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$54.11 +1.83 (+3.51%)
Closing price 10/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$54.56 +0.45 (+0.83%)
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CQP vs. NGG, VST, EPD, AEP, ET, TRP, XEL, EXC, FTS, and VG

Should you be buying Cheniere Energy Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheniere Energy Partners include National Grid Transco (NGG), Vistra (VST), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), American Electric Power (AEP), Energy Transfer (ET), TC Energy (TRP), Xcel Energy (XEL), Exelon (EXC), Fortis (FTS), and Venture Global (VG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Cheniere Energy Partners vs. Its Competitors

National Grid Transco (NYSE:NGG) and Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

National Grid Transco pays an annual dividend of $4.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. National Grid Transco pays out 78.3% 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 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. Cheniere Energy Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

National Grid Transco has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 24.62% compared to National Grid Transco's net margin of 0.00%. National Grid Transco's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National Grid TranscoN/A N/A N/A
Cheniere Energy Partners 24.62%-503.86%13.57%

National Grid Transco has higher revenue and earnings than Cheniere Energy Partners. Cheniere Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Grid Transco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National Grid Transco$23.61B3.22$3.70B$5.2014.75
Cheniere Energy Partners$8.70B3.01$2.51B$4.1213.13

4.7% of National Grid Transco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.6% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, National Grid Transco had 14 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for National Grid Transco and 0 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. National Grid Transco's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Cheniere Energy Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that National Grid Transco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
National Grid Transco Positive
Cheniere Energy Partners Neutral

National Grid Transco currently has a consensus target price of $80.40, indicating a potential upside of 4.84%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus target price of $54.60, indicating a potential upside of 0.90%. Given National Grid Transco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe National Grid Transco is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
National Grid Transco
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Cheniere Energy Partners
5 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.17

Summary

National Grid Transco beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CQP vs. The Competition

MetricCheniere Energy PartnersOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.31B$10.48B$7.77B$21.90B
Dividend Yield5.93%4.13%10.86%3.59%
P/E Ratio13.1389.0615.8432.78
Price / Sales3.0171.661,443.5160.02
Price / Cash8.3329.9336.3424.20
Price / Book-52.546.344.444.65
Net Income$2.51B$276.83M$4.26B$1.01B
7 Day Performance7.46%-3.04%1.42%1.48%
1 Month Performance1.32%3.76%0.99%0.43%
1 Year Performance11.78%48.56%17.26%12.71%

Cheniere Energy Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
0.9935 of 5 stars
$54.11
+3.5%
$54.60
+0.9%
+9.6%$25.31B$8.70B13.131,714High Trading Volume
NGG
National Grid Transco
2.8328 of 5 stars
$73.30
-1.6%
$80.40
+9.7%
+15.4%$73.94B$23.61B14.1031,645
VST
Vistra
4.0617 of 5 stars
$209.22
+6.3%
$227.85
+8.9%
+51.0%$66.70B$17.22B33.376,850Trending News
Insider Trade
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
4.5284 of 5 stars
$30.94
+0.5%
$35.75
+15.6%
+6.9%$66.67B$56.22B11.507,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
AEP
American Electric Power
4.5596 of 5 stars
$116.80
-0.2%
$114.50
-2.0%
+15.2%$62.59B$19.72B17.0816,330Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
ET
Energy Transfer
4.479 of 5 stars
$16.52
+1.4%
$22.50
+36.2%
+2.9%$55.92B$82.67B12.8016,248Positive News
TRP
TC Energy
4.0102 of 5 stars
$52.71
-0.2%
$62.00
+17.6%
+8.6%$54.92B$10.05B17.996,668Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
XEL
Xcel Energy
3.9076 of 5 stars
$80.16
-1.0%
$81.91
+2.2%
+25.0%$47.86B$13.44B22.2111,380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
EXC
Exelon
4.2941 of 5 stars
$46.85
-0.5%
$48.33
+3.2%
+16.8%$47.54B$23.03B17.8120,014Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FTS
Fortis
4.357 of 5 stars
$50.87
-0.3%
$72.00
+41.5%
+15.1%$25.80B$8.40B20.939,848Positive News
Analyst Forecast
VG
Venture Global
3.9898 of 5 stars
$9.07
-4.1%
$16.54
+82.4%
N/A$22.94B$4.97B0.001,500Gap Up

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