secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG)
CIK:        0000003570
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000003570-26-000016
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cheniere Q1 net loss $3.5B on non-cash derivatives; raises 2026 EBITDA guidance to $7.25-7.75B
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- Q1 revenues $5.87B (+8% YoY); net loss $3.5B vs net income $353M in Q1 2025, driven by $5.4B non-cash unfavorable fair value changes on IPM derivatives.
- Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA $2.33B (+25% YoY); Distributable Cash Flow $1.67B.
- Full year 2026 guidance raised: Adjusted EBITDA $7.25-7.75B (prev. $6.75-7.25B); Distributable Cash Flow $4.75-5.25B (prev. $4.35-4.85B).
- Record 187 LNG cargoes exported in Q1; Train 5 of CCL Stage 3 substantially completed; Train 6 first LNG expected imminently.
- Repurchased ~2.7M shares for $537M; paid $0.555 dividend per share; Moody's upgraded senior unsecured notes to Baa2.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357026000016/0000003570-26-000016-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357026000016/lng-20260507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000003570-26-000016

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