Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) Competitors

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CEG or CQP?

82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CEG or CQP?

Constellation Energy presently has a consensus target price of $293.43, suggesting a potential upside of 3.16%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus target price of $51.50, suggesting a potential downside of 17.35%. Given Constellation Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Constellation Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Cheniere Energy Partners	4 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CEG or CQP?

Constellation Energy received 167 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.26% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Cheniere Energy Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Constellation Energy	Outperform Votes 167 63.26%	Underperform Votes 97 36.74%
Cheniere Energy Partners	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Is CEG or CQP more profitable?

Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 31.28% compared to Constellation Energy's net margin of 15.91%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.96% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Constellation Energy	15.91%	21.96%	5.26%
Cheniere Energy Partners	31.28%	-328.60%	13.93%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CEG or CQP?

Cheniere Energy Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Constellation Energy. Cheniere Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Energy	$23.57B	3.78	$1.62B	$11.89	23.92
Cheniere Energy Partners	$9.66B	3.12	$4.25B	$4.63	13.46

Which has more risk & volatility, CEG or CQP?

Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CEG or CQP a better dividend stock?

Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Constellation Energy pays out 13.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 67.0% 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.

Does the media favor CEG or CQP?

In the previous week, Constellation Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Constellation Energy and 12 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Cheniere Energy Partners' score of 0.53 indicating that Constellation Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Constellation Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cheniere Energy Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Constellation Energy beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.