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LNG - It's time to revisit the floor; New top pick
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LNG - It's time to revisit the floor; New top pick
Midstream & Natural Gas
Gas Infrastructure - Market Weight
CHENIERE ENERGY (LNG) June 2, 2026
LNG - It's time to revisit the floor; New top pick Rating:
Outperform
The Wolfe Byte Price: $227.88
We add LNG to the Wolfe Alpha List (link) on positive risk-reward skew. While Price Target:
Iran developments remain noisy, the stock is back close to contract value using a $300
similar framework as our January upgrade. This should once again set a floor with Prior: $315
% Upside:
big upside to fundamental value. 31.6%
View LNG Model
Revisiting the floor concept. LNG stock had a strong start to 2026 as investor interest View Comp Table
spiked with the stock at ~$200/sh, a level viewed as near the floor value of existing Company Information
contracts. The stock then rallied hard at the start of the Iran war, but has since sold 52-Week Range $189 - $297
off repeatedly around peace hopes to be flattish overall since the conflict began. At Market Cap. (MM) $47,753
Enterprise Value (MM) $77,525
a high level, we estimate LNG has added $5-10/share of cash value YTD from much Shares Out. (MM) 209.6
higher 2026-27 global gas spreads and optimization on the back of the war. The odds Avg. Value Traded (MM) $789.63
of moving forward on two growth projects that create ~$25/sh of value are also now SI% of Float 1.9% EV/ EBITDA 10.8x
much higher. Therefore, we see a new theoretical post-war floor valuation of ~$220/
sh (vs. $200 previously), which implies only modest downside vs. current trading Price Performance
levels. On the other hand, we see a reasonable upside case to our $300/sh target YTD LTM LNG 17% (2)%
using a consistent framework we've used historically to value LNG assets. AMZ MLP Index 16% 17%
S&P 500 11% 29%
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