USA Compression Partners (USAC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for USA Compression Partners in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" USAC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in USAC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for USA Compression Partners' shares. Their USAC share price targets range from $22.00 to $30.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $24.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.7%.
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USA Compression Partners' stock was trading at $22.83 at the start of the year. Since then, USAC shares have increased by 10.3% and is now trading at $25.18.
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USA Compression Partners saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,210,000 shares, an increase of 23.5% from the March 15th total of 1,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 416,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.3 days. Approximately 3.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2024.
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USA Compression Partners will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, May 7th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

USA Compression Partners LP (NYSE:USAC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 13th. The oil and gas company reported $0.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.02. The oil and gas company earned $225.05 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $221.50 million. USA Compression Partners had a net margin of 8.07% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.81%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned ($0.04) earnings per share.

USA Compression Partners declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, April 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.525 per share on Friday, May 3rd. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 19th.
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USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.40%. USAC has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 1,000.05%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, USAC will have a dividend payout ratio of 244.19% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) stock in their portfolio include Global X MLP ETF (MLPA), Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP), Invesco Oil & Gas Services ETF (PXJ), GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF (HIPS), Global SuperDividend US ETF (DIV), Global X Alternative Income ETF (ALTY), Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund (MDIV) and InfraCap MLP ETF (AMZA).

38 employees have rated USA Compression Partners Chief Executive Officer Eric Long on Glassdoor.com. Eric Long has an approval rating of 99% among the company's employees. This puts Eric Long in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other USA Compression Partners investors own include Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Ares Capital (ARCC), Mplx (MPLX), Golar LNG Partners (GMLP) and New Residential Investment (NRZ).

USA Compression Partners' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Penbrook Management LLC (0.05%), Hodges Capital Management Inc. (0.02%), F&V Capital Management LLC (0.01%) and Sunbelt Securities Inc. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher W Porter, Eric D Long and Veteran Equity Aggregator Eig.
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Shares of USAC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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