USA Compression Partners (USAC) Competitors

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) and Evolution Petroleum (NYSEAMERICAN:EPM) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Is USAC or EPM a better dividend stock?

USA Compression Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Evolution Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. USA Compression Partners pays out 313.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Evolution Petroleum pays out 600.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of USAC or EPM?

47.8% of USA Compression Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Evolution Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, USAC or EPM?

USA Compression Partners has a beta of 0.35, suggesting that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evolution Petroleum has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer USAC or EPM?

USA Compression Partners currently has a consensus price target of $25.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.95%. Given USA Compression Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe USA Compression Partners is more favorable than Evolution Petroleum.

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
Evolution Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is USAC or EPM more profitable?

USA Compression Partners has a net margin of 9.56% compared to Evolution Petroleum's net margin of 1.72%. Evolution Petroleum's return on equity of 2.31% beat USA Compression Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
USA Compression Partners	9.56%	-71.82%	3.62%
Evolution Petroleum	1.72%	2.31%	1.09%

Does the media prefer USAC or EPM?

In the previous week, USA Compression Partners and USA Compression Partners both had 1 articles in the media. USA Compression Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Evolution Petroleum's score of 0.00 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
Evolution Petroleum	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, USAC or EPM?

USA Compression Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Evolution Petroleum. USA Compression Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evolution Petroleum, 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	$950.45M	3.02	$99.57M	$0.67	34.93
Evolution Petroleum	$85.84M	1.93	$1.47M	$0.08	60.20

Summary

USA Compression Partners beats Evolution Petroleum on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.