CQP vs MPC vs KMI Stock Comparison

Cheniere Energy Partners, Marathon Petroleum and Kinder Morgan Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp
$470.49 +19.6% 1M +139.8% 1Y
Market cap
$132.13B
P/E
15.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$156.18B
Div. yield
0.85%
Oil Refining Energy
8 wins
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc.
$33.94 +10.4% 1M +31.2% 1Y
Market cap
$75.61B
P/E
21.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.34B
Div. yield
3.49%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
1 win

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Marathon Petroleum leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Marathon Petroleum 8, Cheniere Energy Partners 3, Kinder Morgan 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCQPMPCKMILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $31.90B $132.13B $75.61B MPC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 10.2x 15.9x 21.0x CQP
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.1x 6.9x 21.1x MPC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.4% +15.9% +11.7% MPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 27.3% 5.5% 19.6% CQP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 19.7% 6.3% MPC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.1x 1.5x 4.1x MPC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 4.89% 0.85% 3.49% CQP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +21.2% +139.8% +31.2% MPC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +8.2%/yr +48.1%/yr +14.4%/yr MPC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 30.0% 36.1% 21.2% KMI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 60/100 44/100 MPC

Percentile Scorecard

CQPMPCKMI

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

AxisCQPMPCKMI
Valuation 56 #16 of 35 27 #17 of 23 32 #24 of 35
Growth 30 #24 of 34 67 #7 of 19 67 #12 of 34
Profitability 79 #8 of 34 94 #2 of 18 52 #17 of 34
Financial Health 53 #17 of 35 57 #11 of 24 47 #19 of 35
Shareholder Returns 37 #20 of 31 53 #9 of 18 23 #24 of 31
Overall 51 60 44
  • CQP ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • MPC ranked among 25 companies in Refining and Marketing
  • KMI ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCQPMPCKMISPY
1 month +3.4%+19.6%+10.4% -0.8%
3 months +4.3%+50.6%+6.9% +3.5%
6 months +5.1%+107.1%+9.7% +7.0%
Year to date +23.2%+189.3%+23.5% +12.2%
1 year +21.2%+139.8%+31.2% +13.0%
3 years +20.6%+222.3%+107.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +6.4%+47.7%+27.5% +23.1%
5 years +48.5%+611.2%+96.2% +68.6%
5 years, per year +8.2%+48.1%+14.4% +11.0%
10 years +135.5%+963.0%+57.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +8.9%+26.7%+4.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCQPMPCKMISPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.0%36.1%21.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.0%34.7%20.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.24-0.24-0.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.703.871.47 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -30.5%-45.9%-20.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -7.5%-3.0%-1.5% -1.8%
52-week high $71.22$485.05$34.44 $779.14
52-week low $50.91$162.63$25.84 $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.

MultipleCQPMPCKMI
P/E now vs peer median 10.2xmedian 21.0x 15.9xmedian 9.5x 21.0xmedian 21.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 2.7x 0.8xmedian 0.3x 4.1xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.0xmedian 11.0x 9.0xmedian 7.3x 13.8xmedian 11.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 11.5xmedian 16.6x 10.2xmedian 9.5x 24.5xmedian 16.6x
P/B now vs peer median 42.3xmedian 2.6x 5.1xmedian 1.9x 2.3xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.92 -15.47median 0.35 1.55median 1.92

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 monthsCQPMPCKMI
Revenue $11.50B $156.18B $18.34B
Gross profit $5.72B $21.79B $12.18B
Operating income $3.87B $14.13B $5.31B
Net income $3.14B $10.31B $3.71B
Free cash flow $2.79B $12.90B $3.08B
EPS (diluted) – $29.50 $1.62
Cash & equivalents $443.00M $7.77B $918.00M
Total debt $14.44B $33.26B $33.07B
Shares (diluted) – 290.00M 2.23B
Enterprise value $30.88B $122.52B $75.70B

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
MetricCQPMPCKMI
P/E 10.2x 15.9x 21.0x
P/FCF 11.5x 10.2x 24.5x
P/Operating cash flow 10.1x 7.7x 11.2x
P/S 2.8x 0.8x 4.1x
P/B 42.3x 5.1x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 42.3x 5.7x 2.4x
EV/EBITDA 10.0x 9.0x 13.8x
EV/EBIT 11.9x 11.2x 20.3x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 1.0x 5.9x
EV/FCF 16.5x 12.2x 35.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.6x 9.2x 16.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -15.47 1.55

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCQPMPCKMI
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.4% 15.9% 11.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -7.5% -0.6% 4.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.9% 71.5% 9.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -7.7% -5.4% 5.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 21.6% 163.0% 18.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -10.6% -9.1% 7.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 28.1% 174.5% 30.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -11.7% -10.4% 13.1%
EPS growth (1Y) – 324.1% 31.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -1.0% 13.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 13.0% 164.9% 17.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -8.4% 4.8% 6.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 8.2% 253.7% 11.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.3% 1.0% -3.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCQPMPCKMI
Gross margin 49.8% 14.0% 66.4%
EBITDA margin 39.9% 11.2% 42.6%
Operating margin 33.6% 9.0% 29.0%
Pretax margin 27.3% 8.2% 25.8%
Net margin 27.3% 5.5% 19.6%
FCF margin 24.2% 8.3% 16.8%
Operating cash flow margin 27.4% 11.0% 36.7%
Return on equity 755.0% 42.0% 11.3%
Return on assets 18.1% 11.3% 5.0%
Return on invested capital – 19.7% 6.3%
Return on capital employed 23.9% 22.1% 7.6%
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.7x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.7x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCQPMPCKMI
Debt / assets 81.7% 35.3% 43.9%
Debt / equity 19.2x 1.3x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.1x 1.5x 4.1x
Debt / FCF 5.2x 2.6x 10.7x
Liabilities / assets 95.7% 72.7% 56.5%
Equity / assets 4.3% 27.3% 43.5%
Interest coverage 5.2x 10.4x –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.3x 0.7x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.9x 0.2x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.3x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 4.06 1.34

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCQPMPCKMI
Dividend yield 4.9% 0.9% 3.5%
Net buyback yield – 3.7% –
Shareholder yield 4.9% 4.6% 3.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 65.2% 11.3% 71.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) 73.4% 9.0% 85.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 0.5% 2.8% 1.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -11.7% -3.4% 1.5%

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.

ConsensusCQPMPCKMI
Forward P/E 14.1xFY2026 6.9xFY2026 21.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.67FY2026 $68.22FY2026 $1.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -9.7%FY2026 +537.6%FY2026 +23.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -12.2% -13.2% -9.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $11.22BFY2026 $192.78BFY2026 $17.91BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.3%FY2026 +42.6%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.9% -9.8% +0.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCQPMPCKMI
Held by institutions 46.8% 75.7% 69.3%
Institutions holding 200 1,930 1,811
Change in shares held, QoQ 0.0% -0.3% +3.3%
Institutions buying 79 855 898
Institutions selling 47 699 647
Buyers to sellers 1.68 1.22 1.39

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.

CQPMPCKMI
CQP 1.00 0.30 0.37
MPC 0.30 1.00 0.32
KMI 0.37 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CQP, MPC and KMI?

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) $31.90B, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) $132.13B, Kinder Morgan (KMI) $75.61B.

Which stock is cheaper, CQP, MPC and KMI?

Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) 10.2x, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 15.9x, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 21.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is cheapest (Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) 14.1x, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 6.9x, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 21.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) +15.4%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +15.9%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) +11.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) has the highest net margin (Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) 27.3%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 5.5%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 19.6%). On return on invested capital, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) leads (Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 19.7%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 6.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Marathon Petroleum (MPC) returned the most: Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) +21.2%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +139.8%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) +31.2%. Over five years, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) compounded fastest (Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) +8.2%/yr, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +48.1%/yr, Kinder Morgan (KMI) +14.4%/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) 4.89%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 0.85%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 3.49%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Kinder Morgan (KMI) has been the steadiest (Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP) 30.0%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 36.1%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 21.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 8. 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.