United States Lime & Minerals (USLM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (NASDAQ: USLM) produces and sells lime and limestone products for industrial, construction, environmental, and other commercial applications. Its products include quicklime, hydrated lime, and crushed and pulverized limestone.

The company serves a range of end markets, including construction, steel manufacturing, oil and gas, environmental services, chemical processing, agriculture, and water treatment. Lime is used in processes such as emissions control, water purification, soil stabilization, and industrial manufacturing, while limestone products are used in construction and other applications.

United States Lime & Minerals operates quarrying, processing, and distribution facilities primarily in Texas and Oklahoma, serving customers in those states and surrounding regional markets. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and its shares trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol USLM.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $109.00 to $112.08
• 50-Day Range: $109.41 to $120.89
• 52-Week Range: $96.27 to $141.43
• Volume: 142,889 shs
• Average Volume: 150,898 shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.21 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.94
• Dividend Yield: 0.21%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

United States Lime & Minerals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

United States Lime & Minerals scored higher than 27% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 199th out of 229 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

United States Lime & Minerals has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

United States Lime & Minerals has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of United States Lime & Minerals is 23.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of United States Lime & Minerals is 23.94, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.05.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

United States Lime & Minerals has a P/B Ratio of 5.08. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.59% of the float of United States Lime & Minerals has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

United States Lime & Minerals has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.58.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in United States Lime & Minerals has recently increased by 2.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

United States Lime & Minerals has a dividend yield of 0.22%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

United States Lime & Minerals has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of United States Lime & Minerals is 5.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

United States Lime & Minerals has a news sentiment score of 0.93. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.42 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for United States Lime & Minerals this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for USLM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added United States Lime & Minerals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Balanced

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, United States Lime & Minerals insiders have sold just slightly more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $2,200,000.00 in company stock and sold $2,200,000.00 in company stock. It is common for insiders to sell company stock at intervals simply to diversify their holdings.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.50% of the stock of United States Lime & Minerals is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

27.12% of the stock of United States Lime & Minerals is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Record date for 9/11 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/11 Dividend: 8/21/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/11/2026
• Today: 10/06/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Construction Materials
• Sub-Industry: Construction Materials
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:USLM
• CIK: 82020
• Web: www.uslm.com
• Phone: (972) 991-8400
• Fax: 972-385-1340
• Employees: 346
• Year Founded: 1948

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.67
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.94
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $134.27 million
• Net Margins: 35.66%
• Pretax Margin: 45.71%
• Return on Equity: 20.76%
• Return on Assets: 19.24%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 27.54
• Quick Ratio: 25.78

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $372.73 million
• Price / Sales: 8.61
• Cash Flow: $5.62 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 19.89
• Book Value: $22.02 per share
• Price / Book: 5.08

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 28,690,000
• Free Float: 28,258,000
• Market Cap: $3.21 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.66