NYSE:SLCA - U.S. Silica Stock Price, News, & Analysis

U.S. Silica trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SLCA."

U.S. Silica announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 14th will be given a dividend of $0.0625 per share on Wednesday, October 3rd. This represents a $0.25 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 13th. View U.S. Silica's Dividend History.

U.S. Silica declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, November 7th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 31st. The mining company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.03. The mining company had revenue of $427.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $455.35 million. U.S. Silica had a return on equity of 13.14% and a net margin of 10.79%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 47.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.38 earnings per share. View U.S. Silica's Earnings History.

U.S. Silica is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, November, 5th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for U.S. Silica.

20 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for U.S. Silica's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect U.S. Silica's share price to reach $35.4444 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 70.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for U.S. Silica.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for U.S. Silica in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for U.S. Silica.

U.S. Silica saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 16,141,655 shares, an increase of 43.6% from the August 15th total of 11,237,567 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,827,517 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.7 days. Approximately 22.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View U.S. Silica's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to U.S. Silica include MDU Resources Group (MDU), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Summit Materials (SUM), Hecla Mining (HL), Fairmount Santrol (FMSA), Hi-Crush Partners (HCLP), Ciner Resources (CINR), Intrepid Potash (IPI), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Smart Sand (SND), Emerge Energy Services (EMES), Canada Jetlines (JETMF), Zenyatta Ventures (ZENYF), Cambrian Minerals Group (SMPR) and Applied Minerals (AMNL).

Press coverage about SLCA stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. U.S. Silica earned a coverage optimism score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the mining company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for U.S. Silica.

U.S. Silica's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.29%), Ariel Investments LLC (7.49%), LSV Asset Management (5.12%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.72%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (3.48%) and Morgan Stanley (3.37%). Company insiders that own U.S. Silica stock include Bradford B Casper, Bryan Adair Shinn, Charles W Shaver, David D Murry, Diane K Duren, Peter Clark Bernard and William Jennings Kacal. View Institutional Ownership Trends for U.S. Silica.

SLCA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Morgan Stanley, Van ECK Associates Corp, Viking Fund Management LLC, Banque Pictet & Cie SA, Ariel Investments LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. and Broadview Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for U.S. Silica.

SLCA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Senvest Management LLC, Glenmede Trust Co. NA, BlackRock Inc., BlueMountain Capital Management LLC, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Heartland Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have bought U.S. Silica stock in the last two years include Bryan Adair Shinn, Charles W Shaver, Diane K Duren, Peter Clark Bernard and William Jennings Kacal. View Insider Buying and Selling for U.S. Silica.

Shares of SLCA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SLCA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.74.

U.S. Silica has a market capitalization of $1.61 billion and generates $1.24 billion in revenue each year. The mining company earns $145.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.50 on an earnings per share basis. U.S. Silica employs 2,202 workers across the globe.

U.S. Silica's mailing address is 24275 Katy Freeway Suite 600, Katy TX, 77494. The mining company can be reached via phone at 281-258-2170 or via email at [email protected]