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Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Cheniere Energy Partners LP

CQP in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Cheniere Energy Partners owns and runs the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas terminal in Louisiana, where natural gas is cooled into liquid form and loaded onto tankers for export. It also owns the Creole Trail Pipeline, which links the terminal to interstate and intrastate gas networks that supply it. Its customers are integrated energy companies, utilities and energy trading firms in the United States and abroad. It is based in Houston and is a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy Inc.
Where it sits in the stack
Cheniere Energy Partners carries no Closelook index seat; it sits in our Energy sleeve for the United States, alongside other names scored from that sector and country.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group draws on other US energy names — Frontline, Permian Resources, Cenovus, Ecopetrol, YPF, BP, Petrobras and Venture Global; the market also names Sempra as a comparable LNG exporter.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score with momentum as the strongest module and valuation as the weakest; it holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it.
What the diary watches
Whether LNG export volumes and contracted offtake at Sabine Pass hold steady as gas price spreads between supply regions shift.

Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 50/100 composite (momentum 57, quality 68, valuation 56) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CQP, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Midstream · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Midstream · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CQP on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.09%, quarterly · last 0.82 USD on 2026-08-07

Dividends and capital return

What CQP pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.27 USD per share · a 5.09% yield on the 2026-09-23 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-23
  • Change on the year +32.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.46 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.82 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-07
  • By calendar year 2025: 3.29 USD (partial) · 2026: 2.44 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-10
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 2.06 bn USD 66% of earnings
  • Share count 0.0% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 2.06 bn USD · 80% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta −0.34 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How CQP has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.34 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Cheniere Energy Partners LP moved −0.34% on average · correlation −0.11 · higher than 4% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.47 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.09% on average against −0.76% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.69% TLT −1.58% that day 2026-09-23

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 65/100 · S&P 500 fund at 68, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-23
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +9.3% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-23
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −2.0% week · −0.6% month · +17.1% quarter · +12.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-23
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.60 · up 0.32 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-23

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-24

Quick answers

What is Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP)?

Cheniere Energy Partners LP trades as CQP on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-24.

Is CQP in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Cheniere Energy Partners LP is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-24.

What is Cheniere Energy Partners LP's Closelook composite score?

50 out of 100, with momentum 57, quality 68 and valuation 56 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-24. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CQP trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -3.1% vs the 50-day and +5.6% vs the 200-day average, 9.8% below the 52-week high and +37.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-23 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Cheniere Energy Partners LP do?

Cheniere Energy Partners owns and runs the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas terminal in Louisiana, where natural gas is cooled into liquid form and loaded onto tankers for export. It also owns the Creole Trail Pipeline, which links the terminal to interstate and intrastate gas networks that supply it. Its customers are integrated energy companies, utilities and energy trading firms in the United States and abroad. Closelook's peer group draws on other US energy names — Frontline, Permian Resources, Cenovus, Ecopetrol, YPF, BP, Petrobras and Venture Global; the market also names Sempra as a comparable LNG exporter.

Where does Cheniere Energy Partners LP sit in the AI build-out?

Cheniere Energy Partners carries no Closelook index seat; it sits in our Energy sleeve for the United States, alongside other names scored from that sector and country. It carries a Closelook score with momentum as the strongest module and valuation as the weakest; it holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it.

Does Cheniere Energy Partners LP pay a dividend?

Cheniere Energy Partners LP has paid 3.27 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.09% on the 2026-09-23 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.82 USD on 2026-08-07. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 2.06 bn USD in dividends, 80% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count was unchanged over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Cheniere Energy Partners LP trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Cheniere Energy Partners LP had a beta of −0.34 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 4% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.09% on average, against −0.76% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CQP, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Midstream, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.