NYSE:SLCAU.S. Silica Stock Price, Forecast & News

U.S. Silica's stock was trading at $1.44 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SLCA shares have decreased by 3.5% and is now trading at $1.39. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for U.S. Silica in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for U.S. Silica.

U.S. Silica is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for U.S. Silica.

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 25th. The mining company reported ($0.53) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.56) by $0.03. The mining company had revenue of $339.06 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $294.72 million. U.S. Silica had a negative return on equity of 4.98% and a negative net margin of 22.32%. The business's revenue was down 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($0.04) EPS. View U.S. Silica's earnings history.

U.S. Silica declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, April 3rd. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. View U.S. Silica's dividend history.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for U.S. Silica's stock. Their forecasts range from $2.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate U.S. Silica's stock price to reach $9.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 547.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for U.S. Silica.

Media headlines about SLCA stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. U.S. Silica earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the mining company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutU.S. Silica.

U.S. Silica saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 14,306,300 shares, an increase of 29.5% from the February 27th total of 11,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,980,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.2 days. Approximately 20.9% of the shares of the 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), United States Antimony (UAMY), General Moly (GMO) and Revett Mining Company, Inc. (DE) (RVM).

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

U.S. Silica's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.09%). Company insiders that own U.S. Silica stock include Bonnie Cruickshank Lind, Bradford B Casper, Bryan Adair Shinn, Charles W Shaver, Donald A Merril, Donna Lynnette Crowder, J Michael Stice, Michael L Winkler, Peter Clark Bernard and William Jennings Kacal. View institutional ownership trends for U.S. Silica.

SLCA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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, Donald A Merril, Donna Lynnette Crowder, J Michael Stice, Michael L Winkler, Peter Clark Bernard, and William Jennings Kacal. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $1.39.

U.S. Silica has a market capitalization of $102.52 million and generates $1.47 billion in revenue each year. The mining company earns $-329,080,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.64) on an earnings per share basis. U.S. Silica employs 2,177 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]