Cheniere Energy has retired 19.8% of its shares since 2018, from 257,415,723 to 206,534,158.
At $289.43 a share, a market value of $59.8B. FCF yield 4.7%, P/E 20.5, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2013-02-20 | 241,513,095 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-01-31 | 238,106,267 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-01-29 | 236,710,964 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-12 | 235,615,085 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-17 | 237,866,370 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-15 | 237,656,695 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-20 | 257,415,723 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-19 | 254,084,493 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-19 | 253,529,085 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-18 | 254,397,855 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-17 | 243,703,983 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-16 | 234,692,274 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-14 | 223,665,466 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-20 | 210,202,883 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Cheniere Energy on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
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Read the full storyCash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $289.43.
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Yes. Cheniere Energy has 4.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 206,534,158 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 18.6%.
Net of every new share it issued, Cheniere Energy has 50.9 million fewer shares than at its 2018 peak. That is 19.8% of the company. Since fiscal 2019 alone it bought back about 51.8 million shares, while the count fell by 47.6 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
206,534,158 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2018 peak it had 257,415,723.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Cheniere Energy stock in 2018 owns 1.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Cheniere Energy ranks No. 377 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Vontier (19.8%), Old Dominion Freight Line (19.8%), LKQ (19.6%), Price T Rowe Group (19.6%).
Every answer is computed from Cheniere Energy's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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