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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
Antero Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $12.70, indicating a potential downside of 12.35%. USA Compression Partners has a consensus price target of $24.75, indicating a potential upside of 4.21%. Given Antero Midstream's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe USA Compression Partners is more favorable than Antero Midstream.
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.
54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of USA Compression Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 8.7%. 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.
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.
Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USA Compression Partners has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Antero Midstream received 152 more outperform votes than USA Compression Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.11% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote while only 60.20% of users gave USA Compression Partners an outperform vote.
In the previous week, USA Compression Partners had 4 more articles in the media than Antero Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for USA Compression Partners and 6 mentions for Antero Midstream. USA Compression Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Antero Midstream's score of 0.58 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Antero Midstream beats USA Compression Partners on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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