Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Estimate for USAC Earnings

USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE:USAC) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lowered their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for USA Compression Partners in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 8th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the oil and gas company will post earnings of $0.23 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.26. Zacks Research has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for USA Compression Partners’ current full-year earnings is $1.05 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for USA Compression Partners’ Q2 2026 earnings at $0.32 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.36 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.38 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.41 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.41 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.64 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on USAC. Mizuho lifted their target price on USA Compression Partners from $23.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Texas Capital raised USA Compression Partners from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 9th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on USA Compression Partners from $27.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut USA Compression Partners from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $26.67.

USA Compression Partners Stock Down 1.7%

Shares of NYSE:USAC opened at $27.76 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $4.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.04 and a beta of 0.21. USA Compression Partners has a 12-month low of $21.85 and a 12-month high of $28.90. The business’s 50 day moving average is $27.26 and its 200 day moving average is $25.01.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 17th. The oil and gas company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.28. The business had revenue of $252.48 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $253.43 million. USA Compression Partners had a negative return on equity of 87.34% and a net margin of 11.15%.

USA Compression Partners Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 26th were given a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, January 26th. USA Compression Partners’s dividend payout ratio is currently 250.00%.

Institutional Trading of USA Compression Partners

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in USAC. Alps Advisors Inc. increased its stake in USA Compression Partners by 9.6% in the 3rd quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 17,105,738 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $410,538,000 after acquiring an additional 1,500,640 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in USA Compression Partners by 123.5% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,712,603 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $62,390,000 after acquiring an additional 1,498,928 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake in USA Compression Partners by 82.7% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,863,377 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $77,254,000 after acquiring an additional 1,296,339 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in USA Compression Partners by 29.8% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,599,073 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $105,779,000 after acquiring an additional 1,056,548 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its stake in USA Compression Partners by 14.1% in the 2nd quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 5,305,265 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $128,971,000 after acquiring an additional 654,001 shares during the last quarter. 47.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About USA Compression Partners

USA Compression Partners (NYSE: USAC) is a Houston-based master limited partnership specializing in natural gas compression services for oil and gas producers. The company offers a full suite of midstream compression solutions designed to enhance production flow and optimize field operations. Its core activities include the design, engineering, fabrication, installation, operation and maintenance of natural gas compression equipment onshore across key U.S. basins.

USA Compression’s product and service offerings encompass new equipment deployment, aftermarket parts and component sales, field service support, and instrumentation and control systems.