CQP Stock Analysis: Cheniere Energy | NYSE
Oil & Gas Midstream | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 32.780m USD | 12M Return: 34% | US16411Q1013 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 8.31M
EPS Trend: -12.9%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 42.2%
Qual. Beats: 0
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Seasonality 11.6 years of data
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Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (CQP) is a Houston-headquartered limited partnership that supplies liquefied natural gas (LNG) to integrated energy companies, utilities, and energy trading firms in the U.S. and international markets. Its core assets are the Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and the Creole Trail Pipeline, which connects the terminal to broader interstate and intrastate gas supply networks. Founded in 2003 and publicly traded on the NYSE since 2007, CQP sits within the Energy sectors Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation sub-industry and operates as a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc.
LNG export facilities convert pipeline-grade natural gas into a cryogenic liquid for shipment on specialized ocean-going carriers, a process that compresses fuel volume and enables delivery to overseas markets without pipeline access. The Sabine Pass terminal was the first large-scale U.S. facility purpose-built for LNG exports, and partnerships of this type typically generate revenue through long-term offtake agreements with utility and energy counterparties, in addition to incremental spot-market sales.
- Sabine Pass export volumes hit record levels amid strong global demand
- Long-term LNG contracts with international utilities underpin stable cash flows
- New Gulf Coast LNG export competition pressures contract pricing
| Net Income: 3.13b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.18 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 3.23 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 2.42% < 20% (prev -6.41%; Δ 8.82% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.18 > 3% & CFO 3.15b > Net Income 3.13b |
| Net Debt (14.1b) to EBITDA (4.21b): 3.36 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.22 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (484.0m) vs 12m ago 0.0% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 37.27% > 18% (prev 44.49%; Δ -7.22% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 66.43% > 50% (prev 58.82%; Δ 7.61% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 4.76 > 6 (EBIT TTM 3.52b / Interest Expense TTM 739.0m) |
| DSRI: 1.72 (Receivables 810.0m/409.0m, Revenue 11.5b/9.96b) |
| GMI: 1.19 (GM 44.49% / 37.27%) |
| AQI: 3.65 (AQ_t 0.06 / AQ_t-1 0.02) |
| SGI: 1.15 (Revenue 11.5b / 9.96b) |
| TATA: -0.00 (NI 3.13b - CFO 3.15b) / TA 17.7b) |
| Beneish M = -0.58 (Cap -4..+1) = D |
As of August 24, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 68.38 with a total of 72,047 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -0.97%, over one month by +5.02%, over three months by +13.34% and over the past year by +33.97%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 64.90 (which is 5.1% or 1.6 ATR below the current price).
Cheniere Energy has received a consensus analysts rating of 2.21. Therefore, it is recommended to sell CQP.
- StrongBuy: 0
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 6
- Sell: 5
- StrongSell: 3
| Analysts Target Price | 60.1 | -12.1% |
P/E Trailing = 12.2904
P/E Forward = 15.5039
P/S = 2.8512
P/B = 44.1173
P/EG = 5.0486
Revenue TTM = 11.5b USD
EBIT TTM = 3.52b USD
EBITDA TTM = 4.21b USD
Long Term Debt = 14.3b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 109.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 14.6b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 146.0m
Net Debt = 14.1b USD (calculated: Debt 14.6b - CCE 443.0m)
Enterprise Value = 46.9b USD (32.8b + Debt 14.6b - CCE 443.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 4.76 (Ebit TTM 3.52b / Interest Expense TTM 739.0m)
EV/FCF = 14.40x (Enterprise Value 46.9b / FCF TTM 3.26b)
FCF Yield = 6.94% (FCF TTM 3.26b / Enterprise Value 46.9b)
FCF Margin = 28.35% (FCF TTM 3.26b / Revenue TTM 11.5b)
Net Margin = 27.23% (Net Income TTM 3.13b / Revenue TTM 11.5b)
Gross Margin = 37.27% ((Revenue TTM 11.5b - Cost of Revenue TTM 7.21b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 70.38% (prev 9.95%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 2.65 (Enterprise Value 46.9b / Total Assets 17.7b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 5.07% (Interest Expense 739.0m / Debt 14.6b)
Taxrate = 0.0% (0.0 / 2.99b)
NOPAT = 3.52b (EBIT 3.52b * (1 - 0.00%))
Current Ratio = 1.22 (Total Current Assets 1.52b / Total Current Liabilities 1.24b)
Debt / Equity = 3.95 (Debt 14.6b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 3.69b)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.36 (Net Debt 14.1b / EBITDA 4.21b)
Debt / FCF = 4.34 (Net Debt 14.1b / FCF TTM 3.26b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 3.02b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 18.09% (Net Income 3.13b / Total Assets 17.7b)
RoE = 103.6% (Net Income TTM 3.13b / Total Stockholder Equity 3.02b)
RoCE = 20.27% (EBIT 3.52b / Capital Employed (Equity 3.02b + L.T.Debt 14.3b))
RoIC = 21.84% (NOPAT 3.52b / Invested Capital 16.1b)
WACC = 5.90% (E(32.8b)/V(47.4b) * Re(6.27%) + D(14.6b)/V(47.4b) * Rd(5.07%) * (1-Tc(0.0)))
Discount Rate = 6.27% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 0.0 | Cagr: 0.0%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈2.98b ; Y1≈3.42b ; Y5≈5.04b
[DCF] Fair Price = 127.3 (EV 75.8b - Net Debt 14.1b = Equity 61.6b / Shares 484.1m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -12.87 | EPS CAGR: -0.89% | SUE: 0.80 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 42.18 | Revenue CAGR: 5.11% | SUE: -0.15 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.19 | Chg30d=+6.06% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=2
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=4.86 | Chg30d=+8.55% | Revisions=-17% | GrowthEPS=+3.9% | GrowthRev=+4.5%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=4.62 | Chg30d=+3.63% | Revisions=+17% | GrowthEPS=-4.8% | GrowthRev=+1.0%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0% (up=4, down=4)