CQP vs. LNG, ATO, NFG, NFE, UGP, NJR, SR, OGS, EE, and NWN
Should you be buying Cheniere Energy Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheniere Energy Partners include Cheniere Energy (LNG), Atmos Energy (ATO), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Fortress Energy (NFE), Ultrapar Participações (UGP), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Spire (SR), ONE Gas (OGS), Excelerate Energy (EE), and Northwest Natural (NWN). These companies are all part of the "natural gas distribution" industry.
Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) and Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
46.6% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cheniere Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Cheniere Energy Partners. Cheniere Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheniere Energy Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Cheniere Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheniere Energy pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 33.19% compared to Cheniere Energy's net margin of 28.55%. Cheniere Energy's return on equity of 48.19% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.
Cheniere Energy received 657 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.57% of users gave Cheniere Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Cheniere Energy Partners an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cheniere Energy Partners and Cheniere Energy Partners both had 1 articles in the media. Cheniere Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Cheniere Energy's score of 0.17 indicating that Cheniere Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cheniere Energy Partners currently has a consensus target price of $49.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.72%. Cheniere Energy has a consensus target price of $198.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.48%. Given Cheniere Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cheniere Energy is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.
Summary
Cheniere Energy beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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