USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.06 EPS

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC - Get Free Report) issued its earnings results on Tuesday. The oil and gas company reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.24 by ($0.06), Zacks reports. USA Compression Partners had a negative return on equity of 47.53% and a net margin of 9.36%.

USA Compression Partners Trading Up 0.6 %

Shares of NYSE:USAC traded up $0.16 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $28.50. 86,892 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 514,246. The stock has a market cap of $3.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 49.93 and a beta of 1.34. USA Compression Partners has a 12-month low of $21.06 and a 12-month high of $30.10. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $24.77 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $23.35.

USA Compression Partners Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 27th were paid a $0.525 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, January 27th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.37%. USA Compression Partners's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 368.43%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on USAC. Mizuho raised their price objective on USA Compression Partners from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a "sector perform" rating and set a $27.00 target price on shares of USA Compression Partners in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $26.50.

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.