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Cheniere Energy Partners LP

CQPNYSE

SectorEnergy

IndustryOil & Gas Midstream

Beta (adjusted)0.55

Intrinsic Value $72.92median of 4 methods · middle span $65-$81based on filings through 30 Jun 2026

Market Price $61.00Price as of 1 Oct 2026

UndervaluedIntrinsic value is 20% above the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

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Market Cap $29.5B

Enterprise Value $43.5B

Shares Outstanding 484.1M diluted

Moat Rating Wide

Next Earnings Date29 Oct 2026

Last ex-dividend7 Aug 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Cheniere Energy Partners combines an operating Sabine Pass platform of more than 30 mtpa with substantial long-term contractual coverage and management's reaffirmed 2026 distribution range. The partnership also has meaningful expansion optionality: Phase 1 is commercially underpinned, has an EPC contract and limited notice to proceed, and is designed for more than 6 mtpa. The balanced stance reflects that expansion FID still depends on regulatory approvals and acceptable financing, while distributions contain a variable component and are influenced by capital expenditure and reserve requirements.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets12 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$51.00

Mean target$60.08

High · most bullish analyst$67.00

Street targets sit below today's price; our intrinsic value sits above it. Different horizons, different questions.

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$51.0023%

Regulatory or financing constraints delay Phase 1, while maintenance, lower throughput or higher retained cash requirements reduce distributable cash. A distribution below the $3.10 base level or contractual coverage below approximately 90% would weaken the income-oriented thesis.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$60.0858%

Matches the consensus mean

The operating platform continues to benefit from approximately 90% long-term contractual coverage and management delivers within the 2026 distribution range. Phase 1 advances through engineering, procurement and regulatory review, but its valuation contribution remains conditional until approvals, financing and FID are secured.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$67.0019%

Phase 1 receives the required approvals and acceptable financing, enabling FID around management's early-2027 expectation. Existing operations sustain strong cargo throughput and distributions remain near the upper end of the $3.10-$3.40 guidance range, while the expansion creates a credible path to more than 6 mtpa of incremental production capacity.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Sabine Pass has more than 30 mtpa of operating LNG production capacity and had exported more than 3,460 cumulative cargoes totaling approximately 240 million tonnes by July 31, 2026.
Approximately 90% of anticipated operating production was contracted with third parties through the mid-2030s, with approximately 12 years of weighted-average remaining contract life at June 30, 2026.
Management reaffirmed full-year 2026 distributions of $3.10-$3.40 per common unit, including a $3.10 base distribution.
Expansion Phase 1 has a lump-sum turnkey EPC contract, is commercially underpinned by long-term agreements and is expected to provide more than 6 mtpa of capacity if approved and financed.

Key Investment Risks

Phase 1 remains pre-FID and depends on FERC and DOE approvals, acceptable financing and other conditions; early engineering and procurement therefore precede final project authorization.
Distributions are not fixed: the latest quarterly payment included base and variable components, and management states that distributions consider debt repayment, capital expenditures, capital-allocation goals and operating reserves.
The operating asset base is concentrated at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal, making maintenance timing, production reliability and site-specific disruptions important to quarterly throughput.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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