Zacks Research Analysts Lift Earnings Estimates for USAC

USA Compression Partners LP (NYSE:USAC) – Zacks Research lifted their Q4 2024 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of USA Compression Partners in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, December 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the oil and gas company will post earnings per share of $0.25 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.24. The consensus estimate for USA Compression Partners’ current full-year earnings is $0.80 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for USA Compression Partners’ Q1 2025 earnings at $0.20 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.99 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.29 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.25 EPS.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The oil and gas company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by ($0.07). The business had revenue of $239.97 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $238.37 million. USA Compression Partners had a net margin of 9.36% and a negative return on equity of 47.53%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.09 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Mizuho reduced their price target on shares of USA Compression Partners from $25.00 to $24.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and issued a $27.00 price target on shares of USA Compression Partners in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of USA Compression Partners in a report on Friday, September 27th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $23.00 price objective for the company. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $26.00.

USA Compression Partners Stock Down 2.4 %

Shares of USA Compression Partners stock opened at $21.54 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.79 and a beta of 1.34. USA Compression Partners has a 12-month low of $21.06 and a 12-month high of $28.47. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $22.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.93.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of USAC. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its position in shares of USA Compression Partners by 12.2% in the 2nd quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 4,445 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $105,000 after purchasing an additional 485 shares during the period. Seelaus Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in USA Compression Partners by 4.6% in the third quarter. Seelaus Asset Management LLC now owns 11,278 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $258,000 after buying an additional 500 shares in the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC grew its stake 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 worth $215,000 after buying an additional 766 shares during the last quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. increased its holdings in USA Compression Partners by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 211,521 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $4,848,000 after purchasing an additional 833 shares in the last quarter. Finally, World Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in USA Compression Partners by 9.0% during the 3rd quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC now owns 11,720 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $269,000 after buying an additional 970 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 47.77% of the company’s stock.

USA Compression Partners Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 21st were paid a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, October 21st. USA Compression Partners’s payout ratio is 368.42%.

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.