Cheniere Energy (LNG) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Cheniere Energy's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 15.05% for Q2 2026, down 2.02 percentage points from 17.07% a year earlier but up 3.42 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Cheniere Energy (LNG) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Cheniere Energy's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 21.72%, up 6.02 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] carries a five-year change of +13.84 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 15.70% in FY2024 (-24.76 pp), 40.46% in FY2023 (+26.84 pp), 13.62% in FY2022 (+15.76 pp) and -2.14% in FY2021 (-10.02 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] is -6.78% (Q1 2022) to 52.01% (Q3 2023).
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] increased in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -8.90 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years came in Q3 2023 (a gain of 57.18 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2024 (a drop of 34.29 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LNG's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at 11.63% (Q1 2026), 21.40% (Q4 2025) and 17.15% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enbridge | 103.53 Bn | 99.13 Bn | 4.84 Bn | 5.52% |
| 2 | Williams Companies | 82.50 Bn | 79.53 Bn | 2.59 Bn | 7.90% |
| 3 | Enterprise Products Partners | 79.39 Bn | 77.75 Bn | - | 12.76% |
| 4 | Kinder Morgan | 68.14 Bn | 66.99 Bn | 2.97 Bn | 7.64% |
| 5 | Energy Transfer | 65.55 Bn | 61.38 Bn | 6.57 Bn | 8.92% |
| 6 | Tc Energy | 65.45 Bn | 62.21 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Cheniere Energy | 59.68 Bn | 53.83 Bn | 2.97 Bn | 15.11% |
| 8 | Targa Resources | 58.63 Bn | 58.09 Bn | 2.02 Bn | 16.29% |
| 9 | Mplx | 57.55 Bn | 51.58 Bn | 3.19 Bn | 13.41% |
| 10 | Oneok | 54.31 Bn | 53.71 Bn | 2.84 Bn | 9.56% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 15.11% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 15.05% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 11.63% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 21.40% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 17.15% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 17.07% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.94% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.70% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.72% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 20.68% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 23.52% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 40.22% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 52.01% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 38.74% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 35.35% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.78% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -5.17% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -3.16% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -6.78% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -2.00% |
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Cheniere Energy Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LNG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=LNG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();