USAC vs. AM, DTM, KNTK, ETRN, ENLC, AROC, TGS, KGS, NGL, and SMLP
Should you be buying USA Compression Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of USA Compression Partners include Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Archrock (AROC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), and Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) and USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. USA Compression Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Antero Midstream pays out 112.5% 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 512.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, USA Compression Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Antero Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for USA Compression Partners and 4 mentions for Antero Midstream. USA Compression Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Antero Midstream's score of 0.62 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Antero Midstream received 153 more outperform votes than USA Compression Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote while only 60.08% of users gave USA Compression Partners an outperform vote.
Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USA Compression Partners has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Antero Midstream presently has a consensus target price of $12.70, suggesting a potential downside of 12.29%. USA Compression Partners has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.92%. Given Antero Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe USA Compression Partners is more favorable than Antero Midstream.
54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of USA Compression Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Antero Midstream has higher revenue and earnings than USA Compression Partners. Antero 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.
Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.67% compared to Antero Midstream's net margin of 9.21%. USA Compression Partners' return on equity of 20.82% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.
Summary
Antero Midstream beats USA Compression Partners on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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