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Cheniere Energy cash flow statement 1996–2026

Cheniere Energy's free cash flow over the last twelve months was 3.79B USD: operating cash flow of 7.18B USD less 3.39B USD of capital spending. That is 15.8% of its revenue and 17.99 a share.

Operating cash flow Free cash flow

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Fiscal year
TTM
30 Sept 2026
FY2025
31 Dec 2025
FY2024
31 Dec 2024
FY2023
31 Dec 2023
FY2022
31 Dec 2022
FY2021
31 Dec 2021
FY2020
31 Dec 2020
FY2019
31 Dec 2019
FY2018
31 Dec 2018
FY2017
31 Dec 2017
FY2016
31 Dec 2016
Net income
3.92B5.32B4.49B12.06B2.64B-1.57B501.00M1.23B1.20B563.00M-665.00M
Depreciation and amortization
1.80B1.95B1.22B1.20B1.12B1.01B932.00M794.00M449.00M356.00M174.00M
Stock-based compensation
—0.00215.00M250.00M205.00M140.00M110.00M131.00M113.00M91.00M101.00M
Change in working capital
-816.00M-1.74B-188.00M-177.00M-307.00M-1.26B-499.00M-303.00M-8.00M6.00M-232.00M
Change in receivables
-103.00M-640.00M380.00M840.00M-502.00M-799.00M-154.00M1.00M-133.00M-141.00M-207.00M
Change in inventory
-293.00M-32.00M-57.00M377.00M-123.00M-409.00M21.00M11.00M-73.00M-73.00M-119.00M
Change in payables
719.00M-232.00M248.00M-982.00M250.00M1.14B54.00M52.00M188.00M225.00M64.00M
Change in other working capital
-1.14B-831.00M-759.00M-412.00M68.00M-1.19B-420.00M-367.00M10.00M-5.00M94.00M
Other non-cash items
1.54B-1.85B-675.00M-7.30B6.43B4.85B181.00M500.00M241.00M218.00M98.00M
Operating cash flow
7.18B5.54B5.39B8.42B10.52B2.47B1.27B1.83B1.99B1.23B-404.00M
Operating cash flow growth
+40.08%+2.69%-35.92%-20.00%+326.20%+95.18%-30.99%-7.89%+61.66%——
Capital expenditure
-3.39B-3.08B-2.24B-2.12B-1.83B-966.00M-1.84B-3.06B-3.64B-3.36B-4.36B
Acquisitions
—122.00M-12.00M-61.00M-15.00M68.00M-100.00M-105.00M-25.00M-41.00M0.00
Purchases of investments
—-2.00M0.000.00-15.00M0.00-100.00M-105.00M0.000.000.00
Sales and maturities of investments
—0.000.000.0015.00M0.00100.00M105.00M0.000.000.00
Other investing
-40.00M68.00M-29.00M-20.00M1.00M-14.00M-8.00M-2.00M14.00M17.00M-57.00M
Investing cash flow
-3.56B-2.89B-2.28B-2.20B-1.84B-912.00M-1.95B-3.16B-3.65B-3.38B-4.41B
Debt issued (repaid)
1.38B-105.00M-796.00M-1.20B-5.20B-899.00M883.00M2.09B2.89B3.22B5.19B
Shares issued
—0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Share buybacks
-2.86B-2.72B-2.26B-1.47B-1.37B-9.00M-155.00M-249.00M0.000.000.00
Dividends paid
-466.00M-451.00M-412.00M-393.00M-349.00M-85.00M0.000.000.000.000.00
Other financing
-1.02B-972.00M-981.00M-1.11B-1.10B-824.00M-920.00M-652.00M-667.00M-274.00M-266.00M
Financing cash flow
-2.97B-4.25B-4.45B-4.18B-8.01B-1.82B-235.00M1.17B2.21B2.94B4.91B
Net change in cash
658.00M-1.61B-1.34B2.04B670.00M-260.00M-917.00M-162.00M543.00M786.00M91.00M
Free cash flow
3.79B2.46B3.16B6.30B8.69B1.50B-574.00M-1.22B-1.65B-2.13B-4.76B
Free cash flow growth
+70.43%-22.02%-49.88%-27.56%+478.38%——————
Free cash flow margin
15.79%12.54%20.01%31.04%25.75%8.52%-6.11%-13.15%-20.68%-37.66%-369.96%
Free cash flow per share
17.9911.1713.7825.9634.315.93-2.27-4.74-6.67-9.12-20.81
Free cash flow per share growth
+80.53%-18.91%-46.93%-24.34%+478.38%——————
Interest paid
——1.08B1.03B891.00M1.37B1.40B1.13B707.00M——
Income taxes paid
—0.000.00117.00M30.00M4.00M2.00M24.00M14.00M0.000.00

Figures in USD. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; owner earnings take off only the spending that keeps the business as it is, not the spending to grow it (an estimate by Financial Modeling Prep). Quarterly growth is on the same quarter a year before; TTM is the last four quarters.

Figures underlined with dots are from the company's SEC filings, where our data provider's differ.

Common questions about Cheniere Energy's cash flow

Source: Financial Modeling Prep