Zacks Research Brokers Increase Earnings Estimates for USAC

USA Compression Partners LP (NYSE:USAC - Free Report) - Research analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2024 EPS estimates for shares of USA Compression Partners in a research note issued on Wednesday, December 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the oil and gas company will post earnings per share of $0.75 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.74. The consensus estimate for USA Compression Partners' current full-year earnings is $0.80 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for USA Compression Partners' Q2 2025 earnings at $0.24 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 5th. The oil and gas company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.20 by ($0.07). The business had revenue of $239.97 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $238.37 million. USA Compression Partners had a negative return on equity of 47.53% and a net margin of 9.36%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.09 EPS.

USAC has been the subject of several other research reports. Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of USA Compression Partners in a research note on Friday, September 27th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $23.00 price objective for the company. Mizuho dropped their price target on USA Compression Partners from $25.00 to $24.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada restated a "sector perform" rating and issued a $27.00 price objective on shares of USA Compression Partners in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $26.00.

USA Compression Partners Price Performance

Shares of USAC stock traded up $0.60 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $22.14. The company had a trading volume of 105,301 shares, compared to its average volume of 353,692. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $22.83 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.92. USA Compression Partners has a 12 month low of $21.06 and a 12 month high of $28.47. The company has a market cap of $2.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.84 and a beta of 1.34.

USA Compression Partners Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 21st were issued a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.49%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, October 21st. USA Compression Partners's payout ratio is 368.42%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On USA Compression Partners

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in USA Compression Partners by 3,054.8% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,325 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 1,283 shares in the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its position in USA Compression Partners by 12.2% in the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 4,445 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $105,000 after acquiring an additional 485 shares in the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC bought a new position in USA Compression Partners in the second quarter valued at $204,000. Stifel Financial Corp purchased a new stake in USA Compression Partners during the third quarter valued at about $210,000. Finally, Seelaus Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in USA Compression Partners by 4.6% during the third quarter. Seelaus Asset Management LLC now owns 11,278 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $258,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. 47.77% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

USA Compression Partners Company Profile

USA Compression Partners, LP provides compression services under term contracts with customers in the natural gas and crude oil industries in the United States. The company engineers, designs, operates, services, and repairs its compression units; and maintains related support inventory and equipment.