Cheniere Energy (CQP)

• Market cap: $30B
• 1 day: -1.73%
• 5 days: -0.56%
• 1 month: -1.18%
• 3 months: 15.04%
• 6 months: 28.15%
• Year to date: 11.50%
• 1 year: 17.59%
• 5 years: 71.79%
• 10 years: 103.31%
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Natural Gas Distribution

About: Cheniere Energy Partners is the direct owner of the Sabine Pass LNG terminals as well as regasification facilities. It also owns the Creole Trail Pipeline, which connects the terminal to third-party gas suppliers. Cheniere Partners shares in the marketing fees generated by Cheniere Marketing from Sabine Pass marketed gas volumes.

Employees: 1,605

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

110% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 21 | Existing positions closed: 10

9% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $11B [Q3] → $11.9B (+$961M) [Q4]

0.14% less ownership

Funds ownership: 46.5% [Q3] → 46.36% (-0.14%) [Q4]

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 170 [Q3] → 169 (-1) [Q4]

5% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 41 | Existing positions reduced: 43

25% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 3 (-1) [Q4]

43% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $4.78M | Put options by funds: $8.35M

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $51 18% downside
• Avg. target: $53 14% downside
• High target: $55 11% downside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 3 100%

Stifel Benjamin Nolan 44% 1-year accuracy 19 / 43 met price target	18% downside $51	Sell Downgraded	21 Feb 2025
Barclays Theresa Chen 46% 1-year accuracy 12 / 26 met price target	13% downside $54	Underweight Maintained	16 Jan 2025
Wells Fargo Michael Blum 75% 1-year accuracy 27 / 36 met price target	11% downside $55	Underweight Maintained	18 Dec 2024