USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC – Get Free Report) and Oil States International (NYSE:OIS – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares USA Compression Partners and Oil States International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| USA Compression Partners | 10.99% | -77.16% | 4.21% |
| Oil States International | 1.02% | 2.56% | 1.76% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for USA Compression Partners and Oil States International, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| USA Compression Partners | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2.20 |
| Oil States International | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
47.8% of USA Compression Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Oil States International shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Oil States International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk & Volatility
USA Compression Partners has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oil States International has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares USA Compression Partners and Oil States International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| USA Compression Partners | $950.45 million | 3.06 | $99.57 million | $0.80 | 29.60 |
| Oil States International | $655.12 million | 0.56 | -$11.26 million | $0.37 | 16.69 |
USA Compression Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Oil States International. Oil States International 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.
Summary
USA Compression Partners beats Oil States International on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About USA Compression Partners
USA Compression Partners, LP provides compression services under term contracts with customers in the natural gas and crude oil industries in the United States. The company engineers, designs, operates, services, and repairs its compression units; and maintains related support inventory and equipment. It also provides compression services in various shale plays, including the Utica, Marcellus, Permian Basin, Delaware Basin, Eagle Ford, Mississippi Lime, Granite Wash, Woodford, Barnett, Haynesville, Niobrara, and Fayetteville shales. As of December 31, 2017, the company had approximately 1,799,781 horsepower in its fleet. It serves oil companies; and independent producers, processors, gatherers, and transporters of natural gas and crude oil. USA Compression GP, LLC operates as the general partner of USA Compression Partners, LP. The company was formerly known as Compression Holdings, LP, and changed its name to USA Compression Partners, LP in June 2011. USA Compression Partners, LP was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
About Oil States International
Oil States International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides engineered capital equipment and products for the energy, industrial, and military sectors worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Well Site Services, Downhole Technologies, and Offshore/Manufactured Products. The Well Site Services segment offers a range of equipment and services that are used to drill for, establish, and maintain the flow of oil and natural gas from a well throughout its lifecycle. It also provides wireline support, frac stacks, isolation tools, downhole and extended reach activity, well testing and flowback operations, sand control, and land drilling services. The Downhole Technologies segment provides oil and gas perforation systems, and downhole tools in support of completion, intervention, wireline, and well abandonment operations. This segment also designs, manufactures, and markets its consumable engineered products to oilfield service, and exploration and production companies. The Offshore/Manufactured Products segment designs, manufactures, and markets capital equipment utilized on floating production systems, subsea pipeline infrastructure, and offshore drilling rigs and vessels. Its products include flexible bearings, advanced connector systems, high-pressure riser systems, managed pressure drilling systems, deepwater mooring systems, cranes, subsea pipeline products, and blow-out preventer stack integration products. This segment also provides short-cycle products, such as valves, elastomers, and other specialty products that are used in the land-based drilling and completion markets; and other products for use in industrial, military, alternative energy, and other applications. In addition, it offers specialty welding, fabrication, cladding and machining, offshore installation, and inspection and repair services. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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