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. Since then, SLCA shares have increased by 195.8% and is now trading at $4.26.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for U.S. Silica in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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U.S. Silica is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 31st. The mining company reported ($0.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.53) by $0.44. The mining company earned $172.54 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $143.58 million. U.S. Silica had a negative net margin of 36.80% and a negative return on equity of 0.91%. The firm's revenue was down 56.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.14 EPS.
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U.S. Silica announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given 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 1.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for U.S. Silica's shares. Their forecasts range from $2.00 to $12.00. On average, they anticipate U.S. Silica's share price to reach $5.54 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.9% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about SLCA stock has trended somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. U.S. Silica earned a daily sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the mining company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.
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U.S. Silica saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,760,000 shares, a drop of 14.4% from the April 30th total of 14,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,520,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.1 days. Approximately 18.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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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).
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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 Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C. (2.42%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.16%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.80%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.75%), State of Tennessee Treasury Department (0.26%) and Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. (0.24%). 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.
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SLCA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C., Prudential Financial Inc., UBS Group AG, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Principal Financial Group Inc., and Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado.
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SLCA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Eos Management L.P., Greatmark Investment Partners Inc., ClariVest Asset Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., ProShare Advisors LLC, and Insight Folios Inc. 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.
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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 $4.26.

U.S. Silica has a market capitalization of $314.78 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.

The official website for U.S. Silica is 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]