Cheniere Energy (LNG) Competitors

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

Is LNG or CQP more profitable?

Cheniere Energy has a net margin of 48.45% compared to Cheniere Energy Partners' net margin of 44.02%. Cheniere Energy's return on equity of 69.52% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cheniere Energy	48.45%	69.52%	12.02%
Cheniere Energy Partners	44.02%	-292.30%	14.72%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LNG or CQP?

87.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Cheniere Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is LNG or CQP a better dividend stock?

Cheniere Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Cheniere Energy pays out 4.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 44.6% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, LNG or CQP?

Cheniere Energy has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LNG or CQP?

In the previous week, Cheniere Energy had 13 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cheniere Energy and 10 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Cheniere Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Cheniere Energy's score of 0.64 indicating that Cheniere Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cheniere Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cheniere Energy Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LNG or CQP?

Cheniere Energy received 655 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.51% of users gave Cheniere Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Cheniere Energy Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cheniere Energy	Outperform Votes 655 73.51%	Underperform Votes 236 26.49%
Cheniere Energy Partners	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LNG or CQP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cheniere Energy	$20.39B	1.82	$9.88B	$40.50	3.97
Cheniere Energy Partners	$9.66B	2.51	$4.25B	$6.95	7.21

Do analysts recommend LNG or CQP?

Cheniere Energy presently has a consensus price target of $193.90, indicating a potential upside of 20.73%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus price target of $47.80, indicating a potential downside of 4.67%. Given Cheniere Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cheniere Energy is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cheniere Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Cheniere Energy Partners	3 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.40

Summary

Cheniere Energy beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.