How Cheniere Energy, Inc. stacks up

LNG · against 35 other Energy companies of similar size

Profitability

84/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #7 of 36 · scores higher than 83% of peers

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

8 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 · 33 reported	17.3%	12.0%	63%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 36 reported	29.9%	17.7%	83%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 35 reported	9.1%	6.2%	88%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 35 reported	39.1%	15.9%	94%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 36 reported	36.9%	35.4%	54%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around LNG

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	China Shenhua Energy Company Limited1088.HK · Hong Kong	934.4B HKD (≈$119.6B)	92	58
2	Canadian Natural Resources LimitedCNQ · US-listed	110.5B USD	90	61
2	EOG Resources, Inc.EOG · US-listed	81.4B USD	90	78
4	Shaanxi Coal Industry Company Limited601225.SS · China	266.1B CNY (≈$37.3B)	89	61
5	MPLX LPMPLX · US-listed	58.3B USD	88	51
5	TC Energy CorporationTRP · US-listed	66.1B USD	88	45
7	Cheniere Energy, Inc.LNG · US-listed	64.3B USD	84	43
8	Valero Energy CorporationVLO · US-listed	111.6B USD	83	70
9	Equinor ASAEQNR · US-listed	108.0B USD	81	55
9	Suncor Energy Inc.SU · US-listed	89.1B USD	81	59
11	EQT CorporationEQT · US-listed	33.9B USD	80	71

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

Bringing the fundamentals into focus…