CQP vs. CEG, NGG, EPD, ET, VST, AEP, TRP, EXC, XEL, and VG
Should you be buying Cheniere Energy Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheniere Energy Partners include Constellation Energy (CEG), National Grid (NGG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Vistra (VST), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), and Venture Global (VG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Cheniere Energy Partners vs. Its Competitors
Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
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 5.4%. Constellation Energy pays out 16.3% 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. Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
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.
Constellation Energy presently has a consensus price target of $295.07, suggesting a potential downside of 0.61%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.30%. Given Constellation Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Constellation Energy is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.
In the previous week, Constellation Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Constellation Energy and 2 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Cheniere Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.85 indicating that Cheniere Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Constellation Energy has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Constellation Energy received 174 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Cheniere Energy Partners an outperform vote.
Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 28.84% 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.
82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Constellation Energy beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CQP) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
