Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Outlook for USAC Earnings

USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE:USAC) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q4 2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of USA Compression Partners in a report released on Thursday, October 1st. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the oil and gas company will post earnings of $0.30 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.29. Zacks Research currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for USA Compression Partners’ current full-year earnings is $1.18 per share.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The oil and gas company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.03. USA Compression Partners had a return on equity of 179.77% and a net margin of 12.43%.The company had revenue of $342.15 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $340.49 million.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on USAC. Mizuho lifted their price target on shares of USA Compression Partners from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, June 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of USA Compression Partners from $30.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 1st. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of USA Compression Partners from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $29.50.

USA Compression Partners Trading Up 1.8%

Shares of USAC opened at $25.84 on Monday. USA Compression Partners has a twelve month low of $21.85 and a twelve month high of $30.55. The company has a market cap of $3.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.38 and a beta of 0.28. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.25. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $26.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $26.99.

USA Compression Partners Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 7th. Investors of record on Monday, July 27th were issued a dividend of $0.5250 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 27th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.1%. USA Compression Partners’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 198.11%.

Insider Transactions at USA Compression Partners

In related news, Director Bradford Whitehurst bought 6,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 21st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $26.10 per share, for a total transaction of $156,600.00. Following the purchase, the director directly owned 43,616 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,138,377.60. The trade was a 15.95% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Institutional Trading of USA Compression Partners

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of USAC. MV Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in USA Compression Partners in the fourth quarter worth approximately $86,000. First Bancorp Inc ME bought a new stake in USA Compression Partners during the 2nd quarter valued at $117,000. One Charles Private Wealth Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of USA Compression Partners in the 1st quarter worth $212,000. TSA Wealth Managment LLC purchased a new stake in shares of USA Compression Partners in the 1st quarter worth $236,000. Finally, Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of USA Compression Partners during the 2nd quarter worth $238,000. Institutional investors own 47.77% of the company’s stock.

USA Compression Partners Company Profile

USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE: USAC) is a master limited partnership that provides natural gas compression services to infrastructure operators and producers in the United States. The company owns and operates a fleet of natural gas compression units and supplies compression under long-term and short-term contracts.

Its equipment and services support several stages of the natural gas value chain, including gathering, processing, transmission, storage and production. Compression helps maintain the pressure needed to move natural gas through pipelines and other infrastructure, making the company a service provider to midstream and upstream energy businesses.

USA Compression Partners serves customers across major U.S.