Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD) vs Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG)

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Cheniere Energy, Inc. are both Oil & Gas Midstream companies. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is the larger, with a market value of $76.8B against $57.7B — 1.3× the size. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. trades at the lower P/E: 12.8× against 21.4×. Cheniere Energy, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 17.5% against 6.78%. Cheniere Energy, Inc. has the higher net margin (13.5% vs 10.7%) and the higher return on invested capital (11.8% vs 7.68%). Both pay a dividend; Enterprise Products Partners L.P. yields more (6.00% vs 0.77%). Across the 23 metrics below, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. leads on 12 and Cheniere Energy, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric EPD LNG Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 12.77 21.44 12.77
P/S 1.36 2.81 2.36
P/B 2.56 5.26 2.09
Price to free cash flow 19.28 22.31 9.71
EV/EBITDA 10.58 10.50 8.30
EV/Sales 1.92 3.86 3.88
Earnings yield 7.83% 4.66% 7.15%
Free cash flow yield 5.19% 4.48% 6.86%

Profitability

Metric EPD LNG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 13.25% 38.53% 56.58%
Operating margin 13.43% 29.89% 34.18%
Net margin 10.68% 13.50% 22.50%
Free cash flow margin 7.06% 12.61% 13.70%
Return on equity 20.48% 25.52% 14.65%
Return on assets 7.84% 6.27% 5.00%
Return on invested capital 7.68% 11.80% 6.13%

Growth

Metric EPD LNG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.78% 17.54% 15.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1.12%) 69.93% (7.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.10% 16.38% 9.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 8.80% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric EPD LNG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 1.07 2.09 0.78
Current ratio 0.93 0.87 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA 3.35 2.03 3.42

Dividend

Metric EPD LNG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield 6.00% 0.77% 4.54%
Payout ratio 0.77 0.17 0.76

Size

Metric EPD LNG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 76.81b 57.65b 3.73b

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