Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) vs Venture Global, Inc. (VG)

Cheniere Energy, Inc. and Venture Global, Inc. are both Oil & Gas Midstream companies. Cheniere Energy, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $57.1B against $28.8B — 2.0× the size. Venture Global, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.6× against 19.4×. Venture Global, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 100.7% against 22.5%. Venture Global, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.7% vs 13.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.86% vs 12.0%). Across the 19 metrics below, Venture Global, Inc. leads on 11 and Cheniere Energy, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 19.44 8.57 11.68
P/S 2.49 1.71 2.39
P/B 4.83 2.40 1.68
Price to free cash flow 15.26 n/m 8.52
EV/EBITDA 9.89 9.21 9.03
EV/Sales 3.43 3.99 3.43
Earnings yield 5.14% 11.67% 7.78%
Free cash flow yield 6.55% (24.11%) 7.11%

Profitability

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 36.44% 53.48% 54.87%
Operating margin 28.08% 37.62% 34.73%
Net margin 13.03% 19.65% 20.12%
Free cash flow margin 16.31% (41.24%) 14.43%
Return on equity 25.97% 31.90% 11.73%
Return on assets 6.44% 6.17% 4.43%
Return on invested capital 12.04% 7.86% 6.10%

Growth

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 22.47% 100.72% 14.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 69.93% 50.88% (7.78%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.38% — 10.05%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 2.00 3.46 0.77
Current ratio 0.90 1.19 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA 2.03 5.19 3.46

Dividend

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield 0.79% — 4.94%
Payout ratio 0.15 — 0.73

Size

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 57.09b 28.80b 3.56b

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