Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Cheniere Energy (LNG) posted Operating Expenses of $1.44 billion for Q2 2026, down 31.7% from $2.11 billion a year earlier and down 84.6% from the prior quarter.
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Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at Cheniere Energy was $15.07 billion, up 32.1% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $10.86 billion, up 13.5% from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Cheniere Energy's Operating Expenses was $9.58 billion in FY2024 (+95.2%), $4.91 billion in FY2023 (-83.0%), $28.87 billion in FY2022 (+74.3%) and $16.57 billion in FY2021 (+146.2%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Operating Expenses since Q3 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 24.7%.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q3 2021, with growth of 299.9%; the weakest was Q3 2023, with a decline of 88.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $9.36 billion (Q1 2026), $1.65 billion (Q4 2025) and $2.62 billion (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.44 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.36 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.65 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.62 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.11 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.48 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.70 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.12 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.66 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.10 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.39 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.40 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.79 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -681.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.37 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.87 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.53 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.10 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.12 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.55 Bn |
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Cheniere Energy, Inc. Operating Expenses API
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url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "LNG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=LNG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();