Growth Metrics

Cheniere Energy (LNG) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Cheniere Energy's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.36 for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, FCF Payout Ratio rose 94.51% year-over-year to 0.36; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.33, up 47.11%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.33, 21.72% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.36 at Cheniere Energy, up from 0.15 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.43 in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 0.36 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.18 (2024), against an average of 0.14.
  • The largest annual shift saw FCF Payout Ratio crashed 163.29% in 2023 before it skyrocketed 387.0% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.41 in 2021, then crashed by 133.35% to 0.14 in 2022, then plummeted by 163.29% to 0.36 in 2023, then surged by 151.23% to 0.18 in 2024, then skyrocketed by 94.51% to 0.36 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LNG's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.36 (Q4 2025), 0.15 (Q3 2025), and 0.12 (Q2 2025).