USAC Stock Gets Stronger EPS Forecast from Zacks Research

USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE:USAC) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for USA Compression Partners in a research report issued on Thursday, October 1st. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the oil and gas company will post earnings of $0.21 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.20. Zacks Research has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for USA Compression Partners’ current full-year earnings is $1.17 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for USA Compression Partners’ Q4 2026 earnings at $0.25 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.04 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.31 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.29 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.29 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $1.19 EPS, Q1 2028 earnings at $0.33 EPS, Q2 2028 earnings at $0.36 EPS, Q3 2028 earnings at $0.38 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $1.41 EPS.

Several other research firms have also weighed in on USAC. Wall Street Zen lowered USA Compression Partners from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, September 26th. Mizuho boosted their price objective on shares of USA Compression Partners from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, June 12th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of USA Compression Partners from $30.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $29.50.

USA Compression Partners Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of USA Compression Partners stock opened at $24.97 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.25, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The firm has a market cap of $3.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.55 and a beta of 0.28. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $26.37 and a 200-day simple moving average of $27.05. USA Compression Partners has a 52-week low of $21.85 and a 52-week high of $30.55.

USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The oil and gas company reported $0.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.28 by $0.03. USA Compression Partners had a net margin of 12.43% and a return on equity of 179.77%. The company had revenue of $342.15 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $340.49 million.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On USA Compression Partners

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Alps Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of USA Compression Partners by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 17,748,200 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $408,209,000 after acquiring an additional 642,462 shares during the period. Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in USA Compression Partners by 2.4% in the first quarter. Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC now owns 314,657 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $8,533,000 after purchasing an additional 7,226 shares in the last quarter. ING Groep NV lifted its stake in USA Compression Partners by 45.5% during the fourth quarter. ING Groep NV now owns 312,600 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $7,190,000 after purchasing an additional 97,700 shares during the period. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. boosted its holdings in USA Compression Partners by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 234,728 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $5,399,000 after purchasing an additional 1,073 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LP grew its stake in shares of USA Compression Partners by 7.1% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 226,316 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $5,972,000 after purchasing an additional 14,931 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 47.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at USA Compression Partners

In other news, Director Bradford Whitehurst bought 6,000 shares of USA Compression Partners stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $26.10 per share, with a total value of $156,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 43,616 shares in the company, valued at $1,138,377.60. This trade represents a 15.95% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

USA Compression Partners Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 27th were given a dividend of $0.5250 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 27th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.4%. USA Compression Partners’s payout ratio is currently 198.11%.

USA Compression Partners Company Profile

USA Compression Partners, LP (NYSE: USAC) is a master limited partnership that provides natural gas compression services to infrastructure operators and producers in the United States. The company owns and operates a fleet of natural gas compression units and supplies compression under long-term and short-term contracts.

Its equipment and services support several stages of the natural gas value chain, including gathering, processing, transmission, storage and production. Compression helps maintain the pressure needed to move natural gas through pipelines and other infrastructure, making the company a service provider to midstream and upstream energy businesses.

USA Compression Partners serves customers across major U.S.