USLM vs. SLCA, CMP, HL, KNF, JELD, WGO, HLMN, VSEC, NX, and ASPN
Should you be buying United States Lime & Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United States Lime & Minerals include U.S. Silica (SLCA), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Hecla Mining (HL), Knife River (KNF), JELD-WEN (JELD), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), VSE (VSEC), Quanex Building Products (NX), and Aspen Aerogels (ASPN).
U.S. Silica (NYSE:SLCA) and United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
United States Lime & Minerals has a net margin of 26.50% compared to United States Lime & Minerals' net margin of 9.47%. U.S. Silica's return on equity of 20.34% beat United States Lime & Minerals' return on equity.
U.S. Silica has higher revenue and earnings than United States Lime & Minerals. U.S. Silica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Lime & Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
U.S. Silica received 681 more outperform votes than United States Lime & Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.36% of users gave U.S. Silica an outperform vote while only 68.13% of users gave United States Lime & Minerals an outperform vote.
In the previous week, United States Lime & Minerals had 2 more articles in the media than U.S. Silica. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for United States Lime & Minerals and 1 mentions for U.S. Silica. U.S. Silica's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat United States Lime & Minerals' score of 0.20 indicating that United States Lime & Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
U.S. Silica has a beta of 2.23, indicating that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
87.8% of U.S. Silica shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of U.S. Silica shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
U.S. Silica presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.52%. Given United States Lime & Minerals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Silica is more favorable than United States Lime & Minerals.
Summary
U.S. Silica and United States Lime & Minerals tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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