Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP) Competitors

Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE:BEP) and Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BEP or CQP?

63.2% of Brookfield Renewable Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BEP or CQP a better dividend stock?

Brookfield Renewable Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Brookfield Renewable Partners pays out -147.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 74.5% 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. Brookfield Renewable Partners has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Brookfield Renewable Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend BEP or CQP?

Brookfield Renewable Partners presently has a consensus price target of $29.13, indicating a potential upside of 9.51%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus price target of $55.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.14%. Given Brookfield Renewable Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Brookfield Renewable Partners is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Renewable Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Cheniere Energy Partners	5 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BEP or CQP?

Cheniere Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Brookfield Renewable Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners 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
Brookfield Renewable Partners	$5.88B	1.28	-$181M	-$1.01	-26.33
Cheniere Energy Partners	$8.70B	3.11	$2.51B	$4.16	13.43

Does the media refer more to BEP or CQP?

In the previous week, Brookfield Renewable Partners had 8 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Brookfield Renewable Partners and 1 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Brookfield Renewable Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Cheniere Energy Partners' score of 0.60 indicating that Brookfield Renewable Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Renewable Partners	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cheniere Energy Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BEP or CQP more profitable?

Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Brookfield Renewable Partners' net margin of -0.79%. Brookfield Renewable Partners' return on equity of -0.15% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Renewable Partners	-0.79%	-0.15%	-0.06%
Cheniere Energy Partners	26.27%	-414.56%	13.56%

Which has more risk & volatility, BEP or CQP?

Brookfield Renewable Partners has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brookfield Renewable Partners beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.