With market uncertainty resurfacing, investors will be looking for stocks that can weather a potential economic downturn.
One company that may be catching investors’ attention after releasing its Q4 results on Thursday is Cheniere Energy (LNG – Free Report) . While LNG wasn’t able to shake off the volatility in today’s trading session, Cheniere crushed its Q4 EPS expectations, making a trend of positive earnings estimate revisions likely to continue.
Cheniere’s Q4 Results
Engaged in liquified natural gas production, Cheniere’s earnings were expected to drop to $2.69 per share after a tougher-to-compete against period that saw Q4 EPS at $5.76 a year ago. However, Cheniere reported Q4 EPS of $4.33, crushing expectations by 61%.
This came on sales of $4.43 billion, which was down from $4.82 billion in the comparative quarter but edged estimates of $4.4 billion. Operating North America’s first large-scale liquified gas export facility, Cheniere has exceeded earnings expectations in three of its last four quarterly reports with a very impressive average EPS surprise of 74.42%.
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Positive EPS Revisions
Most intriguing, is that before Cheniere’s massive Q4 earnings beat, fiscal 2025 EPS estimates had already increased 6% over the last 60 days from $11.04 a share to $11.70 (Current Fiscal Year). It’s also noteworthy that FY26 EPS estimates are up 4% in the last two months from $12.28 a share to $12.84.
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Tracking Cheniere’s Stock Peformance
With positive earnings estimate revisions being the biggest indicator of more upside in a stock, LNG is up a modest +3% year to date despite falling over 2% in Friday’s broader selloff. Furthermore, Cheniere’s stock has spiked over +40% in the last year and is sitting on +90% gains in the last three years.
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Bottom Line
Known for its massive earnings potential, Cheniere Energy stock will be one to keep an eye on in the coming weeks and currently sports a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Reassuringly, LNG is at a reasonable 19.4X forward earnings multiple and does offer a 0.88% annual dividend yield.
