10 Best Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Stocks to Buy in 2025

4. Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE:LNG) 

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 62

Headquartered in Texas, Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE:LNG) is the largest producer of LNG in the United States and the second-largest LNG operator in the world. The company boasts one of the largest liquefaction platforms in the world with a total production capacity of approximately 45 million tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG in operation and an additional 10+ mtpa of expected production capacity under construction.

The declining international LNG and gas prices have been weighing Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE:LNG), causing its revenue to drop by over 9.5% YoY to $3.76 billion in Q3 2024. Net income also nearly halved to $893 million but the company still managed to repurchase another nearly $300 million of stock during the quarter, bringing its total to approximately $2 billion for the first nine months of 2024. Cheniere also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.5 per share last month and intends to follow through with its guidance of growing its dividend by approximately 10% annually through the end of this decade.

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (NYSE:LNG)’s export business seems to be going strong and the company exported 158 LNG cargoes in Q4 2024, up about 4% from the year-ago period. These numbers are expected to receive a boost as the company’s Corpus Christi Stage 3 project, an export facility in South Texas, is expected to start soon and will produce around 10 million tons per annum of liquefied natural gas.