USA Compression Partners (USAC) Competitors

DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) and USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Is DTM or USAC a better dividend stock?

DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. USA Compression Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. 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. 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 has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, DTM or USAC?

DT Midstream has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USA Compression Partners has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DTM or USAC?

In the previous week, DT Midstream and DT Midstream both had 3 articles in the media. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat USA Compression Partners' score of 0.94 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DT Midstream	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
USA Compression Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate DTM or USAC?

DT Midstream presently has a consensus target price of $109.27, indicating a potential upside of 2.86%. USA Compression Partners has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.01%. Given USA Compression Partners' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe USA Compression Partners is more favorable than DT Midstream.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DTM or USAC?

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 42.16% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DT Midstream	Outperform Votes 43 42.16%	Underperform Votes 59 57.84%
USA Compression Partners	Outperform Votes 307 58.93%	Underperform Votes 214 41.07%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DTM or USAC?

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
DT Midstream	$1.04B	10.34	$384M	$3.67	28.95
USA Compression Partners	$966.41M	3.07	$99.57M	$0.68	37.12

Is DTM or USAC 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
DT Midstream	41.19%	9.31%	4.53%
USA Compression Partners	10.48%	-62.46%	3.35%

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

81.5% of DT Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of USA Compression Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of DT Midstream shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

DT Midstream beats USA Compression Partners on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.