Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE – Get Free Report) and Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP – Get Free Report) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and earnings.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Excelerate 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.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Excelerate Energy and Cheniere Energy Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Excelerate Energy | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Cheniere Energy Partners | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Excelerate Energy and Cheniere Energy Partners”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Excelerate Energy | $816.93 million | 4.12 | $30.41 million | $0.99 | 31.95 |
| Cheniere Energy Partners | $8.93 billion | 3.01 | $4.25 billion | $4.63 | 11.98 |
Cheniere Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Excelerate Energy. Cheniere Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Excelerate Energy and Cheniere Energy Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Excelerate Energy | 3.14% | 1.39% | 0.90% |
| Cheniere Energy Partners | 31.28% | -328.60% | 13.93% |
Dividends
Excelerate Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Excelerate Energy pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 67.0% 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.
About Excelerate Energy
Excelerate Energy, Inc. provides flexible liquefied natural gas (LNG) solutions worldwide. The company offers regasification services, including floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), infrastructure development, and LNG and natural gas supply, procurement, and distribution services; LNG terminal services; and natural gas supply to-power projects. Excelerate Energy, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. Excelerate Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Excelerate Energy Holdings, LLC.
About Cheniere Energy Partners
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., through its subsidiaries, provides liquefied natural gas (LNG) to integrated energy companies, utilities, and energy trading companies worldwide. The company owns and operates natural gas liquefaction and export facility at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It also owns a natural gas supply pipeline that interconnects the Sabine Pass LNG terminal with various interstate pipelines. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. is a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc.
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