USA Compression Partners (USAC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, DTM or USAC?

DT Midstream has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USA Compression Partners has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DTM or USAC?

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

Is DTM or USAC 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
DT Midstream	41.19%	9.31%	4.53%
USA Compression Partners	10.48%	-62.46%	3.35%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DTM or USAC?

USA Compression Partners received 264 more outperform votes than DT Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.93% of users gave USA Compression Partners an outperform vote while only 43.43% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 43 43.43%	Underperform Votes 56 56.57%
USA Compression Partners	Outperform Votes 307 58.93%	Underperform Votes 214 41.07%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DTM or USAC?

DT Midstream has higher revenue and 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
DT Midstream	$981M	9.88	$384M	$3.60	26.50
USA Compression Partners	$950.45M	3.07	$99.57M	$0.73	34.05

Does the media prefer DTM or USAC?

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 9 more articles in the media than USA Compression Partners. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for DT Midstream and 5 mentions for USA Compression Partners. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat USA Compression Partners' score of 0.72 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DT Midstream	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
USA Compression Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DTM or USAC a better dividend stock?

DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. USA Compression Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. DT Midstream pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Do analysts recommend DTM or USAC?

DT Midstream presently has a consensus target price of $104.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.72%. USA Compression Partners has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.60%. Given DT Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe DT Midstream is more favorable than USA Compression Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
USA Compression Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Summary

DT Midstream beats USA Compression Partners on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.