Zacks Research Issues Negative Outlook for USAC Earnings

USA Compression Partners LP (NYSE:USAC - Free Report) - Zacks Research lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for USA Compression Partners in a research note issued on Tuesday, May 27th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the oil and gas company will post earnings per share of $0.22 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.23. The consensus estimate for USA Compression Partners' current full-year earnings is $1.05 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for USA Compression Partners' Q3 2025 earnings at $0.23 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.23 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.86 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.27 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.09 EPS.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The oil and gas company reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by ($0.04). The business had revenue of $245.23 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $244.79 million. USA Compression Partners had a negative return on equity of 62.46% and a net margin of 10.48%.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on USAC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on USA Compression Partners from $23.00 to $24.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of USA Compression Partners from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Finally, Mizuho boosted their price objective on USA Compression Partners from $24.00 to $26.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $26.00.

USA Compression Partners Stock Performance

Shares of USAC traded down $0.25 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $24.96. 49,303 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 344,484. The business's 50-day moving average price is $24.78 and its 200-day moving average price is $25.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.18 and a beta of 0.53. USA Compression Partners has a 12 month low of $21.06 and a 12 month high of $30.10.

Institutional Trading of USA Compression Partners

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Alps Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of USA Compression Partners by 18.5% in the 1st quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 15,990,511 shares of the oil and gas company's stock valued at $431,424,000 after acquiring an additional 2,490,895 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in USA Compression Partners by 82.7% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,863,377 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $77,254,000 after buying an additional 1,296,339 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its position in USA Compression Partners by 32.5% during the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 4,651,264 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $125,491,000 after buying an additional 1,141,556 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in USA Compression Partners during the fourth quarter worth approximately $13,905,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in USA Compression Partners by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 12,274,451 shares of the oil and gas company's stock worth $289,186,000 after purchasing an additional 107,058 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 47.77% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at USA Compression Partners

In other news, Director Bradford D. Whitehurst acquired 10,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 8th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $23.50 per share, for a total transaction of $235,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 23,616 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $554,976. This represents a 73.44% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

USA Compression Partners Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 9th. Investors of record on Monday, April 28th were given a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.42%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 28th. This is a boost from USA Compression Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. USA Compression Partners's payout ratio is currently 308.82%.

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.