Head-To-Head Analysis: Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) & Kolibri Global Energy (NASDAQ:KGEI)

Kolibri Global Energy (NASDAQ:KGEI) and Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Kolibri Global Energy and Cheniere Energy Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kolibri Global Energy	1	1	1	0	2.00
Cheniere Energy Partners	5	1	0	0	1.17

Kolibri Global Energy currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 173.63%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus target price of $54.60, indicating a potential downside of 2.28%. Given Kolibri Global Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kolibri Global Energy is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Kolibri Global Energy and Cheniere Energy Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kolibri Global Energy	$58.52 million	2.43	$18.11 million	$0.50	8.04
Cheniere Energy Partners	$10.31 billion	2.62	$2.51 billion	$3.84	14.55

Cheniere Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Kolibri Global Energy. Kolibri Global Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cheniere Energy Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Kolibri Global Energy has a beta of 0.09, meaning that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Kolibri Global Energy and Cheniere Energy Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kolibri Global Energy	29.74%	9.37%	7.01%
Cheniere Energy Partners	22.54%	-591.00%	13.64%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.3% of Kolibri Global Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Cheniere Energy Partners beats Kolibri Global Energy on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kolibri Global Energy

Kolibri Global Energy Inc. engages in the finding and exploiting oil, gas, and clean and sustainable energy in the United States. It sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company was formerly known as BNK Petroleum Inc. and changed its name to Kolibri Global Energy Inc. in November 2020. Kolibri Global Energy Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California.

About Cheniere Energy Partners

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., through its subsidiaries, provides liquefied natural gas (LNG) to integrated energy companies, utilities, and energy trading companies worldwide. The company owns and operates natural gas liquefaction and export facility at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It also owns a natural gas supply pipeline that interconnects the Sabine Pass LNG terminal with various interstate pipelines. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. is a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc.