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 $57.7B against $31.3B — 1.8× the size. Venture Global, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.4× against 21.4×. Venture Global, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 100.7% against 17.5%. Venture Global, Inc. has the higher net margin (19.7% vs 13.5%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.86% vs 11.8%). 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 21.44 9.35 12.77
P/S 2.81 1.87 2.36
P/B 5.26 2.62 2.09
Price to free cash flow 22.31 n/m 9.71
EV/EBITDA 10.50 9.57 8.30
EV/Sales 3.86 4.15 3.88
Earnings yield 4.66% 10.69% 7.15%
Free cash flow yield 4.48% (22.08%) 6.86%

Profitability

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 38.53% 53.48% 56.58%
Operating margin 29.89% 37.62% 34.18%
Net margin 13.50% 19.65% 22.50%
Free cash flow margin 12.61% (41.24%) 13.70%
Return on equity 25.52% 31.90% 14.65%
Return on assets 6.27% 6.17% 5.00%
Return on invested capital 11.80% 7.86% 6.13%

Growth

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 17.54% 100.72% 15.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 69.93% 50.88% (7.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.38% — 9.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% — 0.00%

Health

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 2.09 3.46 0.78
Current ratio 0.87 1.19 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA 2.03 5.19 3.42

Dividend

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

Size

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 57.65b 31.25b 3.73b

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