Insider buying last 90 days
$262Kin 2 open-market purchases
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24 | Whitehurst Bradford D. director | Purchase | $157K |
| Aug 24 | Whitehurst Bradford D. director | Purchase | $106K |
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No recent trading data for USAC. The last close Gekko holds is Oct 5, 2026, so the figures on this page may be out of date.
NYSE: USAC
USA Compression Partners (USAC) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Oct 5 close
$25.39−0.03 (−0.1%)
Gekko Brief
Oct 5 closeUSA Compression Partners closed at $25.39 on 5 October 2026, -0.1% on the day. The price sits below both the 50-day ($26.33) and 200-day ($26.62) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $21.85 to $30.55. The GekkoIndex reads 63.8, in the Accumulation zone, down 3.6 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $42.04, so the price is 39.6% below it.
The next earnings report is due on 4 November 2026, 23 days away. Over the last 8 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 3 times, with an average move of 3.7% across the report. Smart-money activity over the last 90 days includes 2 open-market insider purchases. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged +0.8% over the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
2 firms rate the stock: 0 buy, 1 hold and 1 sell, with a consensus target of $30.00. A typical daily move is about 2.5%, and a typical 20-day move about 4.4%. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 items read supportive and 2 read as a headwind (trend, earnings risk).
A plain summary of the figures as of the Oct 5, 2026 close.
USA Compression Partners price vs fair value
Close $25.39200-day averageGekko Fair Value $42.04
USA Compression Partners quick facts
- Market cap
- $3.68B
- P/E ratio
- 23.9
- Forward P/E
- 16.9
- EPS, TTM
- $1.06
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.18B
- Profit margin
- 12.4%
- Dividend yield
- 8.23%
- Beta
- 0.25
- Volume
- 64,396 avg 508,534
- 1-year return
- +7.7%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.5%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.4%
- 50-day average
- $26.33
- 200-day average
- $26.62
- Next earnings
- Nov 4
- Shares outstanding
- 144.9M
USA Compression Partners swing-trade checklist
USA Compression Partners scores 4 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
4 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds
- Trendheadwind
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $25.39 is below the 50-day ($26.33) and 200-day ($26.62) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
63.8, Accumulation
Reading 63.8 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
39.6% below
Price is 39.6% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 90 days: 2 open-market insider purchases.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 23 days
Reports on Nov 4, 2026, 23 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+0.8% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +0.8% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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USA Compression Partners stock chart and price history
USA Compression Partners closed at $25.39 on Oct 5, 2026, +7.7% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $21.85 to $30.55.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −7.9%
- 3 months
- −2.6%
- 6 months
- −7.5%
- 1 year
- +7.7%
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About USA Compression Partners
USA Compression Partners supplies natural gas compression equipment and services to companies across the energy supply chain, including oil producers, independent operators, processors, gatherers and transporters of both natural gas and crude oil. It is known for running one of the largest fleets of compression equipment by horsepower in its field. Beyond leasing out equipment, the partnership also operates some compression stations itself, supporting systems that gather natural gas and feed it into processing facilities.
Organized as a limited partnership formed under Delaware law, the company positions itself around expanding its operations over time. It generates revenue by placing compression units with customers who need to move or process gas and oil, serving a wide range of businesses involved in extracting, gathering and treating these resources.
USA Compression Partners traces its founding back to 1998 and runs its operations from Austin, Texas. Its units trade on the NYSE under the ticker USAC.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Industrial services
- Industry
- Oilfield services/Equipment
- Website
- usacompression.com
USA Compression Partners GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
USA Compression Partners’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 63.8, in the Accumulation zone, down 3.6 points over five sessions.
63.8Accumulation
Down 3.6 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 5, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 19 | +2.8% | +4.7% | ||
| Accumulation (current zone) | 248 | +0.7% | +2.4% | ||
| Neutral | 381 | −0.4% | −0.9% | ||
| Distribution | 27 | −1.0% | −3.1% | ||
| Selling | 3 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average USAC share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is USA Compression Partners stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
USA Compression Partners trades 39.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $42.04, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what USA Compression Partners shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$42.04
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
39.6% Undervalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 5.4% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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USA Compression Partners insider and Congress trading
Insiders filed 2 open-market purchases in USA Compression Partners worth $262K, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in USAC were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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USA Compression Partners earnings: next date and track record
USA Compression Partners reports on Nov 4, 2026 (23 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
23 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.33
- Revenue estimate
- $348.3M
3 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±3.7%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Aug 4, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- USA Compression Partners reported strong Q2 2026 results driven by the J-W acquisition and organic performance. Revenue rose 37% year-over-year to $342.1M; contract operations revenue increased 34% to $304.9M. Net income was $45.7M, operating income $100.4M, adjusted gross margin 63.5%, and net cash from operations $145.7M. Total fleet horsepower ended at ~4.95M with average active horsepower ~4.45M and utilization of 92%. Management reiterated full-year adjusted EBITDA of $770M–$800M, DCF of $480M–$510M, and maintenance capital of $60M–$70M, while describing deliberate expansion capital to add new horsepower and investments in telemetry and operations technology. The company expects ~2.5% average annual new horsepower growth through 2029 and plans to add over 500,000 horsepower by 2030. Management emphasized successful integration of J-W, safety and training investments, in-house manufacturing flexibility (~100–125k HP/year capacity) and a healthy contract pipeline (notably ~50% of 2027 new unit deliveries contracted). Key near-term headwinds noted were lube oil input cost pressure, margin mix impacts from J-W's manufacturing and AMS business, ERP implementation costs, and long equipment lead times (up to ~200 weeks). Capital markets and leverage were discussed as manageable, with leverage around 3.72x and a target near 3.75x.
- Guidance
- Maintained full-year guidance: adjusted EBITDA $770M–$800M; distributable cash flow $480M–$510M; maintenance capital $60M–$70M. Expectation of ~2.5% average annual new horsepower growth through 2029 and plan to add >500,000 HP by 2030. Expansion capital focus on new units and reconfigurations for remainder of year; equipment secured through 2029.
- Risks flagged
- Headwinds include elevated lube oil costs with no direct contract pass-through, margin pressure from integration and mix (manufacturing/AMS lower-margin), implementation risks related to ERP and integration, extended equipment lead times (up to ~200 weeks) creating planning uncertainty, and macro/capital markets risks — though leverage is improving. Maintenance of prudent leverage profile highlighted.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $0.31 est $0.24 | $342.1M est $340.5M | 0.0% |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.32 est $0.36 | $331.3M est $308.4M | +0.2% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.22 est $0.28 | $252.5M est $253.5M | −0.2% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.26 est $0.22 | $250.3M est $253.4M | +9.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.22 est $0.21 | $250.1M est $247.0M | +0.5% |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.18 est $0.22 | $245.2M est $245.6M | −4.9% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $0.23 est $0.27 | $245.9M est $245.6M | −7.8% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.18 est $0.21 | $240.0M est $243.9M | +6.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
USA Compression Partners stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for USA Compression Partners is $30.00, +18.2% from the last close, from 2 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$30.00consensus 12-month target, +18.2% from the last close
Now $25.39Avg $30.00
Low $28High $31
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | J.P. Morgan | $28 | +10.3% |
| Sep 1 | J.P. Morgan | $29 | +14.2% |
| Aug 31 | RBC Capital | $31 | +22.1% |
| Jul 21 | RBC Capital | $30 | +18.2% |
+2.4%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+0.8%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.5%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
USA Compression Partners seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, USA Compression Partners averaged +0.8% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −0.9% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −2.2% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +0.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −0.9% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, USAC’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.4%.
USA Compression Partners market cap and key statistics
USA Compression Partners’s market cap is $3.68B, with a P/E ratio of 23.9 and revenue of $1.18B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $3.68B
- P/E ratio
- 23.9
- Forward P/E
- 16.9
- EPS, TTM
- $1.06
- Gekko Fair Value
- $42.04
Trading
- Volume
- 64,396
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 508,534
- 52-week high
- $30.55
- 52-week low
- $21.85
- Shares outstanding
- 144.9M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.18B
- Profit margin
- 12.4%
- Return on equity
- 122.4%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +40.9%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.25
- Typical daily move
- ±2.5%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.4%
- Dividend yield
- 8.23%
USA Compression Partners stock news this week
Coverage of USA Compression Partners this week reads neutral: 5 positive, 12 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Net income before discontinued operations of USA Compression Partners, LP – AMEX:USACTradingView, Oct 11
- Non-controlling/minority interest of USA Compression Partners, LP – AMEX:USACTradingView, Oct 10
- Cost of goods sold of USA Compression Partners, LP – AMEX:USACTradingView, Oct 9
- USA Compression Partners LP (USAC-A) StatisticsThe Globe and Mail, Oct 9
- USA Compression Partners LP Financial Disclosures & SEC FilingsTradingView, Oct 8
- An adviser reports 21.1M USA Compression (USAC) units with shared voting power.Stock Titan, Oct 8
USA Compression Partners peers
USA Compression Partners’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| FTITechnipFMC | Accumulation | 4.2% above |
| HALHalliburton | Accumulation | 28.1% below |
| NOVNOV | Accumulation | 30.8% below |
| WFRDWeatherford International | Accumulation | 45.3% below |
| AROCArchrock | Accumulation | 3.7% below |
| KGSKodiak Gas Services | Accumulation | 5.8% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
USA Compression Partners stock FAQ
What is USA Compression Partners’s market cap?
USA Compression Partners’s market cap is $3.68B at the Oct 5, 2026 close of $25.39, with 144.9M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 23.9.
What is the USA Compression Partners stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for USA Compression Partners is $30.00, +18.2% from the last close. Of the 2 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 0 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is USA Compression Partners stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate USA Compression Partners is undervalued: the Oct 5, 2026 close of $25.39 is 39.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $42.04. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does USA Compression Partners report earnings next?
USA Compression Partners is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026 (23 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.33 per share on revenue of $348.3M. USA Compression Partners beat the earnings estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports, moving 3.7% on average across the report.
What is USA Compression Partners’s 52-week high and low?
USA Compression Partners’s 52-week high is $30.55 and its 52-week low is $21.85; it closed at $25.39 on Oct 5, 2026, +7.7% over the past year.
Is USA Compression Partners stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 4 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, smart money and seasonality) and 2 as headwinds (trend and earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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