Dominion Midstream Partners, (DM) vs. Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings (CQH) Critical Review

Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings (NYSE: CQH) and Dominion Midstream Partners, (NYSE:DM) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitabiliy, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings and Dominion Midstream Partners,, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings	0	3	0	0	2.00
Dominion Midstream Partners,	0	3	7	0	2.70

Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings currently has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.64%. Dominion Midstream Partners, has a consensus price target of $33.88, suggesting a potential upside of 28.56%. Given Dominion Midstream Partners,’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dominion Midstream Partners, is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings.

Dividends

Dominion Midstream Partners, pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings does not pay a dividend. Dominion Midstream Partners, pays out 84.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

56.6% of Dominion Midstream Partners, shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.2% of Dominion Midstream Partners, shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings and Dominion Midstream Partners,’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings	88.00%	6,771.76%	3,703.85%
Dominion Midstream Partners,	19.08%	1.88%	1.47%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings and Dominion Midstream Partners,’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings	$20.34 million	299.36	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dominion Midstream Partners,	$518.60 million	5.04	$295.90 million	$1.36	19.38

Dominion Midstream Partners, has higher revenue and earnings than Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings.

Summary

Dominion Midstream Partners, beats Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings

Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC (Cheniere Holdings) is a limited liability company. The Company’s business consists of owning and holding Cheniere Energy Patners, L.P. (Cheniere Partners) limited partner common units, Class B units and subordinated units (collectively, the Cheniere Partners units), along with cash or other property that it receives as distributions in respect of such units. Cheniere Partners is developing, constructing and operating natural gas liquefaction facilities at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on the Sabine-Neches Waterway less than four miles from the Gulf Coast adjacent to the existing regasification facilities through its subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (SPL). Cheniere Partners owns and operates the liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification facilities at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal through its subsidiary, Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. (SPLNG).

About Dominion Midstream Partners,

Dominion Energy Midstream Partners, LP, formerly Dominion Midstream Partners, LP, is a limited partnership. The Company is formed to grow a portfolio of natural gas terminaling, processing, storage, transportation and related assets. The Company’s segments include Dominion Energy, which consists of gas transportation, liquefied natural gas (LNG) import and storage, and Corporate and Other. The Company owns the preferred equity interests and the general partner interest of Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP (Cove Point). Cove Point’s operations consist of LNG import and storage services at the Cove Point LNG Facility and the transportation of domestic natural gas and regasified LNG to Mid-Atlantic markets through the Cove Point Pipeline. The Cove Point LNG Facility includes an offshore pier, regasification facilities and associated equipment required to receive imported LNG from tankers; store LNG in storage tanks; regasify LNG, and deliver regasified LNG to the Cove Point Pipeline.