CQP vs GLNG vs MPC Stock Comparison

Cheniere Energy Partners, Golar Lng and Marathon Petroleum Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GLNG Golar Lng Ltd
$44.71 -9.1% 1M +8.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.53B
P/E
28.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$523.38M
Div. yield
2.24%
LNG and Gas Processing Energy
5 wins
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp
$430.47 +2.0% 1M +120.9% 1Y
Market cap
$120.89B
P/E
14.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$156.18B
Div. yield
0.93%
Oil Refining Energy
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Marathon Petroleum leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Marathon Petroleum 5, Golar Lng 5, Cheniere Energy Partners 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCQPGLNGMPCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $31.09B $4.53B $120.89B MPC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 9.5x 28.2x 14.5x CQP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.7x 40.3x 6.3x MPC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.2% +109.6% +15.9% GLNG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 28.1% 31.3% 5.5% GLNG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 204.1% 19.7% GLNG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 5.3x 1.5x MPC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 5.01% 2.24% 0.93% CQP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +23.1% +8.9% +120.9% MPC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.1%/yr +26.6%/yr +46.6%/yr MPC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.3% 27.5% 37.2% GLNG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 62/100 50/100 GLNG

Percentile Scorecard

CQPGLNGMPC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCQPGLNGMPC
Valuation 74 #10 of 35 27 #26 of 35 23 #18 of 23
Growth 36 #22 of 34 91 #4 of 34 56 #9 of 19
Profitability 79 #8 of 34 82 #7 of 34 72 #6 of 19
Financial Health 53 #17 of 35 82 #7 of 35 50 #13 of 25
Shareholder Returns 33 #21 of 31 30 #22 of 31 47 #10 of 18
Overall 55 62 50
  • CQP ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • GLNG ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • MPC ranked among 25 companies in Refining and Marketing

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCQPGLNGMPCSPY
1 month +4.9%-9.1%+2.0% -2.3%
3 months -3.8%-9.1%+40.1% -0.7%
6 months -3.7%-20.7%+70.5% +4.8%
Year to date +20.1%+20.2%+164.7% +10.3%
1 year +23.1%+8.9%+120.9% +10.3%
3 years +11.0%+93.8%+185.5% +73.0%
3 years, per year +3.5%+24.7%+41.9% +20.1%
5 years +47.3%+224.9%+576.0% +61.9%
5 years, per year +8.1%+26.6%+46.6% +10.1%
10 years +144.7%+117.1%+949.9% +258.6%
10 years, per year +9.4%+8.1%+26.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCQPGLNGMPCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.3%27.5%37.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.1%27.7%37.0% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.250.14-0.27 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.760.323.25 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.5%-34.1%-45.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.8%-22.1%-11.3% -3.5%
52-week high $71.22$57.36$485.05 $779.14
52-week low $50.91$35.33$162.63 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCQPGLNGMPC
P/E now vs peer median 9.5xmedian 19.0x 28.2xmedian 19.0x 14.5xmedian 8.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 2.7x 8.7xmedian 2.7x 0.8xmedian 0.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.6xmedian 10.9x 18.7xmedian 10.9x 8.4xmedian 6.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.8xmedian 16.0x 7.8xmedian 16.0x 9.4xmedian 7.0x
P/B now vs peer median 35.4xmedian 2.4x 2.3xmedian 2.4x 4.7xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.68 1.86median 1.68 -14.15median 0.32

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCQPGLNGMPC
Revenue $11.67B $523.38M $156.18B
Gross profit $5.90B $343.33M $21.79B
Operating income $3.99B $273.22M $14.13B
Net income $3.27B $226.50M $10.31B
Free cash flow $2.89B $583.87M $12.90B
R&D – $14.62M –
EPS (diluted) – $1.49 $29.50
Cash & equivalents $569.00M $870.50M $7.77B
Total debt $14.40B $2.68B $33.26B
Shares (diluted) – 109.49M 290.00M
Enterprise value $29.61B $1.14B $111.28B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCQPGLNGMPC
P/E 9.5x 28.2x 14.5x
P/FCF 10.8x 7.8x 9.4x
P/Operating cash flow 9.0x 10.7x 7.1x
P/S 2.7x 8.7x 0.8x
P/B 35.4x 2.3x 4.7x
P/Tangible book 35.4x 2.3x 5.2x
EV/EBITDA 9.6x 18.7x 8.4x
EV/EBIT 11.3x 23.2x 10.4x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 12.1x 0.9x
EV/FCF 15.6x 10.8x 11.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.1x 15.0x 8.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.86 -14.15

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCQPGLNGMPC
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.2% 109.6% 15.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.1% 23.3% -0.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.9% 147.7% 71.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -11.8% 19.9% -5.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 30.7% 1,754% 163.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -15.9% 104.0% -9.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 40.9% 894.0% 174.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -17.6% 18.5% -10.4%
EPS growth (1Y) – 2,539% 324.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 15.2% -1.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 24.7% 1.1% 164.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.1% 11.3% 4.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 14.1% -5.5% 253.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -7.4% 60.4% 1.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCQPGLNGMPC
Gross margin 50.5% 65.6% 14.0%
EBITDA margin 40.3% 64.6% 11.2%
Operating margin 34.2% 52.2% 9.0%
Pretax margin 28.0% 62.0% 8.2%
Net margin 28.1% 31.3% 5.5%
FCF margin 24.8% 111.6% 8.3%
Operating cash flow margin 29.5% 80.8% 11.0%
Return on equity 399.5% 1,387% 42.0%
Return on assets 18.4% 4.2% 11.3%
Return on invested capital – 204.1% 19.7%
Return on capital employed 24.3% 5.6% 22.1%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.1x 1.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.1x 1.9x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCQPGLNGMPC
Debt / assets 80.7% 50.1% 35.3%
Debt / equity 16.4x 1.4x 1.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.9x 5.3x 1.5x
Debt / FCF 5.0x 4.6x 2.6x
Liabilities / assets 95.1% 63.6% 72.7%
Equity / assets 4.9% 36.4% 27.3%
Interest coverage 5.4x 16.5x 10.4x
Current ratio 1.2x 2.3x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.0x 2.2x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.4x 1.8x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – – 3.96

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCQPGLNGMPC
Dividend yield 5.0% 2.2% 0.9%
Net buyback yield – 0.8% 4.1%
Shareholder yield 5.0% 3.0% 5.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 62.5% – 11.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) 70.8% – 9.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) 0.0% – 2.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -11.5% – -3.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCQPGLNGMPC
Forward P/E 13.7xFY2026 40.3xFY2026 6.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.68FY2026 $1.11FY2026 $68.44FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -9.5%FY2026 -27.5%FY2026 +539.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -12.4% -53.2% -13.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.22BFY2026 $409.44MFY2026 $192.95BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.3%FY2026 +4.0%FY2026 +42.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.9% -2.6% -9.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCQPGLNGMPC
Held by institutions 46.8% 81.4% 75.7%
Institutions holding 202 311 1,934
Change in shares held, QoQ 0.0% -0.4% -0.3%
Institutions buying 80 153 858
Institutions selling 47 105 700
Buyers to sellers 1.70 1.46 1.23

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CQPGLNGMPC
CQP 1.00 0.33 0.31
GLNG 0.33 1.00 0.27
MPC 0.31 0.27 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CQP, GLNG and MPC?

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) $31.09B, Golar Lng (GLNG) $4.53B, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) $120.89B.

Which stock is cheaper, CQP, GLNG and MPC?

Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) 9.5x, Golar Lng (GLNG) 28.2x, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 14.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is cheapest (Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) 13.7x, Golar Lng (GLNG) 40.3x, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 6.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Golar Lng (GLNG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) +13.2%, Golar Lng (GLNG) +109.6%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +15.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Golar Lng (GLNG) has the highest net margin (Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) 28.1%, Golar Lng (GLNG) 31.3%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 5.5%). On return on invested capital, Golar Lng (GLNG) leads (Golar Lng (GLNG) 204.1%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 19.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Marathon Petroleum (MPC) returned the most: Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) +23.1%, Golar Lng (GLNG) +8.9%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +120.9%. Over five years, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) compounded fastest (Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) +8.1%/yr, Golar Lng (GLNG) +26.6%/yr, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +46.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) has the highest dividend yield: Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) 5.01%, Golar Lng (GLNG) 2.24%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 0.93%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Golar Lng (GLNG) has been the steadiest (Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) 30.3%, Golar Lng (GLNG) 27.5%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 37.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CQP, GLNG and MPC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.