USAC vs. DTM, AM, KNTK, ENLC, AROC, TGS, KGS, SMC, NGL, and WMB
Should you be buying USA Compression Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of USA Compression Partners include DT Midstream (DTM), Antero Midstream (AM), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Archrock (AROC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Summit Midstream (SMC), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), and Williams Companies (WMB). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
USA Compression Partners vs.
USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) and DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
DT Midstream has a net margin of 41.19% compared to USA Compression Partners' net margin of 10.48%. DT Midstream's return on equity of 9.31% beat USA Compression Partners' return on equity.
47.8% of USA Compression Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of DT Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of DT Midstream shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DT Midstream has higher revenue and earnings than USA Compression Partners. DT 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.
In the previous week, DT Midstream had 19 more articles in the media than USA Compression Partners. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for DT Midstream and 1 mentions for USA Compression Partners. USA Compression Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat DT Midstream's score of 1.11 indicating that USA Compression Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
USA Compression Partners received 264 more outperform votes than DT Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.93% of users gave USA Compression Partners an outperform vote while only 42.57% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.
USA Compression Partners currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.15%. DT Midstream has a consensus target price of $108.36, indicating a potential upside of 6.03%. Given DT Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DT Midstream is more favorable than USA Compression Partners.
USA Compression Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. USA Compression Partners pays out 308.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DT Midstream pays out 89.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DT Midstream has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
USA Compression Partners has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DT Midstream has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DT Midstream beats USA Compression Partners on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:USAC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff