Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) Competitors

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and risk.

Do analysts rate CEG or CQP?

Constellation Energy currently has a consensus price target of $321.27, indicating a potential downside of 1.52%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus price target of $54.60, indicating a potential downside of 0.15%. Given Cheniere Energy Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cheniere Energy Partners is more favorable than Constellation Energy.

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	5 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

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

82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CEG or CQP?

Constellation Energy has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% 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 5.7%. Constellation Energy pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 75.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Constellation Energy has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Is CEG or CQP more profitable?

Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 24.62% compared to Constellation Energy's net margin of 12.12%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.61% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Constellation Energy	12.12%	21.61%	5.52%
Cheniere Energy Partners	24.62%	-503.86%	13.57%

Does the media prefer CEG or CQP?

In the previous week, Constellation Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Constellation Energy and 9 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Cheniere Energy Partners' score of 0.23 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cheniere Energy Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CEG or CQP?

Constellation Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Cheniere Energy Partners. 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	4.32	$3.75B	$9.58	34.05
Cheniere Energy Partners	$8.70B	3.04	$2.51B	$4.12	13.27

Summary

Constellation Energy beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.