Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) quarterly cash flow statement — complete operating, investing & financing history
| Metric | Q1'26 | Q4'25 | Q3'25 | Q2'25 | Q1'25 | Q4'24 | Q3'24 | Q2'24 | Q1'24 | Q4'23 | Q3'23 | Q2'23 | Q1'23 | Q4'22 | Q3'22 | Q2'22 | Q1'22 | Q4'21 | Q3'21 | Q2'21 |
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| Cash from Operations | 1.08B | 2.06B | 1.43B | 831M | 1.23B | 1.64B | 1.39B | 1.12B | 1.25B | 1.72B | 1.7B | 1.58B | 3.42B | 2.95B | 2.4B | 2.52B | 2.65B | 412M | 684M | 307M |
| Operating CF Margin % | 16.24% | 37.87% | 32.09% | 18.3% | 23.05% | 36.24% | 36.82% | 34.38% | 29.5% | 36.23% | 41.15% | 38% | 47.15% | 32.48% | 26.54% | 31.77% | 34.44% | 6.04% | 15.94% | 9.03% |
| Operating CF Growth % | -12.05% | 25.23% | 2.44% | -25.54% | -1.44% | -4.59% | -18.08% | -29.32% | -63.58% | -41.73% | -29.22% | -37.27% | 28.85% | 616.5% | 250.73% | 719.87% | 149.06% | -17.6% | 360.08% | -32.38% |
| Net Income | -3.5B | 2.3B | 1.3B | 1.9B | 668M | 1.28B | 1.21B | 1.16B | 839M | 1.83B | 2.09B | 1.71B | 6.43B | 5.15B | -2.64B | 913M | -781M | -1.09B | -916M | -131M |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 0 | 508M | 338M | 329M | 312M | 308M | 306M | 304M | 302M | 304M | 298M | 297M | 297M | 292M | 280M | 276M | 271M | 258M | 259M | 258M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 0 | 0 | 35M | 49M | 56M | 75M | 48M | 52M | 40M | 122M | 43M | 36M | 49M | 90M | 36M | 36M | 43M | 49M | 28M | 31M |
| Deferred Taxes | 0 | 632M | 773M | 416M | 38M | 237M | 52M | 47M | -6M | 374M | 434M | 349M | 1.23B | 1.3B | -824M | 174M | -206M | 1.16B | -1.86B | -94M |
| Other Non-Cash Items | 5.29B | -1.53B | -401M | -1.2B | 764M | -373M | -314M | -448M | 460M | -848M | -1.26B | -669M | -4.52B | -3.68B | 5.72B | 962M | 3.43B | 843M | 3.29B | 482M |
| Working Capital Changes | -708M | 150M | -616M | -659M | -610M | 110M | 92M | -1M | -389M | -58M | 94M | -141M | -72M | -192M | -170M | 156M | -102M | -805M | -110M | -239M |
| Change in Receivables | 179M | -53M | -558M | 257M | -286M | -47M | 40M | -43M | 430M | -305M | -104M | 233M | 1.02B | -113M | 56M | -429M | -16M | -461M | -371M | 36M |
| Change in Inventory | -156M | -74M | 23M | 43M | -24M | -107M | -6M | -25M | 81M | -45M | 4M | 57M | 361M | 303M | -382M | -177M | 133M | -235M | -108M | -50M |
| Change in Payables | -131M | 440M | 117M | -696M | -93M | 455M | 117M | 390M | -714M | 279M | 290M | -274M | -1.28B | -688M | 660M | 664M | -386M | 532M | 524M | 36M |
| Cash from Investing | -878M | -735M | -699M | -1.01B | -549M | -573M | -521M | -519M | -666M | -724M | -410M | -341M | -727M | -496M | -315M | -855M | -178M | -205M | -324M | -183M |
| Capital Expenditures | -736M | -744M | 1.65B | -1.02B | -623M | -569M | -516M | -503M | -650M | -691M | -386M | -332M | -712M | -491M | -316M | -845M | -178M | -205M | -321M | -250M |
| CapEx % of Revenue | 11.07% | 13.71% | 37.09% | 22.56% | 11.7% | 12.57% | 13.66% | 15.5% | 15.39% | 14.56% | 9.36% | 7.99% | 9.81% | 5.4% | 3.5% | 10.67% | 2.31% | 3.01% | 7.48% | 7.35% |
| Acquisitions | -136M | 14M | -91M | 11M | 80M | 0 | 0 | -9M | -3M | -25M | -18M | -8M | -10M | -5M | -10M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68M |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Investing | -6M | -3M | -2.25B | -2M | -6M | -4M | -5M | -7M | -13M | -8M | -6M | -1M | -5M | 5M | 11M | -10M | 0 | 0 | -3M | -1M |
| Cash from Financing | -13M | -1.13B | -1.35B | -667M | -997M | -958M | -747M | -2.48B | -264M | -754M | -2.17B | 487M | -1.74B | -3.31B | -1.72B | -1.6B | -1.39B | -1.01B | 32M | -292M |
| Debt Issued (Net) | 940M | 250M | -55M | -300M | -300M | -350M | -150M | -1.64B | 1.35B | -30M | -1.45B | 1.2B | -896M | -2.21B | -1.29B | -660M | -1.04B | -727M | 247M | -131M |
| Equity Issued (Net) | -537M | -1.04B | -997M | -327M | -363M | -281M | -282M | -510M | -1.19B | -342M | -364M | -325M | -450M | -734M | -75M | -540M | -25M | -4M | -10M | -1M |
| Dividends Paid | -117M | -119M | -109M | -111M | -112M | -112M | -98M | -97M | -105M | -102M | -96M | -96M | -99M | -98M | -81M | -84M | -86M | -85M | 0 | 0 |
| Share Repurchases | -537M | -1.04B | -997M | -327M | -363M | -281M | -282M | -510M | -1.19B | -341M | -358M | -324M | -450M | -733M | -75M | -540M | -25M | -3M | -6M | -1M |
| Other Financing | -299M | -228M | -185M | 71M | -222M | -215M | -217M | -232M | -317M | -280M | -263M | -287M | -295M | -263M | -270M | -318M | -237M | -196M | -205M | -160M |
| Net Change in Cash | 184M | 186M | -619M | -851M | -322M | 114M | 122M | -1.88B | 313M | 242M | -886M | 1.73B | 956M | -851M | 372M | 60M | 1.09B | -805M | 392M | -168M |
| Free Cash Flow | 344M | 1.31B | 3.07B | -193M | 605M | 1.07B | 875M | 613M | 596M | 1.03B | 1.31B | 1.25B | 2.71B | 2.46B | 2.08B | 1.67B | 2.48B | 207M | 363M | 57M |
| FCF Margin % | 5.17% | 24.16% | 69.17% | -4.25% | 11.36% | 23.67% | 23.16% | 18.88% | 14.11% | 21.68% | 31.8% | 30.01% | 37.33% | 27.08% | 23.05% | 21.11% | 32.14% | 3.04% | 8.46% | 1.68% |
| FCF Growth % | -43.14% | 22.29% | 251.09% | -131.48% | 1.51% | 4.18% | -33.31% | -50.84% | -78% | -58.19% | -37.01% | -25.42% | 9.37% | 1088.89% | 473.83% | 2833.33% | 182.76% | 111.22% | 150.63% | 111.11% |
| FCF per Share | 1.63 | 6.10 | 13.97 | -0.87 | 2.70 | 4.76 | 3.85 | 2.68 | 2.54 | 4.24 | 5.42 | 5.11 | 11.02 | 9.86 | 8.34 | 6.53 | 9.75 | 0.82 | 1.43 | 0.22 |
| FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income) | -0.31x | 0.89x | 1.36x | 0.51x | 3.48x | 1.68x | 1.56x | 1.27x | 2.48x | 1.25x | 1.00x | 1.15x | 0.63x | 0.75x | -1.01x | 3.40x | -3.07x | -0.31x | -0.63x | -0.93x |
| Interest Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227M | 217M | 252M | 324M | 135M | 364M | 0 | 221M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taxes Paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 407M | 4M | 0 | 0 | 20M | 1M | 0 | 61M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |