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 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 dividend yield of 1.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 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) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' 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%. U.S. Silica's quarterly revenue was down 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm 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.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for U.S. Silica's stock. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect U.S. Silica's stock price to reach $10.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 74.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for U.S. Silica.

10 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 2 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 negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. U.S. Silica earned a news sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the mining company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for U.S. Silica.

U.S. Silica saw a drop in short interest during the month of 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 trading volume of 2,030,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.9 days. Approximately 20.2% 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 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), Schlumberger (SLB), General Electric (GE), Transocean (RIG) and Twitter (TWTR).

U.S. Silica's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Ariel Investments LLC (14.65%), Senvest Management LLC (6.21%), State Street Corp (5.02%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.53%), Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C. (2.53%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.78%). 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 Ariel Investments LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Arizona State Retirement System, Alliancebernstein L.P. and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. View Insider Buying and Selling for U.S. Silica.

SLCA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C., State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Royce & Associates LP, Senvest Management LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Blueshift Asset Management LLC and Clearstead Advisors LLC. 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 $5.90.

U.S. Silica has a market capitalization of $434.06 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]