Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) balance sheet
NYSE · Energy · Oil & Gas Midstream · 1,717 employees · CEO Jack A. Fusco
- Price
- $330.32 +3.57%
- Market cap
- $67.5B
- Enterprise value
- $92.1B
- Last report
- Q3 '26 filed 2026-10-29
- Next report
- 2027-02-25 EPS est. $5.87
At the end of Q3 '26 Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) held $1.66B in cash and short-term investments against $26.3B of debt incl. leases. Total assets $48.8B, total liabilities $36.9B, shareholders' equity $6.56B.
Balance sheet
| Balance sheet | Trend | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q3 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||||||||||
| Cash & equivalents | $4.07B | $4.41B | $2.44B | $2.66B | $2.64B | $2.51B | $2.02B | $1.4B | $1.58B | $1.77B | $1.52B | $1.66B | |
| Receivables | $1.11B | $675M | $719M | $680M | $727M | $1.02B | $761M | $1.32B | $1.38B | $1.21B | $1.34B | $1.42B | |
| Inventory | $445M | $363M | $387M | $394M | $501M | $525M | $482M | $458M | $524M | $678M | $723M | $722M | |
| Other current assets | $714M | $660M | $788M | $718M | $935M | $672M | $444M | $321M | $204M | $504M | $418M | $811M | |
| Current assets | $6.33B | $6.11B | $4.34B | $4.46B | $4.8B | $4.73B | $3.7B | $3.5B | $3.69B | $4.16B | $4.11B | $4.71B | |
| Property, plant & equipment (net) | $35.1B | $35.6B | $35.9B | $36.1B | $36.2B | $36.9B | $37.6B | $38B | $38.5B | $39.4B | $39.7B | $39.8B | |
| Long-term investments | $111M | $367M | $1.15B | $1.66B | $129M | $1.02B | $2.24B | $2.57B | $5.14B | $2.23B | $735M | $0 | |
| Goodwill | $77M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $77M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $77M | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Deferred tax assets | $26M | $27M | $26M | $26M | $19M | $18M | $18M | $17M | $1.26B | $12M | $0 | $0 | |
| Other non-current assets | $1.43B | $779M | $841M | $855M | $2.6B | $877M | $1.02B | $1.05B | $511M | $1.04B | $3.46B | $4.28B | |
| Non-current assets | $36.7B | $36.8B | $37.9B | $38.6B | $39.1B | $38.8B | $40.9B | $41.6B | $45.4B | $42.7B | $43.9B | $44.1B | |
| Total assets | $43.1B | $42.9B | $42.3B | $43.1B | $43.9B | $43.5B | $44.6B | $45.1B | $49.1B | $46.8B | $48B | $48.8B | |
| Liabilities | |||||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $181M | $102M | $124M | $137M | $171M | $182M | $161M | $279M | $123M | $241M | $293M | $420M | |
| Accrued expenses | $1.51B | $985M | $1.26B | $1B | $1.42B | $1.43B | $148M | $176M | $215M | $131M | $1.68B | $2.07B | |
| Short-term debt | $300M | $3.63B | $798M | $700M | $351M | $104M | $609M | $1.18B | $933M | $2.18B | $1.97B | $1.35B | |
| Taxes payable | $0 | $0 | $190M | $457M | $472M | $511M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Deferred revenue | $179M | $125M | $125M | $189M | $163M | $117M | $145M | $176M | $150M | $111M | $116M | $158M | |
| Other current liabilities | $1.06B | $689M | $998M | $1.05B | $1.27B | $1.06B | $2.15B | $1.93B | $2.5B | $4.61B | -$1.01B | $692M | |
| Current liabilities | $3.89B | $6.21B | $4.24B | $4.16B | $4.44B | $3.98B | $3.78B | $3.74B | $3.92B | $7.27B | $4.72B | $5.24B | |
| Long-term debt | $23.4B | $21.4B | $22.6B | $22.5B | $22.6B | $22.5B | $22B | $22B | $24.7B | $22.1B | $22.6B | $22.6B | |
| Lease obligations (non-current) | $1.97B | $2.71B | $2.71B | $2.73B | $2.09B | $2.15B | $3.44B | $3.31B | $3.01B | $2.09B | $1.95B | $1.82B | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | $1.55B | $1.53B | $1.58B | $1.63B | $1.86B | $1.89B | $2.31B | $3.08B | $4.94B | $3.32B | $3.63B | $3.76B | |
| Other non-current liabilities | $3.26B | $2.76B | $2.57B | $2.67B | $2.86B | $2.92B | $1.74B | $1.56B | -$486M | $3.35B | $3.55B | $3.46B | |
| Non-current liabilities | $30.2B | $28.4B | $29.4B | $29.6B | $29.4B | $29.5B | $29.5B | $29.9B | $32.1B | $30.9B | $31.8B | $31.6B | |
| Total liabilities | $34.1B | $34.6B | $33.7B | $33.7B | $33.8B | $33.4B | $33.3B | $33.6B | $36B | $38.2B | $36.5B | $36.9B | |
| Equity | |||||||||||||
| Common stock & paid-in capital | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | |
| Retained earnings | $4.55B | $4.95B | $5.63B | $6.52B | $7.38B | $7.62B | $9.02B | $10.1B | $12.2B | $8.62B | $11.6B | $12.6B | |
| Shareholders' equity | $5.06B | $4.25B | $4.46B | $5.1B | $5.7B | $5.58B | $6.71B | $6.75B | $7.92B | $3.76B | $6.19B | $6.56B | |
| Debt | |||||||||||||
| Total debt (incl. leases) | $26.3B | $28.4B | $26.7B | $26.6B | $25.6B | $25.3B | $26.6B | $26.5B | $28.6B | $26.4B | $26.6B | $26.3B | |
| Net debt (debt - cash) | $22.3B | $24B | $24.3B | $23.9B | $22.9B | $22.8B | $24.6B | $25.1B | $27B | $24.6B | $25B | $24.6B | |
| Balance sheet | Trend | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||||||||
| Cash & equivalents | $876M | $722M | $981M | $2.47B | $1.63B | $1.4B | $1.35B | $4.07B | $2.64B | $1.58B | |
| Receivables | $209M | $371M | $585M | $491M | $647M | $1.51B | $1.94B | $1.11B | $727M | $1.38B | |
| Inventory | $160M | $243M | $316M | $312M | $292M | $706M | $826M | $445M | $501M | $524M | |
| Other current assets | $984M | $2.03B | $2.35B | $935M | $602M | $1.44B | $1.49B | $714M | $935M | $204M | |
| Current assets | $2.24B | $3.37B | $4.23B | $4.21B | $3.17B | $5.06B | $5.61B | $6.33B | $4.8B | $3.69B | |
| Property, plant & equipment (net) | $20.6B | $24B | $27.2B | $30.1B | $31.2B | $32.4B | $34.2B | $35.1B | $36.2B | $38.5B | |
| Long-term investments | $10M | $64M | $94M | $108M | $81M | $56M | $16M | $111M | $129M | $5.14B | |
| Goodwill | $77M | $77M | $77M | $77M | $77M | $77M | $77M | $77M | $77M | $77M | |
| Deferred tax assets | $612M | $383M | $8M | $529M | $489M | $1.2B | $864M | $26M | $19M | $1.26B | |
| Other non-current assets | $743M | $418M | $329M | $454M | $701M | $475M | $548M | $1.43B | $2.6B | $511M | |
| Non-current assets | $21.5B | $24.5B | $27.8B | $31.3B | $32.5B | $34.2B | $35.7B | $36.7B | $39.1B | $45.4B | |
| Total assets | $23.7B | $27.9B | $32B | $35.5B | $35.7B | $39.3B | $41.3B | $43.1B | $43.9B | $49.1B | |
| Liabilities | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $49M | $25M | $58M | $66M | $35M | $155M | $124M | $181M | $171M | $123M | |
| Accrued expenses | $353M | $937M | $1.04B | $1.17B | $1.05B | $1.79B | $2.43B | $1.51B | $1.42B | $215M | |
| Short-term debt | $297M | $0 | $239M | $0 | $372M | $367M | $813M | $300M | $351M | $933M | |
| Taxes payable | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $472M | $0 | |
| Deferred revenue | $73M | $111M | $139M | $161M | $138M | $155M | $234M | $179M | $163M | $150M | |
| Other current liabilities | $378M | $178M | $262M | $245M | $438M | $1.69B | $2.57B | $1.06B | $1.27B | $2.5B | |
| Current liabilities | $1.08B | $1.25B | $1.74B | $1.87B | $2.2B | $4.69B | $6.8B | $3.89B | $4.44B | $3.92B | |
| Long-term debt | $21.7B | $25.3B | $28.2B | $30.8B | $30.5B | $29.4B | $24.1B | $23.4B | $22.6B | $24.7B | |
| Lease obligations (non-current) | $0 | $0 | $57M | $247M | $654M | $1.6B | $2.47B | $1.97B | $2.09B | $3.01B | |
| Deferred revenue (non-current) | $5M | $1M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1.55B | $1.86B | $4.94B | |
| Other non-current liabilities | $94M | $78M | $80M | $162M | $158M | $3.55B | $8.12B | $3.26B | $2.86B | -$486M | |
| Non-current liabilities | $21.8B | $25.4B | $28.3B | $31.2B | $31.3B | $34.6B | $34.6B | $30.2B | $29.4B | $32.1B | |
| Total liabilities | $22.9B | $26.7B | $30.1B | $33.1B | $33.5B | $39.3B | $41.4B | $34.1B | $33.8B | $36B | |
| Equity | |||||||||||
| Common stock & paid-in capital | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | $1M | |
| Retained earnings | -$4.23B | -$4.63B | -$4.16B | -$3.51B | -$3.59B | -$6.02B | -$4.94B | $4.55B | $7.38B | $12.2B | |
| Shareholders' equity | -$1.4B | -$1.76B | -$526M | -$14M | -$191M | -$2.57B | -$2.97B | $5.06B | $5.7B | $7.92B | |
| Debt | |||||||||||
| Total debt (incl. leases) | $21.9B | $25.3B | $28.5B | $31.3B | $31.7B | $31.9B | $27.9B | $26.3B | $25.6B | $28.6B | |
| Net debt (debt - cash) | $21.1B | $24.6B | $27.5B | $28.8B | $30B | $30.5B | $26.6B | $22.3B | $22.9B | $27B | |
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Data as of 2026-11-01