39%)
Market Cap
$55.03B
Winston Score
50
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−13.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 253.4M (2021) → 220.3M (2025)

Cheniere Energy is the largest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the United States. The company takes natural gas from pipelines, freezes it into liquid form at its terminals, loads it onto special ships, and sells it to customers around the world. Its main facilities are the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana and the Corpus Christi terminal in Texas.

Cheniere makes money primarily through long-term contracts with utilities, energy companies, and governments in Europe, Asia, and beyond. Most of its revenue is locked in under 20-year agreements, which gives the business very predictable cash flows — that contract structure is its biggest competitive advantage. The main risk is that a prolonged drop in global natural gas demand, or new LNG supply from competitors in Qatar, Australia, or Canada, could pressure future contract prices when existing deals expire.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+19.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+146.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.7%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Cheniere Energy is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 20%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
31.1%
Modest — 31.1% gross margin
Operating Margin
29.5%
Excellent — 29.5% operating margin
ROCE
4.8%
Weak — 4.8% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+25.1%
Fast-growing sales (25.1% YoY)
EPS YoY
+70.5%
Earnings growing fast (70.5% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
104%
Turns 104% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
7.6%
Modest free cash flow (7.6%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
3.23
Heavy debt load (3.23)
Interest Cover
6.29x
Adequate interest coverage (6.3x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
10.8x
Attractive valuation — P/E 10.8

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward
-5.3
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
0.90%
Small dividend — 0.90% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+11.9%
Dividend growing fast (11.9% YoY)

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