Zacks Research Analysts Decrease Earnings Estimates for USAC

USA Compression Partners LP (NYSE:USAC - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for USA Compression Partners in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the oil and gas company will post earnings of $0.93 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $0.94. The consensus estimate for USA Compression Partners' current full-year earnings is $1.05 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for USA Compression Partners' Q1 2026 earnings at $0.30 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.25 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.29 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.11 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.28 EPS.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The oil and gas company reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.24 by ($0.06). USA Compression Partners had a negative return on equity of 62.46% and a net margin of 10.48%.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on USAC. Citigroup raised their price objective on USA Compression Partners from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Mizuho raised their target price on shares of USA Compression Partners from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of USA Compression Partners from $23.00 to $24.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $26.00.

USA Compression Partners Stock Up 2.7 %

USAC stock traded up $0.66 during trading on Thursday, hitting $25.38. The company had a trading volume of 46,106 shares, compared to its average volume of 351,209. The stock has a market cap of $2.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.76 and a beta of 0.84. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $26.11 and a 200-day moving average price of $24.64. USA Compression Partners has a 12 month low of $21.06 and a 12 month high of $30.10.

USA Compression Partners Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 28th will be given a $0.525 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 28th. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.27%. This is a positive change from USA Compression Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. USA Compression Partners's payout ratio is 287.67%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC purchased a new position in shares of USA Compression Partners in the fourth quarter valued at $333,000. Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of USA Compression Partners by 9.2% during the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 9,052 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $215,000 after buying an additional 766 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of USA Compression Partners in the fourth quarter worth about $13,905,000. Stifel Financial Corp bought a new position in shares of USA Compression Partners in the third quarter valued at approximately $210,000. Finally, Truist Financial Corp purchased a new position in USA Compression Partners during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,428,000. 47.77% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About USA Compression Partners

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.