Zacks Research Has Bullish Outlook for USAC FY2024 Earnings

USA Compression Partners LP (NYSE:USAC) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research raised their FY2024 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for USA Compression Partners in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, December 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the oil and gas company will earn $0.75 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $0.74. 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’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.24 EPS and Q1 2026 earnings at $0.33 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $27.00 price target on shares of USA Compression Partners in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Mizuho reduced their target price on USA Compression Partners from $25.00 to $24.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Citigroup started coverage on shares of USA Compression Partners in a research note on Friday, September 27th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $23.00 price target for the company. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $26.00.

USA Compression Partners Trading Down 2.4 %

Shares of NYSE:USAC opened at $21.54 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $22.83 and a 200-day moving average price of $22.92. The company has a market cap of $2.52 billion, a price-to-earnings 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.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, November 5th. The oil and gas company reported $0.13 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.20 by ($0.07). The firm had revenue of $239.97 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 period in the previous year, the company earned $0.09 EPS.

USA Compression Partners Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 1st. Investors of record on Monday, October 21st were given a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.75%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, October 21st. USA Compression Partners’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 368.42%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On USA Compression Partners

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in USAC. Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in shares of USA Compression Partners by 3,054.8% in the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,325 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 1,283 shares during the period. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its stake in shares of USA Compression Partners by 12.2% in the second quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 4,445 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $105,000 after buying an additional 485 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new position in USA Compression Partners during the second quarter valued at approximately $204,000. Stifel Financial Corp purchased a new position in shares of USA Compression Partners during the 3rd quarter valued at $210,000. Finally, Seelaus Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of 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 worth $258,000 after acquiring an additional 500 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 47.77% of the company’s stock.

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.