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 given a dividend of $0.063 per share on Friday, January 3rd. This represents a $0.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. View U.S. Silica's Dividend History.

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The mining company reported ($0.17) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' 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 negative net margin of 19.58% and a positive return on equity of 2.52%. The business's revenue was down 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for U.S. Silica's stock. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $21.00. On average, they anticipate U.S. Silica's share price to reach $11.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 136.1% 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 coverage about SLCA stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. U.S. Silica earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the mining company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for U.S. Silica.

U.S. Silica saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,960,000 shares, a drop of 11.3% from the December 31st total of 15,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,030,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.9 days. Approximately 20.2% of the company's shares are short sold. 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), Transocean (RIG) and Twitter (TWTR).

U.S. Silica's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.23%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.07%), CWM Advisors LLC (0.04%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC (0.02%). 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 Arizona State Retirement System, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System 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 California Public Employees Retirement System, CWM Advisors LLC, Alpine Global Management LLC, Chicago Partners Investment Group 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 $4.66.

U.S. Silica has a market capitalization of $342.83 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]