United States Lime & Minerals (USLM) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $102.44 -1.88 (-1.80%) Closing price 05/19/2026 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$102.46 +0.03 (+0.02%) As of 05/19/2026 05:30 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock United States Lime & Minerals Short Interest OverviewAs of April 30, 2026, United States Lime & Minerals (USLM) had a short interest of 490,133 shares sold short, representing 1.73% of the public float. This marks a 4.19% increase in short interest since the prior report. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.4, meaning it would take 3.4 days of the average trading volume of 139,721 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest490,133 sharesPrevious Short Interest470,414 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month4.19%Dollar Volume Sold Short$52.77 millionShort Interest Ratio3.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2026Outstanding Shares28,680,000 sharesShort Percent of Float1.73%Today's Trading Volume112,698 sharesAverage Trading Volume139,721 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average81% Short Selling United States Lime & Minerals? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for United States Lime & Minerals and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsSMS is currently available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartUSLM Short Interest Over TimeUSLM Days to Cover Over TimeUSLM Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time United States Lime & Minerals Tesla Short Interest History & Recent Changes ExportReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/2026490,133 shares $52.77 million +4.2%1.7%3.38 $107.67 11/14/2025380,296 shares $45.42 million -21.3%1.3%5.21 $119.44 10/31/2025483,083 shares $56.63 million +13.0%1.7%5.99 $117.22 10/15/2025427,400 shares $55.01 million -0.8%1.5%3.7 $128.72 9/30/2025430,800 shares $56.67 million -18.3%N/A3.6 $131.55 9/15/2025527,300 shares $68.37 million +17.5%N/A3.7 $129.66 8/31/2025448,700 shares $56.50 million +13.0%1.6%2.8 $125.92 8/15/2025397,100 shares $46.58 million +8.0%N/A2.5 $117.29 7/31/2025367,700 shares $36.62 million -19.3%1.3%2.4 $99.58 7/15/2025455,400 shares $45.89 million +816.3%N/A3.2 $100.76 Get the Latest News and Ratings for USLM and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for United States Lime & Minerals and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 6/30/202549,700 shares $4.96 million -87.6%0.2%0.6 $99.80 6/15/2025399,800 shares $39.12 million -8.3%1.4%3.3 $97.85 5/31/2025435,800 shares $44.63 million -6.7%1.6%4.2 $102.40 5/15/2025467,300 shares $47.76 million -12.6%1.7%4.9 $102.20 4/30/2025534,900 shares $50.02 million +4.1%N/A5.3 $93.51 4/15/2025513,900 shares $47.55 million -5.5%1.8%4.5 $92.53 3/31/2025543,600 shares $48.04 million +5.2%1.9%4.6 $88.38 3/15/2025516,900 shares $48.19 million +5.5%1.8%4.3 $93.22 2/28/2025489,800 shares $45.97 million -1.8%1.8%4 $93.85 2/15/2025498,900 shares $52.05 million +38.7%1.8%3.9 $104.32 1/31/2025359,700 shares $39.78 million +34.7%N/A2.9 $110.58 1/15/2025267,000 shares $33.46 million +26.1%N/A2.4 $125.32 12/31/2024211,800 shares $28.11 million +8.9%N/A2.1 $132.74 12/15/2024194,500 shares $28.39 million -6.9%N/A2.1 $145.94 11/30/2024208,800 shares $31.95 million +44.4%N/A2.4 $153.00 11/15/2024144,600 shares $20.42 million -4.2%N/A1.9 $141.21 10/31/2024150,900 shares $17.02 million -8.2%N/A2.3 $112.78 10/15/2024164,400 shares $16.65 million -7.1%N/A2.6 $101.25 9/30/2024176,900 shares $17.28 million -6.0%N/A2.5 $97.66 9/15/2024188,100 shares $15.96 million -8.5%N/A2.5 $84.83 8/31/2024205,600 shares $16.80 million +0.4%N/A2.4 $81.73 8/15/2024204,700 shares $15.91 million -20.6%N/A2.2 $77.74 7/31/2024257,700 shares $21.92 million -15.3%N/A2.4 $85.05 7/15/2024304,100 shares $24.87 million -13.2%N/A2.7 $81.77 6/30/202470,100 shares $25.53 million +5.1%3.4%2.9 $364.18 6/15/202466,700 shares $22.83 million +17.8%3.2%2.6 $342.31 5/31/202456,600 shares $19.40 million -7.2%2.7%2.2 $342.74 5/15/202461,000 shares $22.76 million +17.1%3.0%2.5 $373.09 4/30/202452,100 shares $16.15 million -1.7%2.5%2.2 $310.00 4/15/202453,000 shares $15.56 million +12.1%2.6%2.1 $293.64Musk's acquisition pattern points to ONE stock (Ad)Musk needed solar - he acquired SolarCity. 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Dylan Jovine has the name and ticker.See the stock Musk's playbook says he needs before it moves 3/31/202447,300 shares $14.10 million +4.9%2.3%2.1 $298.14 3/15/202445,100 shares $13.14 million +19.6%2.2%2.2 $291.29 2/29/202437,700 shares $9.61 million -17.0%1.8%2.1 $254.98 2/15/202445,400 shares $11.76 million +75.3%2.2%2.6 $259.00 1/31/202425,900 shares $6.70 million +21.6%1.3%1.5 $258.67 1/15/202421,300 shares $4.77 million -6.6%1.0%1.8 $224.00 12/31/202322,800 shares $5.25 million +6.5%1.1%2.1 $230.35 12/15/202321,400 shares $4.88 million -0.5%1.0%1.9 $228.00 11/30/202321,500 shares $4.56 million -3.2%1.0%1.8 $212.01 11/15/202322,200 shares $4.58 million -5.1%1.1%1.9 $206.20 10/31/202323,400 shares $4.63 million -17.6%1.1%2 $197.99 10/15/202328,400 shares $5.91 million +21.9%1.4%2.3 $208.04 9/30/202323,300 shares $4.68 million +15.4%1.1%1.8 $201.00 9/15/202320,200 shares $4.12 million -32.0%1.0%1.7 $204.03 8/31/202329,700 shares $6.43 million +88.0%1.4%2.6 $216.58 8/15/202315,800 shares $3.42 million +17.0%0.8%1.6 $216.22 7/31/202313,500 shares $2.78 million -2.2%0.7%1.6 $205.61 7/15/202313,800 shares $2.89 million -4.2%0.7%2 $209.42 6/30/202314,400 shares $3.01 million -7.7%0.7%2.4 $208.89 6/15/202315,600 shares $3.05 million +4.0%0.8%3.1 $195.41 5/31/202315,000 shares $2.72 million -2.6%0.7%3.6 $181.42 5/15/202315,400 shares $2.74 million -14.4%0.8%3.6 $177.90 4/30/202318,000 shares $2.90 million -4.3%0.9%4 $160.90 4/15/202318,800 shares $2.89 million +42.4%0.9%4.2 $153.55 3/31/202313,200 shares $2.02 million -2.9%0.7%2.9 $152.69 3/15/202313,600 shares $2.03 million -12.3%0.7%2.8 $149.01 2/28/202315,500 shares $2.50 million -16.7%0.8%2.8 $161.30 2/15/202318,600 shares $2.99 million +5.1%0.9%3.4 $161.02 1/31/202317,700 shares $2.69 million +18.0%0.9%3.6 $151.80 1/15/202315,000 shares $2.19 million +15.4%0.7%3.1 $146.20 12/30/202213,000 shares $1.83 million -2.3%0.6%2.6 $140.76 12/15/202213,300 shares $1.87 million +14.7%0.7%2.7 $140.90 11/30/202211,600 shares $1.61 million -28.0%0.6%2.4 $138.98 11/15/202216,100 shares $2.08 million -30.3%0.8%3.3 $129.17 10/31/202223,100 shares $2.91 million -8.7%1.1%4.2 $126.15 10/15/202225,300 shares $2.68 million +10.0%1.2%4.5 $106.00 9/30/202223,000 shares $2.35 million +7.5%1.1%4.4 $102.20 9/15/202221,400 shares $2.26 million +6.5%1.0%3.6 $105.77 8/31/202220,100 shares $2.07 million -4.3%1.0%3.8 $102.79 8/15/202221,000 shares $2.28 million +2.4%1.0%4.2 $108.48 7/31/202220,500 shares $2.11 million -4.2%1.0%4.1 $102.87 7/15/202221,400 shares $2.30 million +0.9%1.1%4.4 $107.64 6/30/202221,200 shares $2.24 million -8.6%1.0%4.4 $105.60 6/15/202223,200 shares $2.56 million +4.0%1.1%4.5 $110.15 5/31/202222,300 shares $2.65 million +30.4%1.1%5.2 $118.92 5/15/202217,100 shares $1.92 million +15.5%0.8%4.1 $112.40 4/30/202214,800 shares $1.62 million +2.1%0.7%3.6 $109.51 4/15/202214,500 shares $1.69 million -12.1%0.7%3.4 $116.26 3/31/202216,500 shares $1.91 million +0.6%0.8%3.7 $116.04 3/15/202216,400 shares $1.88 million +27.1%0.8%3.8 $114.81I was right about SpaceX (Ad)Jeff Brown predicted Bitcoin before it climbed as high as 52,400%, Tesla before 2,150%, and Nvidia before 32,000%. 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The public filing could drop any day.See how to claim your stake in SpaceX before the public can 2/28/202212,900 shares $1.52 million No Change0.6%2.9 $117.53 2/15/202212,900 shares $1.54 million +48.3%0.6%2.7 $119.49 1/31/20228,700 shares $1.10 million +4.8%0.4%1.9 $126.49 1/15/20228,300 shares $1.05 million -11.7%0.4%1.8 $126.00 12/31/20219,400 shares $1.21 million -5.1%0.5%2 $129.02 12/15/20219,900 shares $1.22 million +1.0%0.5%1.9 $122.88 11/30/20219,800 shares $1.17 million -10.1%0.5%1.5 $119.15 11/15/202110,900 shares $1.50 million -12.8%0.5%1.7 $137.65 10/29/202112,500 shares $1.54 million -9.4%0.6%1.8 $123.48 10/15/202113,800 shares $1.64 million -5.5%0.7%2.1 $119.07 9/30/202114,600 shares $1.76 million -16.1%0.7%2.4 $120.80 9/15/202117,400 shares $2.34 million +4.2%0.8%2.9 $134.59 8/31/202116,700 shares $2.44 million -9.7%0.8%3.3 $146.09 8/13/202118,500 shares $2.81 million +2.8%0.9%3.7 $152.08 7/30/202118,000 shares $2.50 million +1.1%0.9%3.8 $139.00 7/15/202117,800 shares $2.48 million -10.6%0.9%3.6 $139.40 6/30/202119,900 shares $2.77 million -26.6%1.0%3.8 $139.09 6/15/202127,100 shares $3.79 million -5.6%1.3%4.8 $140.00 5/28/202128,700 shares $3.99 million +5.9%1.4%4.8 $139.15 USLM Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is United States Lime & Minerals' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of United States Lime & Minerals shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of April 30th, investors have sold 490,133 shares of USLM short. 1.73% of United States Lime & Minerals' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on United States Lime & Minerals' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for United States Lime & Minerals? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. USLM shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.4. Learn More on United States Lime & Minerals's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for United States Lime & Minerals? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 1.73% of United States Lime & Minerals' floating shares are currently sold short. Is United States Lime & Minerals' short interest increasing or decreasing? United States Lime & Minerals saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 490,133 shares, an increase of 4.2% from the previous total of 470,414 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does United States Lime & Minerals' short interest compare to its competitors? 1.73% of United States Lime & Minerals' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "construction materials" compare to United States Lime & Minerals: James Hardie Industries PLC. (5.37%), Eagle Materials Inc (5.91%), Arcosa, Inc. (2.90%), West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (2.27%), Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (8.18%), Champion Homes, Inc. (4.72%), Helios Technologies, Inc (3.11%), Crane NXT, Co. (12.06%), Babcock (7.33%), Tecnoglass Inc. (4.40%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($86.09 billion), Invesco QQQ ($39.89 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($26.13 billion), Western Digital Corporation ($12.66 billion), Salesforce Inc. ($12.29 billion), Sandisk Corporation ($11.87 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($9.82 billion), Lumentum Holdings Inc. ($8.51 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($7.76 billion), and Bloom Energy Corporation ($7.40 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short United States Lime & Minerals stock? Short selling USLM is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from United States Lime & Minerals as its price is falling. USLM shares are trading down $1.88 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against United States Lime & Minerals? A short squeeze for United States Lime & Minerals occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of USLM, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is United States Lime & Minerals' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including USLM, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2026. What do USLM's short interest metrics mean? Understanding short interest metrics can help you assess how traders are positioning around a stock like USLM:Shares Sold Short: The total number of shares that have been sold by short sellers but have not yet been covered or closed out. A high number may indicate bearish sentiment.Short Float: The percentage of a company’s publicly available shares (or "float") that are sold short. A higher short float suggests a greater portion of the stock is being bet against.Days to Cover (Short Interest Ratio): This estimates how many days it would take short sellers to cover their positions, based on average daily trading volume. Higher values can signal potential for a short squeeze if buying pressure increases.These metrics are often used by traders to gauge sentiment, volatility risk, and the potential for price movements based on short covering activity. 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