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 announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 12th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 29th. The mining company reported ($0.17) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.04) by $0.13. The mining company had revenue of $361.81 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 business's quarterly revenue was down 14.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for U.S. Silica's shares. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect 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 positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. U.S. Silica earned a news impact score of 3.0 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 news 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 decrease in short interest during the month of 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 volume of 2,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.8 days. Currently, 20.2% 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), 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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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]