USA Compression Partners, LP (USAC) – What Are Investment Firms Saying About This Stock?

Shares of USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE:USAC) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the six analysts that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $29.50.

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on USAC. Wall Street Zen cut shares of USA Compression Partners from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 26th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of USA Compression Partners from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, August 31st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on USA Compression Partners from $30.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 1st.

Insider Activity

In other USA Compression Partners news, Director Bradford Whitehurst acquired 6,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $26.10 per share, for a total transaction of $156,600.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 43,616 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,138,377.60. This represents a 15.95% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On USA Compression Partners

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Ellsworth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of USA Compression Partners by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Ellsworth Advisors LLC now owns 32,335 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $804,000 after acquiring an additional 630 shares during the last quarter. Ulland Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of USA Compression Partners by 15.4% during the 3rd quarter. Ulland Investment Advisors LLC now owns 15,000 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $373,000 after buying an additional 2,000 shares during the period. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in USA Compression Partners by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. now owns 14,495 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $360,000 after buying an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Chickasaw Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of USA Compression Partners by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter. Chickasaw Capital Management LLC now owns 172,000 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $4,278,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of USA Compression Partners by 49.2% in the 2nd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 11,231 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $296,000 after purchasing an additional 3,704 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 47.77% of the company’s stock.

USA Compression Partners Price Performance

Shares of NYSE USAC opened at $25.05 on Monday. USA Compression Partners has a 1-year low of $21.85 and a 1-year high of $30.55. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $26.16 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.25, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The company has a market cap of $3.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.63 and a beta of 0.28.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The oil and gas company reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $342.15 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $340.49 million. USA Compression Partners had a net margin of 12.43% and a return on equity of 179.77%. Analysts forecast that USA Compression Partners will post 1.16 EPS for the current fiscal year.

USA Compression Partners Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 6th. Investors of record on Monday, October 26th will be issued a $0.5250 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 26th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.4%. USA Compression Partners’s dividend payout ratio is currently 198.11%.

USA Compression Partners Company Profile

USA Compression Partners LP (NYSE: USAC) is a master limited partnership that provides natural gas compression services in the United States. The company owns and operates a fleet of natural gas compression equipment and supplies compression to producers, processors, gatherers and pipeline operators under primarily fee-based contracts.

Its services support several stages of the natural gas value chain, including the gathering and processing of natural gas, transportation through interstate and intrastate pipelines, and natural gas storage.