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 $56.8B against $32.6B — 1.7× the size. Venture Global, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.3× against 19.9×. 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 19.89 9.28 13.19
P/S 2.61 1.85 2.60
P/B 4.88 2.60 2.08
Price to free cash flow 20.70 n/m 10.14
EV/EBITDA 9.95 9.53 8.11
EV/Sales 3.66 4.13 3.89
Earnings yield 5.03% 10.78% 6.83%
Free cash flow yield 4.83% (22.25%) 6.94%

Profitability

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 38.53% 53.48% 58.81%
Operating margin 29.89% 37.62% 32.14%
Net margin 13.50% 19.65% 21.16%
Free cash flow margin 12.61% (41.24%) 10.15%
Return on equity 25.52% 31.90% 11.30%
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% 15.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 69.93% 50.88% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.38% — 8.96%
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 1.04% — 7.29%
Payout ratio 0.04 — 0.64

Size

Metric LNG VG Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 56.83b 32.58b 3.61b

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