Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP – Get Free Report) and YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF – Get Free Report) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.
Volatility & Risk
Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Cheniere Energy Partners and YPF Sociedad Anónima’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cheniere Energy Partners | 27.31% | 1,121.60% | 14.59% |
| YPF Sociedad Anónima | 3.60% | 10.86% | 4.20% |
Dividends
Insider and Institutional Ownership
46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Cheniere Energy Partners and YPF Sociedad Anónima”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cheniere Energy Partners | $10.76 billion | 3.10 | $2.99 billion | $5.51 | 12.52 |
| YPF Sociedad Anónima | $20.59 billion | 1.01 | -$826.00 million | $1.90 | 27.70 |
Cheniere Energy Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than YPF Sociedad Anónima. Cheniere Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YPF Sociedad Anónima, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Cheniere Energy Partners and YPF Sociedad Anónima, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cheniere Energy Partners | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.56 |
| YPF Sociedad Anónima | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.50 |
Cheniere Energy Partners currently has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.12%. YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus target price of $60.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.64%. Given YPF Sociedad Anónima’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe YPF Sociedad Anónima is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.
Summary
Cheniere Energy Partners beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About YPF Sociedad Anónima
YPF Sociedad Anónima, an energy company, engages in the oil and gas upstream and downstream activities in Argentina. Its upstream operations include the exploration, exploitation, and production of crude oil, and natural gas. The company’s downstream operations include petrochemical production and crude oil refining; transportation and distribution refined and petrochemical products; commercialization of crude oil, petrochemical products, and specialties. Its gas and power operations include transportation, commercialization, and distribution of natural gas; operation of regasification terminals; conditioning, processing, and separation of natural gas; and power generation. The company had interests in oil and gas fields. It also had a retail distribution network and retail service stations. In addition, the company owns and operates refineries, as well as maintains terminal facilities Argentine ports. Further, it participates in power generation plants; offers diesel, fertilizers, lubricants, phytosanitary products, and ensiling bags; and supplies diesel, gasoline, fuel oil, coal, asphalts, paraffin, and sulfur, CO2, decanted oil, and aromatic extract. The company was incorporated in 1977 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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