Archrock, Inc. (AROC) vs USA Compression Partners, LP (USAC)

Archrock, Inc. and USA Compression Partners, LP are both Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies. Archrock, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $4.7B against $3.5B — 1.3× the size. Archrock, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.2× against 22.1×. USA Compression Partners, LP grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 29.4% against 3.73%. Archrock, Inc. has the higher net margin (22.9% vs 12.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.94% vs 7.11%). Both pay a dividend; USA Compression Partners, LP yields more (6.31% vs 3.26%). Across the 22 metrics below, Archrock, Inc. leads on 17 and USA Compression Partners, LP on 5.

Valuation

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E 14.20 22.10 20.63
P/S 3.23 2.82 0.99
P/B 3.02 14.00 1.63
Price to free cash flow 11.54 13.24 13.24
EV/EBITDA 8.15 9.71 7.99
EV/Sales 4.79 5.16 1.25
Earnings yield 7.04% 4.53% 3.85%
Free cash flow yield 8.67% 7.55% 5.14%

Profitability

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 67.54% 64.04% 22.46%
Operating margin 37.72% 28.88% 7.53%
Net margin 22.89% 12.40% 4.60%
Free cash flow margin 27.97% 21.31% 4.05%
Return on equity 22.63% 293.85% 5.24%
Return on assets 7.69% 4.99% 2.54%
Return on invested capital 8.94% 7.11% 4.27%

Growth

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.73% 29.41% 4.65%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 74.29% 18.06% (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.23% 8.37% 12.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 1.47 11.64 0.41
Current ratio 1.46 1.46 2.04
Net debt to EBITDA 2.84 4.14 1.12

Dividend

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield 3.26% 6.31% 1.44%
Payout ratio 0.46 1.39 0.35

Size

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 4.66b 3.51b 1.34b

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