Growth Metrics

Cheniere Energy (LNG) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Cheniere Energy's Operating Expenses history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at $3.8 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Expenses fell 53.44% year-over-year to $3.8 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $10.9 billion, down 3.35%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $10.9 billion, 13.46% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 was $3.8 billion at Cheniere Energy, up from $447.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $27.6 billion in Q4 2022 and bottomed at -$13.4 billion in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $2.1 billion (2021), against an average of $3.5 billion.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Expenses soared 1650.79% in 2021 before it tumbled 341.44% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $6.1 billion in 2021, then skyrocketed by 351.81% to $27.6 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 102.47% to -$682.0 million in 2023, then soared by 1303.96% to $8.2 billion in 2024, then crashed by 53.44% to $3.8 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for LNG's Operating Expenses are $3.8 billion (Q4 2025), $447.0 million (Q3 2025), and $2.1 billion (Q2 2025).