DT Midstream (DTM) Competitors

DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) and Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Is DTM or CQP more profitable?

DT Midstream has a net margin of 41.19% compared to Cheniere Energy Partners' net margin of 28.84%. DT Midstream's return on equity of 9.31% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DT Midstream	41.19%	9.31%	4.53%
Cheniere Energy Partners	28.84%	-325.95%	13.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DTM or CQP?

DT Midstream received 42 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.21% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Cheniere Energy Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 42 44.21%	Underperform Votes 53 55.79%
Cheniere Energy Partners	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Do analysts prefer DTM or CQP?

DT Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $103.45, indicating a potential upside of 2.74%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus price target of $51.50, indicating a potential downside of 18.58%. Given DT Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe DT Midstream is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Cheniere Energy Partners	4 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is DTM or CQP a better dividend stock?

DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. DT Midstream pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 72.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheniere Energy Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DTM or CQP?

Cheniere Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than DT Midstream. Cheniere Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DT Midstream, 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
DT Midstream	$981M	10.43	$384M	$3.60	27.97
Cheniere Energy Partners	$8.70B	3.52	$4.25B	$4.26	14.85

Does the media prefer DTM or CQP?

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 17 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for DT Midstream and 1 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Cheniere Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat DT Midstream's score of 0.78 indicating that Cheniere Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DT Midstream	Positive
Cheniere Energy Partners	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, DTM or CQP?

DT Midstream 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 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DTM or CQP?

81.5% of DT Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of DT Midstream shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

DT Midstream beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.