USA Compression Partners (USAC) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, DTM or USAC?

DT Midstream has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USA Compression Partners has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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. 0.2% of DT Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer DTM or USAC?

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 19 more articles in the media than USA Compression Partners. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for DT Midstream and 1 mentions for USA Compression Partners. USA Compression Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat DT Midstream's score of 0.78 indicating that USA Compression Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DT Midstream	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
USA Compression Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend DTM or USAC?

DT Midstream presently has a consensus target price of $103.45, indicating a potential upside of 2.92%. USA Compression Partners has a consensus target price of $26.80, indicating a potential downside of 3.46%. Given DT Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
USA Compression Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

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%

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 3.3%. USA Compression Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. 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.

Which has higher earnings and 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	10.41	$384M	$3.60	27.92
USA Compression Partners	$950.45M	3.43	$99.57M	$0.73	38.03

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DTM or USAC?

USA Compression Partners received 265 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 44.21% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 42 44.21%	Underperform Votes 53 55.79%
USA Compression Partners	Outperform Votes 307 58.93%	Underperform Votes 214 41.07%

Summary

DT Midstream beats USA Compression Partners on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.