USAC vs. AM, DTM, KNTK, ETRN, ENLC, AROC, TGS, KGS, NGL, and SMLP
Should you be buying USA Compression Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of USA Compression Partners include Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Archrock (AROC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), and Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) and Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Antero Midstream has higher revenue and earnings than USA Compression Partners. Antero Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than USA Compression Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
USA Compression Partners currently has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.08%. Antero Midstream has a consensus target price of $12.70, suggesting a potential downside of 13.31%. Given USA Compression Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe USA Compression Partners is more favorable than Antero Midstream.
USA Compression Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. USA Compression Partners pays out 512.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Antero Midstream pays out 112.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.67% compared to USA Compression Partners' net margin of 9.21%. Antero Midstream's return on equity of 20.82% beat USA Compression Partners' return on equity.
In the previous week, USA Compression Partners had 17 more articles in the media than Antero Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for USA Compression Partners and 8 mentions for Antero Midstream. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat USA Compression Partners' score of 0.83 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Antero Midstream received 152 more outperform votes than USA Compression Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.01% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave USA Compression Partners an outperform vote.
47.8% of USA Compression Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
USA Compression Partners has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.26, meaning that its share price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Antero Midstream beats USA Compression Partners on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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