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Cheniere Energy (LTS:0HWH) Piotroski F-Score : 5 (As of Mar. 04, 2025)


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What is Cheniere Energy Piotroski F-Score?

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Cheniere Energy has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Cheniere Energy's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0HWH' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Cheniere Energy was 7. The lowest was 1. And the median was 6.


Cheniere Energy Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cheniere Energy's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Cheniere Energy Piotroski F-Score Chart

Cheniere Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.00 4.00 7.00 7.00 5.00

Cheniere Energy Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Piotroski F-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.00 6.00 6.00 5.00 5.00

Competitive Comparison of Cheniere Energy's Piotroski F-Score

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Cheniere Energy's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Cheniere Energy's Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Cheniere Energy's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cheniere Energy's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (Dec24) TTM:Last Year (Dec23) TTM:
Net Income was 502 + 880 + 893 + 977 = $3,252 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 1246 + 1116 + 1391 + 1641 = $5,394 Mil.
Revenue was 4253 + 3251 + 3763 + 4436 = $15,703 Mil.
Gross Profit was 1264 + 1700 + 1752 + 1889 = $6,605 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (Dec23)
to the end of this year (Dec24) was
(43076 + 42911 + 42278 + 43075 + 43858) / 5 = $43039.6 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (Dec23) was $43,076 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $24,644 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $4,801 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $4,441 Mil.
Net Income was 5434 + 1369 + 1701 + 1377 = $9,881 Mil.

Revenue was 7310 + 4102 + 4159 + 4823 = $20,394 Mil.
Gross Profit was 8108 + 2406 + 2860 + 2633 = $16,007 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (Dec22)
to the end of last year (Dec23) was
(41266 + 40265 + 41803 + 41719 + 43076) / 5 = $41625.8 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (Dec22) was $41,266 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $25,368 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $6,331 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $3,888 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Cheniere Energy's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,252. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Cheniere Energy's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 5,394. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec23)
=3252/43076
=0.07549447

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (Dec22)
=9881/41266
=0.23944652

Cheniere Energy's return on assets of this year was 0.07549447. Cheniere Energy's return on assets of last year was 0.23944652. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Cheniere Energy's current Net Income (TTM) was 3,252. Cheniere Energy's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 5,394. ==> 5,394 > 3,252 ==> CFROA > ROA ==> Score 1.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: Dec24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec23 to Dec24
=24644/43039.6
=0.57258896

Gearing (Last Year: Dec23)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from Dec22 to Dec23
=25368/41625.8
=0.60942973

Cheniere Energy's gearing of this year was 0.57258896. Cheniere Energy's gearing of last year was 0.60942973. ==> This year is lower or equal to last year. ==> Score 1.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: Dec24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=4801/4441
=1.08106282

Current Ratio (Last Year: Dec23)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=6331/3888
=1.62834362

Cheniere Energy's current ratio of this year was 1.08106282. Cheniere Energy's current ratio of last year was 1.62834362. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Cheniere Energy's number of shares in issue this year was 225.5. Cheniere Energy's number of shares in issue last year was 238.7. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=6605/15703
=0.42062026

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=16007/20394
=0.78488771

Cheniere Energy's gross margin of this year was 0.42062026. Cheniere Energy's gross margin of last year was 0.78488771. ==> Last year's gross margin is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (Dec23)
=15703/43076
=0.36454174

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (Dec22)
=20394/41266
=0.49420831

Cheniere Energy's asset turnover of this year was 0.36454174. Cheniere Energy's asset turnover of last year was 0.49420831. ==> Last year's asset turnover is higher ==> Score 0.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+0+1+1+0+1+0+0
=5

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Cheniere Energy has an F-score of 5 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Cheniere Energy  (LTS:0HWH) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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Cheniere Energy Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
845 Texas Avenue, Suite 1250, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
Cheniere Energy is a liquified natural gas, or LNG, producer with two facilities in Corpus Christi, Texas and Sabine Pass, Louisiana. It generates most of its revenue through long-term contracts with customers on a fixed and variable fee payout structure. It also generates revenue by selling uncontracted LNG to customers on a short or one-time basis. A subsidiary, Cheniere Energy Partners, owns the Sabine Pass facility and trades as a master limited partnership.

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