Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ:TUSK – Get Free Report) and USA Compression Partners (NYSE:USAC – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Mammoth Energy Services and USA Compression Partners, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Mammoth Energy Services | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| USA Compression Partners | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2.33 |
USA Compression Partners has a consensus target price of $29.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.48%. Given USA Compression Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe USA Compression Partners is more favorable than Mammoth Energy Services.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Mammoth Energy Services | $44.29 million | 3.37 | $4.60 million | $0.02 | 155.00 |
| USA Compression Partners | $998.10 million | 4.02 | $111.32 million | $1.06 | 26.14 |
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.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
79.7% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.8% of USA Compression Partners 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Mammoth Energy Services and USA Compression Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Mammoth Energy Services | 0.98% | -8.10% | -6.14% |
| USA Compression Partners | 12.43% | 179.77% | 4.83% |
Risk & Volatility
Mammoth Energy Services has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, USA Compression Partners has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
USA Compression Partners beats Mammoth Energy Services on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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