USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC – Get Free Report) and Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ:TUSK – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for USA Compression Partners and Mammoth Energy Services, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| USA Compression Partners | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.33 |
| Mammoth Energy Services | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
USA Compression Partners currently has a consensus price target of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.87%. Given USA Compression Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe USA Compression Partners is more favorable than Mammoth Energy Services.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| USA Compression Partners | 12.43% | 179.77% | 4.83% |
| Mammoth Energy Services | 0.98% | -8.10% | -6.14% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
47.8% of USA Compression Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.7% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
USA Compression Partners has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mammoth Energy Services has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares USA Compression Partners and Mammoth Energy Services”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 | $1.18 billion | 3.28 | $111.32 million | $1.06 | 25.10 |
| Mammoth Energy Services | $44.29 million | 3.33 | $4.60 million | $0.02 | 153.00 |
USA Compression Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Mammoth Energy Services. USA Compression Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mammoth Energy Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
USA Compression Partners beats Mammoth Energy Services 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 Mammoth Energy Services
Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. operates as an energy services company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Well Completion Services, Infrastructure Services, Natural Sand Proppant Services, and Drilling Services. The company offers pressure pumping and hydraulic fracturing, sand hauling, and water transfer services; and master services agreements. It also provides a range of services on electric transmission and distribution, and networks and substation facilities, including engineering, design, construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair of high voltage transmission lines, substations, and lower voltage overhead and underground distribution systems; storm repair and restoration services; and commercial services comprising installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial wiring. In addition, the company mines, processes, and sells natural sand proppant used for hydraulic fracturing; buys processed sand from suppliers on the spot market for resale; and provides logistics solutions to facilitate delivery of frac sand products. Further, it offers contract land and directional drilling services; and rig moving services. Additionally, the company offers aviation services, equipment rental, remote accommodation, and equipment manufacturing services. It serves government-funded, private, public investor-owned, and co-operative utilities; independent oil and natural gas producers; and land-based drilling contractors. The company was formerly known as Mammoth Energy Partners LP and changed its name to Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. in October 2016. Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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