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Cheniere Energy Inc LNG

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Cheniere Earnings: Capital Allocation Shifts to Stock Buybacks

Stephen Ellis

Cheniere Energy’s first-quarter earnings point to modest upside to our estimates in the near term and toward the very top end of management's 2024 EBITDA guidance of $5.5 billion-$6.0 billion compared with our $5.9 billion forecast. As usual, the upside is attributable to marketing profits, where Cheniere can capture the benefits of higher liquefied natural gas prices globally. We expect to leave our $161 fair value estimate and wide moat rating unchanged.

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Price vs Fair Value

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LNG is trading at a 32% premium.
Price
$157.78
Fair Value
$178.00
Uncertainty
Medium
1-Star Price
$243.86
5-Star Price
$758.30
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

At $600-$700/ton for incremental capacity expansion projects, Cheniere has some of the lowest-cost LNG projects on the global cost curve, well below the U.S. average of $800/ton and similar targets by Australian LNG producers.

Bears

If China changes its government policy on higher natural gas consumption, this would likely mean a decline in demand for U.S. LNG.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$157.78
Day Range
$155.49–158.50
52-Week Range
$135.30–183.46
Bid/Ask
$154.79 / $157.50
Market Cap
$35.96 Bil
Volume/Avg
1.8 Mil / 2.1 Mil

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
9.96
Price/Sales
2.17
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
1.08%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
1.10%
Total Yield
7.23%

Company Profile

Cheniere Energy owns and operates the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas terminal via its stake in Cheniere Partners. It also owns the Corpus Christi LNG terminals as well as Cheniere Marketing, which markets LNG using Cheniere's gas volumes.
Sector
Energy
Industry
Oil & Gas Midstream
Stock Style Box
Mid Core
Total Number of Employees
1,605
Website
https://www.cheniere.com

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Valuation

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Metric
LNG
ET
WMB
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 9.9613.1420.33
Price/Book Value
 8.501.803.89
Price/Sales
 2.170.654.56
Price/Cash Flow
 5.595.098.24
Price/Earnings
LNG
ET
WMB

Financial Strength

Metric
LNG
ET
WMB
Quick Ratio
 1.330.930.37
Current Ratio
 1.631.180.52
Interest Coverage
 13.593.184.05
Quick Ratio
LNG
ET
WMB

Profitability

Metric
LNG
ET
WMB
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 11.21%5.75%4.89%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 129.04%22.11%20.70%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 15.58%9.47%8.53%
Return on Assets
LNG
ET
WMB
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