Anadarko Petroleum (NASDAQ:APC – Get Free Report) and Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Dividends
Anadarko Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Anadarko Petroleum pays out 289.9% 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 56.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Anadarko Petroleum and Cheniere Energy Partners”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Anadarko Petroleum | $5.58 billion | 0.04 | $32.73 million | $0.69 | 27.04 |
| Cheniere Energy Partners | $10.76 billion | 2.97 | $2.99 billion | $5.51 | 11.97 |
Cheniere Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Anadarko Petroleum. Cheniere Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Anadarko Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Anadarko Petroleum and Cheniere Energy Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Anadarko Petroleum | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Cheniere Energy Partners | 27.31% | 1,121.60% | 14.59% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Anadarko Petroleum and Cheniere Energy Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Anadarko Petroleum | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.43 |
| Cheniere Energy Partners | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.56 |
Anadarko Petroleum presently has a consensus price target of $21.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.83%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.98%. Given Anadarko Petroleum’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Anadarko Petroleum is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cheniere Energy Partners beats Anadarko Petroleum on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Anadarko Petroleum
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation engages in the exploration, development, production, and marketing of oil and gas properties. It operates through three segments: Exploration and Production, WES Midstream, and Other Midstream. The company explores for and produces oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). It is also involved in gathering, processing, treating, and transporting oil, natural-gas, and NGLs production, as well as the gathering and disposal of produced water. The company's oil and natural gas properties are located in the United States onshore and deepwater Gulf of Mexico; and Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique, Colombia, Peru, and other countries. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent of proved reserves. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
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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