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Company snapshot — Cheniere Energy Inc

LNG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Cheniere Energy operates liquefied natural gas terminals and connecting pipelines in the United States, turning domestic gas into LNG cargoes for export. It owns and runs the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana and the Corpus Christi terminal in Texas, each linked to interstate gas networks by its own supply pipeline. Alongside the terminals it runs an LNG and gas marketing arm that buys, ships and sells the fuel. It is based in Houston, Texas.
Where it sits in the stack
Cheniere carries no seat in our index, Rubin, which tracks the AI build-out; it sits instead in the energy sector of our wider universe, under oil and gas midstream. Its business is exporting gas as LNG rather than supplying compute, power plants or data-centre infrastructure directly, so it stands outside the layers Rubin covers.
Who it is priced against
The diary has no set peer group for Cheniere; the comparison the market draws most often is with Sempra's LNG export arm, another large US terminal operator.
Why Closelook tracks it
Cheniere holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no seat in Rubin and no Closelook score yet; the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far.
What the diary watches
Whether the share price keeps slipping below its short-term average even as analyst price targets are raised, a gap the diary would read as a shift in how the stock and the coverage disagree.

Cheniere Energy Inc (LNG) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for LNG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Scotiabank, 2026-09-10

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for LNG from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Scotiabank — target 312 from 290 Target raised to $312 from $290 (+11.6% to spot) 2026-09-10
  • Price target Argus — target 330 from 284 Target raised to $330 from $284 (+20.3% to spot) 2026-08-18

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Midstream · United States · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Midstream · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against LNG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.83%, quarterly · last 0.56 USD on 2026-08-10

Dividends and capital return

What LNG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.22 USD per share · a 0.83% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +11.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.56 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-10
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.44 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.81 USD · 2025: 2.06 USD · 2026: 1.67 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-08

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Cheniere Energy Inc (LNG)?

Cheniere Energy Inc trades as LNG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is LNG in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Cheniere Energy Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does LNG trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -0.7% vs the 50-day and +10.5% vs the 200-day average, 10.6% below the 52-week high and +44.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Cheniere Energy Inc do?

Cheniere Energy operates liquefied natural gas terminals and connecting pipelines in the United States, turning domestic gas into LNG cargoes for export. It owns and runs the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana and the Corpus Christi terminal in Texas, each linked to interstate gas networks by its own supply pipeline. Alongside the terminals it runs an LNG and gas marketing arm that buys, ships and sells the fuel. The diary has no set peer group for Cheniere; the comparison the market draws most often is with Sempra's LNG export arm, another large US terminal operator.

Where does Cheniere Energy Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Cheniere carries no seat in our index, Rubin, which tracks the AI build-out; it sits instead in the energy sector of our wider universe, under oil and gas midstream. Its business is exporting gas as LNG rather than supplying compute, power plants or data-centre infrastructure directly, so it stands outside the layers Rubin covers. Cheniere holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no seat in Rubin and no Closelook score yet; the diary has not quoted it in an edition so far.

Does Cheniere Energy Inc pay a dividend?

Cheniere Energy Inc has paid 2.22 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.83% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.56 USD on 2026-08-10. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Cheniere Energy Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Cheniere Energy Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Scotiabank on 2026-09-10 (target 312 from 290). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for LNG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

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