Cheniere Energy rallies on hiked outlook for LNG business
Cheniere Energy Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter net loss widened to $1.32 billion, or $5.22 a share, from $194 million, or 77 cents in the year-ago quarter. Revenue at the liquid natural gas exporter rose to $6.56 billion from $2.79 billion. Analysts expected the LNG exporter to earn $1.85 a share on sales of $4.61 billion, according to a FactSet survey. Citing favorable conditions in the LNG market and early completion of Sabine Pass Train 6, the company raised its adjusted Ebitda estimate for 2022 to $7 billion to $7.5 billion, up from its earlier projection of $5.8 billion to $6.3 billion. It also hiked its expected Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. 2022 distribution estimate to $4 to $4.25 per common unit and it will begin quarterly distributions this year. Shares of Cheniere Energy jumped 5% in premarket trades and Cheniere Energy Partners rallied 7.7%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
Cheniere Energy rallies on hiked outlook for LNG business
Cheniere Energy Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter net loss widened to $1.32 billion, or $5.22 a share, from $194 million, or 77 cents in the year-ago quarter. Revenue at the liquid natural gas exporter rose to $6.56 billion from $2.79 billion. Analysts expected the LNG exporter to earn $1.85 a share on sales of $4.61 billion, according to a FactSet survey. Citing favorable conditions in the LNG market and early completion of Sabine Pass Train 6, the company raised its adjusted Ebitda estimate for 2022 to $7 billion to $7.5 billion, up from its earlier projection of $5.8 billion to $6.3 billion. It also hiked its expected Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. 2022 distribution estimate to $4 to $4.25 per common unit and it will begin quarterly distributions this year. Shares of Cheniere Energy jumped 5% in premarket trades and Cheniere Energy Partners rallied 7.7%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.