Cheniere Energy (LNG)

• Market cap: $49.5B
• 1 day: -2.54%
• 5 days: 5.14%
• 1 month: -11.40%
• 3 months: -1.70%
• 6 months: 21.62%
• Year to date: 0.25%
• 1 year: 34.41%
• 5 years: 311.92%
• 10 years: 199.96%
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Natural Gas Distribution

About: Cheniere Energy is a liquified natural gas, or LNG, producer with two facilities in Corpus Christi, Texas and Sabine Pass, Louisiana. It generates most of its revenue through long-term contracts with customers on a fixed and variable fee payout structure. It also generates revenue by selling uncontracted LNG to customers on a short or one-time basis. A subsidiary, Cheniere Energy Partners, owns the Sabine Pass facility and trades as a master limited partnership.

Employees: 1,714

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

306% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 195 | Existing positions closed: 48

28% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 32 [Q3] → 41 (+9) [Q4]

19% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 401 | Existing positions reduced: 336

19% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $36B [Q3] → $42.6B (+$6.66B) [Q4]

11% more funds holding

Funds holding: 956 [Q3] → 1,058 (+102) [Q4]

0.25% less ownership

Funds ownership: 88.29% [Q3] → 88.04% (-0.25%) [Q4]

22% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $598M | Put options by funds: $762M

Research analyst outlook

8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $235 6% upside
• Avg. target: $249 12% upside
• High target: $261 18% upside

8 analyst ratings

• positive: 8 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

Stifel Benjamin Nolan 44% 1-year accuracy 19 / 43 met price target	15% upside $255	Buy Maintained	21 Feb 2025
Morgan Stanley Fotis Giannakoulis 0% 1-year accuracy 0 / 1 met price target	15% upside $255	Overweight Maintained	31 Jan 2025
Scotiabank Brandon Bingham 25% 1-year accuracy 1 / 4 met price target	12% upside $247	Sector Outperform Maintained	21 Jan 2025
Barclays Theresa Chen 46% 1-year accuracy 12 / 26 met price target	14% upside $253	Overweight Maintained	16 Jan 2025
Scotiabank Holly Stewart 67% 1-year accuracy 2 / 3 met price target	9% upside $242	Sector Outperform Reinstated	10 Jan 2025