USAC vs. NOV, KGS, INVX, NESR, NOA, MTRX, NGS, OIS, OMSE, and FET
Should you be buying USA Compression Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of USA Compression Partners include NOV (NOV), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Innovex International (INVX), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), North American Construction Group (NOA), Matrix Service (MTRX), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Oil States International (OIS), OMS Energy Technologies (OMSE), and Forum Energy Technologies (FET). These companies are all part of the "oil fld mch&eqp" industry.
USA Compression Partners vs. Its Competitors
NOV (NYSE:NOV) and USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
NOV has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USA Compression Partners has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
USA Compression Partners has a net margin of 9.99% compared to NOV's net margin of 6.68%. NOV's return on equity of 9.11% beat USA Compression Partners' return on equity.
NOV presently has a consensus price target of $17.38, suggesting a potential upside of 28.70%. USA Compression Partners has a consensus price target of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 5.21%. Given NOV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe NOV is more favorable than USA Compression Partners.
NOV has higher revenue and earnings than USA Compression Partners. NOV 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.
93.3% of NOV shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of USA Compression Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of NOV shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, NOV had 24 more articles in the media than USA Compression Partners. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for NOV and 5 mentions for USA Compression Partners. USA Compression Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat NOV's score of 0.08 indicating that USA Compression Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. USA Compression Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. NOV pays out 20.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. NOV has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
NOV beats USA Compression Partners on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:USAC) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
