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Cheniere Energy LNG Interest coverage

Interest coverage at other companies

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Sempra EnergySRE
1.9×-0.8×
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Cheniere Energy PartnersCQP
4.4×+0.3×
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Enterprise Products PartnersEPD
5.1×-0.2×
Energy Transfer logo
Energy TransferET
2.6×-0.2×
EOG Resources logo
EOG ResourcesEOG
28×-22.4×
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OneokOKE
3.3×-0.1×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.9B+7.8%
Gross profit-$2.5B-231%
Operating income-$3.5B-463%
Net income-$3.5B-1,092%
EPS (diluted)-$16.65-1,161%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.3B-48.0%
Total debt$27.8B+6.7%
Total equity$3.8B-32.7%
Total assets$46.8B+7.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.1B-12.1%
CapEx$736.0M+18.1%
Free cash flow$344.0M-43.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$47.57B+15.2%
Enterprise value$74.12B+14.4%
P/E32.3×+18.9×
P/S2.3×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin41.7%-14.8pp
Operating margin22.9%-12.3pp
Net margin7.2%-11.1pp
FCF margin11.7%-7.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity31.6%-31.5pp
Debt / equity7.4×+2.7×
Current ratio0.6×-0.6×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Cheniere Energy’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Cheniere Energy’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Cheniere Energy's interest coverage?
Cheniere Energy (LNG) reported interest coverage of 4.8× in Q1 2026.
How has Cheniere Energy's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
Cheniere Energy's interest coverage decreased by 21.5% year-over-year, from 6.1× to 4.8×.
What is the long-term trend for Cheniere Energy's interest coverage?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Cheniere Energy's interest coverage has grown at a 41.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.7× to 9.6×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.