Zacks Research Analysts Increase Earnings Estimates for USAC

USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE:USAC) – Research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for USA Compression Partners in a research note issued to investors on Friday, April 17th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the oil and gas company will post earnings of $0.24 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.23. Zacks Research currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for USA Compression Partners’ current full-year earnings is $1.26 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for USA Compression Partners’ Q3 2026 earnings at $0.35 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.39 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.40 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.61 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of USA Compression Partners from $27.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Texas Capital upgraded shares of USA Compression Partners from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 9th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of USA Compression Partners from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 21st. Finally, Mizuho boosted their price objective on shares of USA Compression Partners from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, January 12th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, USA Compression Partners currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $26.67.

USA Compression Partners Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of USA Compression Partners stock opened at $26.38 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $27.40 and a 200-day simple moving average of $25.21. USA Compression Partners has a 1-year low of $21.85 and a 1-year high of $28.90. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.41 and a beta of 0.21.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 17th. The oil and gas company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.28. USA Compression Partners had a net margin of 11.15% and a negative return on equity of 87.34%. The business had revenue of $252.48 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $253.43 million.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in shares of USA Compression Partners by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 127,146 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $2,924,000 after buying an additional 521 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of USA Compression Partners by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 13,482 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $310,000 after buying an additional 724 shares during the period. Mallini Complete Financial Planning LLC lifted its stake in shares of USA Compression Partners by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Mallini Complete Financial Planning LLC now owns 93,810 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $2,158,000 after buying an additional 731 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of USA Compression Partners by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 45,800 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $1,053,000 after buying an additional 758 shares during the period. Finally, Mutual Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of USA Compression Partners by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 22,641 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $521,000 after buying an additional 769 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 47.77% of the company’s stock.

USA Compression Partners Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 8th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 27th will be given a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.0%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 27th. USA Compression Partners’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 250.00%.

USA Compression Partners Company Profile

USA Compression Partners (NYSE: USAC) is a Houston-based master limited partnership specializing in natural gas compression services for oil and gas producers. The company offers a full suite of midstream compression solutions designed to enhance production flow and optimize field operations. Its core activities include the design, engineering, fabrication, installation, operation and maintenance of natural gas compression equipment onshore across key U.S. basins.

USA Compression’s product and service offerings encompass new equipment deployment, aftermarket parts and component sales, field service support, and instrumentation and control systems.