USA Compression Partners (USAC) Competitors

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) and DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of USAC or DTM?

47.8% of USA Compression Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of DT Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of DT Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is USAC or DTM more profitable?

DT Midstream has a net margin of 41.19% compared to USA Compression Partners' net margin of 10.48%. DT Midstream's return on equity of 9.31% beat USA Compression Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
USA Compression Partners	10.48%	-62.46%	3.35%
DT Midstream	41.19%	9.31%	4.53%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, USAC or DTM?

DT Midstream has lower revenue, but higher earnings than USA Compression Partners. DT 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
USA Compression Partners	$950.45M	3.46	$99.57M	$0.73	38.32
DT Midstream	$922M	10.31	$384M	$4.11	23.81

Which has more volatility & risk, USAC or DTM?

USA Compression Partners has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DT Midstream has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer USAC or DTM?

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 2 more articles in the media than USA Compression Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DT Midstream and 4 mentions for USA Compression Partners. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat USA Compression Partners' score of 0.86 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
USA Compression Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DT Midstream	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is USAC or DTM a better dividend stock?

USA Compression Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. USA Compression Partners pays out 287.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DT Midstream pays out 71.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer USAC or DTM?

USA Compression Partners presently has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.26%. DT Midstream has a consensus price target of $101.56, indicating a potential upside of 3.79%. Given DT Midstream's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DT Midstream is more favorable than USA Compression Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
USA Compression Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in USAC or DTM?

USA Compression Partners received 269 more outperform votes than DT Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.15% of users gave USA Compression Partners an outperform vote while only 42.70% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
USA Compression Partners	Outperform Votes 307 59.15%	Underperform Votes 212 40.85%
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 38 42.70%	Underperform Votes 51 57.30%

Summary

DT Midstream beats USA Compression Partners on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.