USA Compression Partners (USAC) Competitors

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.

Is USAC or DTM more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
USA Compression Partners	10.48%	-62.46%	3.35%
DT Midstream	41.19%	9.31%	4.53%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in USAC or DTM?

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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, USAC or DTM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
USA Compression Partners	$966.41M	3.01	$99.57M	$0.68	36.36
DT Midstream	$1.04B	9.94	$384M	$3.67	27.85

Does the media favor USAC or DTM?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
USA Compression Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
DT Midstream	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in USAC or DTM?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
USA Compression Partners	Outperform Votes 307 58.93%	Underperform Votes 214 41.07%
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 43 42.57%	Underperform Votes 58 57.43%

Do analysts prefer USAC or DTM?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
USA Compression Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Is USAC or DTM a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has more volatility & risk, USAC or DTM?

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.