Cheniere Lifts 2026 EBITDA Guidance to $8.75B-$9.25B and Raises Dividend Over 12%
LNG sits 65% above its 52-week low of $186.2.
Summary
Cheniere raised 2026 EBITDA guidance to $8.75B-$9.25B and Distributable Cash Flow guidance to $6.05B-$6.55B, and increased its quarterly dividend over 12% to $0.625 per share. Q3 revenue rose 39% to $6.17 billion, while reported net income of $1.17 billion was weighed against $3.6 billion of non-cash derivative losses year-to-date.
Key Events · Earnings and Guidance · LNG
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2026 Guidance Raised Again
Full-year 2026 Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA guidance was lifted to $8.75B-$9.25B from $7.90B-$8.40B, and Distributable Cash Flow guidance to $6.05B-$6.55B from $5.30B-$5.80B.
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Dividend Increased Over 12%
The quarterly cash dividend rose to $0.625 per share from $0.555, payable November 17, 2026 to shareholders of record November 9, 2026.
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Q3 Results and Buyback Pace
Q3 revenue of $6.17 billion rose 39% year over year and net income was $1.17 billion; the company repurchased 2.8 million shares for about $731 million in the quarter, part of $3.6 billion deployed year-to-date.
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Derivative Swings Distort Nine-Month Profit
Nine-month net income fell to $736 million on $3.6 billion of unfavorable non-cash fair-value changes on derivative instruments, mostly long-term IPM agreements; Adjusted Net Income was $2.39 billion.
Analysis · LNG · Energy & Transportation
Guidance is the headline: Cheniere beat its own outlook and pulled full-year 2026 Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA guidance up to $8.75B-$9.25B from $7.90B-$8.40B, while Distributable Cash Flow guidance rose to $6.05B-$6.55B from $5.30B-$5.80B. Alongside that, the board lifted the quarterly dividend to $0.625 per share, over 12% above the prior quarter, and buybacks continued — 2.8 million shares for about $731 million in Q3 alone. Reported net income of $1.17 billion looks modest next to the $3.6 billion of non-cash derivative swings that dragged nine-month profit to $736 million, so the cash-based numbers are the ones that matter here. Balance-sheet credibility ahead of a final investment decision gets a boost from an S&P upgrade of the Corpus Christi entity to A- and term-loan commitments covering roughly half the first-phase Sabine Pass expansion costs.
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At the time of this filing, LNG was trading at $306.60 on NYSE in the Energy & Transportation sector, with a market capitalization of approximately $61.5B. The 52-week trading range was $186.20 to $304.73. This filing was assessed with positive market sentiment and an importance score of 8 out of 10.