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

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

U.S. Silica declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 12th. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.063 per share on Friday, January 3rd. This represents a $0.25 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.34%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View U.S. Silica's Dividend History.

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The mining company reported ($0.17) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.04) by $0.13. The mining company earned $361.81 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $392.08 million. U.S. Silica had a positive return on equity of 2.52% and a negative net margin of 19.58%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.44 earnings per share. View U.S. Silica's Earnings History.

U.S. Silica is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for U.S. Silica.

U.S. Silica will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for U.S. Silica's shares. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $21.00. On average, they anticipate U.S. Silica's stock price to reach $11.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 89.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for U.S. Silica.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for U.S. Silica in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for U.S. Silica.

News headlines about SLCA stock have trended very negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. U.S. Silica earned a daily sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the mining company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for U.S. Silica.

U.S. Silica saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,960,000 shares, a decrease of 11.3% from the December 15th total of 15,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.8 days. Approximately 20.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View U.S. Silica's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to U.S. Silica include Southern Copper (SCCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Materion (MTRN), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Ferroglobe (GSM), General Moly (GMO), United States Antimony (UAMY) and Revett Mining Company, Inc. (DE) (RVM).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other U.S. Silica investors own include Hi-Crush Partners (HCLP), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), Gilead Sciences (GILD), General Electric (GE), Schlumberger (SLB), Twitter (TWTR) and Transocean (RIG).

U.S. Silica's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (0.02%), Alpine Global Management LLC (0.02%) and Sciencast Management LP (0.01%). Company insiders that own U.S. Silica stock include Bonnie Cruickshank Lind, Bradford B Casper, Bryan Adair Shinn, Charles W Shaver, Diane K Duren, Donald A Merril, J Michael Stice, Michael L Winkler, 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 Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for U.S. Silica.

SLCA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpine Global Management LLC and Sciencast Management LP. Company insiders that have bought U.S. Silica stock in the last two years include Bonnie Cruickshank Lind, Bradford B Casper, Bryan Adair Shinn, Charles W Shaver, Diane K Duren, Donald A Merril, J Michael Stice, Michael L Winkler, 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SLCA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.81.

U.S. Silica has a market capitalization of $427.44 million and generates $1.58 billion in revenue each year. The mining company earns $-200,810,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.58 on an earnings per share basis. U.S. Silica employs 2,812 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About U.S. Silica.

The official website for U.S. Silica is http://www.ussilica.com/.

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]