How Cheniere Energy, Inc. stacks up

LNG · against 196 other Energy companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

84/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #33 of 197 · scores higher than 82% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

20 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including LNG · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 84?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Energy peers.

a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 75% of peers. Return on invested capital: 17.3% vs peer median 9.3%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 82% of peers. Operating margin: 29.9% vs peer median 11.7%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 84% of peers. Return on assets: 9.1% vs peer median 4.4%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = LNG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	LNG	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 190 reported	17.3%	9.2%	78%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 193 reported	29.9%	13.4%	76%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 194 reported	9.1%	4.4%	81%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 190 reported	39.1%	11.8%	93%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 197 reported	36.9%	41.2%	45%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around LNG

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Texas Pacific Land CorporationTPL · US-listed	22.9B USD	100	72
2	Natural Resource Partners L.P.NRP · US-listed	1.6B USD	99	61
2	Permian Basin Royalty TrustPBT · US-listed	1.3B USD	99	59
2	Sabine Royalty TrustSBR · US-listed	1.0B USD	99	72
5	Black Stone Minerals, L.P.BSM · US-listed	3.2B USD	98	66
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31	Oceaneering International, Inc.OII · US-listed	3.8B USD	85	65
31	Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A.TGS · US-listed	3.6B USD	85	77
33	Antero Midstream CorporationAM · US-listed	9.9B USD	84	46
33	Flotek Industries, Inc.FTK · US-listed	900M USD	84	56
33	Cheniere Energy, Inc.LNG · US-listed	64.3B USD	84	43
33	Ultrapar Participações S.A.UGP · US-listed	6.0B USD	84	62
37	Valero Energy CorporationVLO · US-listed	111.6B USD	83	70
38	Western Midstream Partners, LPWES · US-listed	18.1B USD	82	53
39	Equinor ASAEQNR · US-listed	108.0B USD	81	55

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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