LNG vs. AR, CTRA, KMI, OKE, TRGP, WMB, GLNG, FRO, STNG, and GOGL
Should you be buying Cheniere Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheniere Energy include Antero Resources (AR), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Kinder Morgan (KMI), ONEOK (OKE), Targa Resources (TRGP), Williams Companies (WMB), Golar LNG (GLNG), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), and Golden Ocean Group (GOGL).
Cheniere Energy vs. Its Competitors
Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) and Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Cheniere Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. Cheniere Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Antero Resources presently has a consensus target price of $44.12, suggesting a potential upside of 21.17%. Cheniere Energy has a consensus target price of $260.36, suggesting a potential upside of 12.04%. Given Antero Resources' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Antero Resources is more favorable than Cheniere Energy.
In the previous week, Cheniere Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Cheniere Energy and 23 mentions for Antero Resources. Cheniere Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Antero Resources' score of 0.96 indicating that Cheniere Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Antero Resources has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
83.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Antero Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cheniere Energy has a net margin of 18.37% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 5.96%. Cheniere Energy's return on equity of 32.62% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Cheniere Energy beats Antero Resources on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LNG) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff