US Capital Advisors Has Positive View of CQP FY2026 Earnings

Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) – Investment analysts at US Capital Advisors lifted their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of Cheniere Energy Partners in a research note issued to investors on Monday, April 28th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now expects that the company will earn $3.86 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $3.79. The consensus estimate for Cheniere Energy Partners’ current full-year earnings is $4.14 per share.

CQP has been the subject of several other reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Cheniere Energy Partners from $56.00 to $58.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday. Bank of America increased their price objective on Cheniere Energy Partners from $49.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus downgraded Cheniere Energy Partners from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $50.00 to $51.00 in a report on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Barclays raised their price objective on Cheniere Energy Partners from $46.00 to $54.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, Cheniere Energy Partners presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $53.60.

Cheniere Energy Partners Price Performance

Cheniere Energy Partners stock opened at $58.61 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $61.85 and a 200-day moving average of $58.18. Cheniere Energy Partners has a 1 year low of $46.71 and a 1 year high of $68.42. The company has a market capitalization of $28.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.76 and a beta of 0.57.

Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.07 by ($0.02). Cheniere Energy Partners had a negative return on equity of 325.95% and a net margin of 28.84%. The firm had revenue of $2.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.37 billion.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CQP. Alps Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Cheniere Energy Partners by 16.6% during the first quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 9,019,585 shares of the company’s stock worth $595,653,000 after purchasing an additional 1,283,564 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its position in shares of Cheniere Energy Partners by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 2,377,887 shares of the company’s stock worth $126,313,000 after buying an additional 122,956 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of Cheniere Energy Partners by 21.9% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 764,858 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,264,000 after buying an additional 137,477 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Cheniere Energy Partners by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 269,671 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,325,000 after acquiring an additional 4,383 shares in the last quarter. Finally, McGowan Group Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Cheniere Energy Partners by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. McGowan Group Asset Management Inc. now owns 239,305 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,712,000 after acquiring an additional 735 shares during the period. 46.55% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Cheniere Energy Partners Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 9th will be given a dividend of $0.82 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 9th. This represents a $3.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.60%. This is a boost from Cheniere Energy Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. Cheniere Energy Partners’s dividend payout ratio is 72.77%.

Cheniere Energy Partners Company Profile

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.