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 $5.1B against $3.6B — 1.4× the size. Archrock, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.9× against 23.9×. USA Compression Partners, LP grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 19.9% against 11.5%. Archrock, Inc. has the higher net margin (21.8% vs 12.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.96% vs 6.84%). Both pay a dividend; USA Compression Partners, LP yields more (8.23% vs 2.98%). Across the 22 metrics below, Archrock, Inc. leads on 16 and USA Compression Partners, LP on 6.

Valuation

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
P/E 15.89 23.85 22.50
P/S 3.43 3.15 1.17
P/B 3.32 12.89 1.82
Price to free cash flow 12.70 11.84 13.72
EV/EBITDA 8.62 9.73 8.68
EV/Sales 4.99 5.64 1.34
Earnings yield 6.29% 4.19% 3.94%
Free cash flow yield 7.88% 8.45% 5.66%

Profitability

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Gross margin 67.34% 65.70% 23.26%
Operating margin 37.15% 29.95% 9.34%
Net margin 21.84% 12.27% 4.69%
Free cash flow margin 26.99% 26.57% 5.35%
Return on equity 22.19% 174.21% 4.92%
Return on assets 7.40% 4.54% 2.37%
Return on invested capital 8.96% 6.84% 4.32%

Growth

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.54% 19.87% 6.08%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 74.29% 18.06% (13.00%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.23% 8.37% 14.44%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Debt to equity 1.51 10.25 0.46
Current ratio 1.39 1.35 2.07
Net debt to EBITDA 2.84 4.14 0.75

Dividend

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Dividend yield 2.98% 8.23% 1.51%
Payout ratio 0.47 1.98 0.38

Size

Metric AROC USAC Oil & Gas Equipment & Services median
Market cap 5.13b 3.61b 1.63b

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