HOS vs SLB vs USAC Stock Comparison

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Slb and USA Compression Partners Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SLB Slb Limited/Nv
$54.08 +4.9% 1M +49.6% 1Y
Market cap
$80.58B
P/E
26.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$36.37B
Div. yield
–
Oilfield Services Energy
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

USA Compression Partners leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (USA Compression Partners 6, Slb 3, Hornbeck Offshore Services 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHOSSLBUSACLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.04B $80.58B $3.65B SLB
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.3x 26.0x 25.3x USAC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 20.8x 21.5x 20.4x USAC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +6.2% +2.5% +19.9% USAC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.0% 8.5% 12.3% USAC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 2.4% 9.5% 9.9% USAC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.2x 4.3x SLB
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.08% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +5.7% +49.6% +13.0% SLB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.5%/yr +10.2%/yr +9.2%/yr HOS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 44.8% 36.6% 28.1% USAC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 59/100 58/100 HOS

Percentile Scorecard

HOSSLBUSAC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHOSSLBUSAC
Valuation 100 #1 of 47 28 #34 of 47 35 #31 of 47
Growth 86 #7 of 43 45 #24 of 43 93 #4 of 43
Profitability 56 #18 of 40 85 #7 of 40 100 #1 of 40
Financial Health 86 #7 of 45 57 #20 of 45 9 #41 of 45
Shareholder Returns 19 #26 of 32 81 #7 of 32 55 #15 of 32
Overall 70 59 58
  • HOS ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • SLB ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment
  • USAC ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHOSSLBUSACSPY
1 month -13.7%+4.9%-0.8% -0.2%
3 months -22.6%+8.2%-1.9% +3.9%
6 months -29.9%-2.8%-6.8% +8.2%
Year to date +12.8%+40.9%+10.1% +12.9%
1 year +5.7%+49.6%+13.0% +12.3%
3 years -28.4%-3.1%+2.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year -10.5%-1.1%+0.7% +23.3%
5 years +79.9%+62.4%+55.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year +12.5%+10.2%+9.2% +10.9%
10 years -27.6%-32.1%+33.2% +261.1%
10 years, per year -3.2%-3.8%+2.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureHOSSLBUSACSPY
Volatility, 1Y 44.8%36.6%28.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.1%33.4%28.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.430.740.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.131.350.46 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.5%-48.9%-25.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.3%-10.0%-16.4% -1.2%
52-week high $10.60$60.12$30.30 $779.14
52-week low $6.14$35.19$21.99 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHOSSLBUSAC
P/E now vs peer median 26.2xmedian 26.1x 26.0xmedian 26.1x 25.4xmedian 26.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.3x 2.2xmedian 1.3x 3.1xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 8.8x 12.0xmedian 8.8x 9.7xmedian 8.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 14.9x 16.7xmedian 14.9x 11.9xmedian 14.9x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.7x 2.9xmedian 1.7x 12.8xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 0.38median 0.49 -2.89median 0.49 0.13median 0.49

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHOSSLBUSAC
Revenue $1.30B $36.37B $1.18B
Gross profit $181.68M $6.01B $772.78M
Operating income $73.52M $4.68B $352.30M
Net income $39.67M $3.15B $146.24M
Free cash flow $235.76M $4.81B $309.81M
R&D – $692.00M –
EPS (diluted) $0.27 $2.06 $0.99
Cash & equivalents $652.23M $2.74B $9.48M
Total debt $1.22B $12.80B $2.94B
Shares (diluted) 148.11M 1.51B 145.62M
Enterprise value -$865.30M $76.51B $3.62B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHOSSLBUSAC
P/E 26.2x 26.0x 25.4x
P/FCF 4.4x 16.7x 11.9x
P/Operating cash flow 4.1x 12.3x 8.2x
P/S 0.8x 2.2x 3.1x
P/B 0.7x 2.9x 12.8x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 3.6x 33.3x
EV/EBITDA – 12.0x 9.7x
EV/EBIT 9.4x 19.0x 18.7x
EV/Revenue 0.5x 2.4x 5.6x
EV/FCF 2.9x 18.5x 21.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 2.7x 13.6x 14.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.38 -2.89 0.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHOSSLBUSAC
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.2% 2.5% 19.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.2% 5.3% 15.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.8% -15.3% 18.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.8% -0.2% 14.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -8.8% -16.5% 18.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 57.0% -2.2% 21.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -20.8% -25.2% 55.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 68.8% -7.6% 40.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -20.6% -31.3% 50.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 70.0% -9.0% 197.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 91.1% -1.6% 25.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.1% 8.5% 19.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 117.6% 0.1% 19.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 56.7% 21.2% 68.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHOSSLBUSAC
Gross margin 13.9% 16.5% 65.7%
EBITDA margin – 20.5% 57.8%
Operating margin 5.6% 12.9% 30.0%
Pretax margin 4.1% 10.8% 13.5%
Net margin 3.0% 8.5% 12.3%
FCF margin 18.1% 13.2% 26.3%
Operating cash flow margin 19.5% 18.0% 38.0%
Return on equity 2.5% 11.5% 48.4%
Return on assets 1.5% 5.7% 3.9%
Return on invested capital 2.4% 9.5% 9.9%
Return on capital employed 3.2% 11.4% 10.2%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.7x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.4x 2.1x 3.1x
Stock comp / revenue 0.5% 0.9% 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHOSSLBUSAC
Debt / assets 11.8% 23.0% 79.8%
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.5x 10.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.2x 4.3x
Debt / FCF 1.3x 2.7x 9.5x
Liabilities / assets 38.4% 50.9% 92.2%
Equity / assets 61.6% 49.1% 7.8%
Interest coverage 2.2x 9.1x 1.8x
Current ratio 3.5x 1.4x 1.3x
Quick ratio 3.2x 0.9x 0.6x
Cash ratio 2.4x 0.3x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.77 3.24 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHOSSLBUSAC
Dividend yield – 2.1% 8.3%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 1.1% –
Shareholder yield -0.1% 3.2% 8.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 189.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 89.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 4.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 2.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHOSSLBUSAC
Forward P/E 20.8xFY2026 21.5xFY2026 20.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.34FY2026 $2.52FY2026 $1.24FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +3.0%FY2026 -14.0%FY2026 +45.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +76.5% +17.1% +24.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.21BFY2026 $38.38BFY2026 $1.46BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -6.4%FY2026 +7.5%FY2026 +46.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +36.8% +0.5% -3.9%
HOS estimates →SLB estimates →USAC estimates →

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHOSSLBUSAC
Held by institutions – 89.8% 37.0%
Institutions holding – 1,698 130
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.6% +0.4%
Institutions buying – 783 63
Institutions selling – 663 26
Buyers to sellers – 1.18 2.42
HOS holders →SLB holders →USAC holders →

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HOSSLBUSAC
HOS 1.00 0.56 0.27
SLB 0.56 1.00 0.30
USAC 0.27 0.30 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HOS, SLB and USAC?

Slb (SLB) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) $1.04B, Slb (SLB) $80.58B, USA Compression Partners (USAC) $3.65B.

Which stock is cheaper, HOS, SLB and USAC?

USA Compression Partners (USAC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) 26.3x, Slb (SLB) 26.0x, USA Compression Partners (USAC) 25.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, USA Compression Partners (USAC) is cheapest (Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) 20.8x, Slb (SLB) 21.5x, USA Compression Partners (USAC) 20.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

USA Compression Partners (USAC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) +6.2%, Slb (SLB) +2.5%, USA Compression Partners (USAC) +19.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

USA Compression Partners (USAC) has the highest net margin (Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) 3.0%, Slb (SLB) 8.5%, USA Compression Partners (USAC) 12.3%). On return on invested capital, USA Compression Partners (USAC) leads (Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) 2.4%, Slb (SLB) 9.5%, USA Compression Partners (USAC) 9.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Slb (SLB) returned the most: Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) +5.7%, Slb (SLB) +49.6%, USA Compression Partners (USAC) +13.0%. Over five years, Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) compounded fastest (Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) +12.5%/yr, Slb (SLB) +10.2%/yr, USA Compression Partners (USAC) +9.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) 0.00%, Slb (SLB) 0.00%, USA Compression Partners (USAC) 0.08%. Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) and Slb (SLB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, USA Compression Partners (USAC) has been the steadiest (Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) 44.8%, Slb (SLB) 36.6%, USA Compression Partners (USAC) 28.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HOS, SLB and USAC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, USA Compression Partners (USAC) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.