Zacks Research Issues Positive Outlook for USAC Earnings

Key Points

• Zacks Research raised its Q3 2026 EPS estimate for USA Compression Partners to $0.21 from $0.20, while maintaining a “Hold” rating. Its full-year 2026 and 2027 EPS estimates are $1.04 and $1.19, respectively.
• USAC’s latest quarterly results exceeded expectations, with EPS of $0.31 versus the $0.28 consensus and revenue of $342.15 million versus $340.49 million.
• Analyst sentiment remains cautious: the stock has an average “Hold” rating and a consensus price target of $29.50. The partnership also pays a quarterly dividend of $0.525 per share, representing an annualized yield of approximately 8.4%.

USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE:USAC - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Zacks Research raised their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for USA Compression Partners in a report released on Thursday, October 1st. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the oil and gas company will post earnings per share of $0.21 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.20. Zacks Research has a "Hold" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for USA Compression Partners' current full-year earnings is $1.17 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for USA Compression Partners' Q4 2026 earnings at $0.25 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.04 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.31 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.29 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.29 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $1.19 EPS, Q1 2028 earnings at $0.33 EPS, Q2 2028 earnings at $0.36 EPS, Q3 2028 earnings at $0.38 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $1.41 EPS.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The oil and gas company reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.03. USA Compression Partners had a net margin of 12.43% and a return on equity of 179.77%. The business had revenue of $342.15 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $340.49 million.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Mizuho upped their price objective on USA Compression Partners from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, June 12th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of USA Compression Partners from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Saturday, September 26th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of USA Compression Partners from $30.00 to $31.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, USA Compression Partners presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $29.50.

USA Compression Partners Trading Up 0.4%

USAC opened at $24.97 on Friday. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $26.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $27.05. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.62 billion, a PE ratio of 23.55 and a beta of 0.28. USA Compression Partners has a 12-month low of $21.85 and a 12-month high of $30.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.25, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 0.68.

Institutional Trading of USA Compression Partners

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Alps Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in USA Compression Partners by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 17,748,200 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $408,209,000 after purchasing an additional 642,462 shares during the last quarter. Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of USA Compression Partners by 2.4% during the first quarter. Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC now owns 314,657 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $8,533,000 after purchasing an additional 7,226 shares during the period. ING Groep NV lifted its holdings in shares of USA Compression Partners by 45.5% during the fourth quarter. ING Groep NV now owns 312,600 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $7,190,000 after purchasing an additional 97,700 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP boosted its position in shares of USA Compression Partners by 7.1% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 226,316 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $5,972,000 after purchasing an additional 14,931 shares during the period. Finally, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. boosted its position in shares of USA Compression Partners by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 234,728 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $5,399,000 after purchasing an additional 1,073 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 47.77% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Bradford Whitehurst bought 6,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The stock was purchased at an average price 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

USA Compression Partners Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 7th. Investors of record on Monday, July 27th were paid a dividend of $0.5250 per share. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.4%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 27th. USA Compression Partners's payout ratio is currently 198.11%.

About USA Compression Partners

USA Compression Partners, LP NYSE: USAC is a master limited partnership that provides natural gas compression services to infrastructure operators and producers in the United States. The company owns and operates a fleet of natural gas compression units and supplies compression under long-term and short-term contracts.

Its equipment and services support several stages of the natural gas value chain, including gathering, processing, transmission, storage and production. Compression helps maintain the pressure needed to move natural gas through pipelines and other infrastructure, making the company a service provider to midstream and upstream energy businesses.

USA Compression Partners serves customers across major U.S.

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