Cheniere Energy, Inc. cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, Cheniere Energy, Inc.'s operations generated $5.54bn of cash; it spent $3.08bn on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $2.46bn. It returned $451m in dividends and $2.72bn through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | −0.1 | −0.0 | −0.0 | −0.1 | −0.1 | −0.3 | −0.5 | −0.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 10.5 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Stock-based pay | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Capital spending | — | — | — | 1.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Free cash flow | — | — | — | −1.2 | −3.2 | −3.1 | −7.3 | −4.8 | −2.1 | −1.7 | −1.2 | −0.6 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | — | — | — | −1.3 | −3.4 | −3.2 | −7.5 | −4.9 | −2.2 | −1.8 | −1.4 | −0.7 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Share buybacks | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
| Shares issued | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 1,641 | 1,228 | 831 | 1,425 | 2,055 | 1,080 | 1,578 | 2,466 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 308 | 312 | 329 | 338 | 350 | 373 | 380 | 393 |
| Stock-based pay | 75 | 56 | 37 | 28 | 21 | 78 | 41 | 53 |
| Capital spending | 569 | 623 | 1,024 | 687 | 744 | 736 | 1,180 | 732 |
| Free cash flow | 1,072 | 605 | −193 | 738 | 1,311 | 344 | 398 | 1,734 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 997 | 549 | −230 | 710 | 1,290 | 266 | 357 | 1,681 |
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