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Cheniere Energy Inc (NYSE: LNG) closed the day trading at $231.86 down -1.04% from the previous closing price of $234.29. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.04 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.58 million shares were traded. LNG stock price reached its highest trading level at $238.9 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $230.96.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LNG, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 16.91 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.71. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.98 and its Current Ratio is at 1.07. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 5.22 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 4.95.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Scotiabank on January 10, 2025, initiated with a Sector Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $242.
On November 26, 2024, TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating and also lowered its target price recommendation from $202 to $242.
TD Cowen reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on November 05, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $192 to $202.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 15 ’24 when JOHN COREY GRINDAL bought 15,998 shares for $210.53 per share.
JOHN COREY GRINDAL bought 16,000 shares of LNG for $3,405,030 on Nov 11 ’24.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LNG now has a Market Capitalization of 52021268480 and an Enterprise Value of 80216285184. As of this moment, Cheniere’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.79, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 20.01. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.25 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 10.24. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.149 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.947.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LNG is 0.99, which has changed by 0.39163315 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.23809385 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LNG has reached a high of $257.65, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $152.31. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.78%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 24.98%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LNG traded about 1.87M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LNG traded about 2830320 shares per day. A total of 225.40M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 221.98M. Insiders hold about 1.06% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.46% stake in the company. Shares short for LNG as of 1735603200 were 3750138 with a Short Ratio of 2.00, compared to 1732838400 on 3807695. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3750138 and a Short% of Float of 1.68.
Dividends & Splits
LNG’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.80, up from 1.805 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0077041276The current Payout Ratio is 3.98% for LNG, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-11-08 with an ex-dividend date of 1731024000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-04-25 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
