United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM) Stock

USLM

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. USLM · NASDAQ

$113.89 +4.20% (+$4.59)

Market cap: $3.27B
Enterprise value: $2.87B
P/E: 24.3x
Forward P/E: 22.6x
PEG: 1.0x
P/S: 8.7x
P/FCF: 35.6x
EV/EBITDA: 15.2x
ROIC: 16.9%
Gross margin: 48.5%
Net margin: 35.7%
Dividend yield: 0.21%
Payout ratio: 5.1%
Net debt/EBITDA: -2.1x
Beta: 0.65
Free float: 37.4%

Return vs S&P 500

Period	USLM	S&P 500	Difference
1 month	+0.7%	+0.9%	-0.2 pp
3 months	+0.9%	+3.8%	-3.0 pp
Year to date	-4.9%	+12.8%	-17.7 pp
1 year	-7.1%	+13.2%	-20.3 pp
3 years	+186.4%	+85.3%	+101.1 pp
5 years	+361.1%	+67.6%	+293.5 pp
10 years	+742.4%	+263.1%	+479.3 pp

Price change, dividends not included.

About the company

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. is an American company that specializes in the mining and production of lime and mineral products. The company supplies its products for a wide range of industrial applications, including construction, environmental, chemical, and steel industries. United States Lime & Minerals operates primarily in the United States, where it has several mining sites and manufacturing plants. Its main products include lime and limestone dust, which are used in various industries for water treatment, air purification, and the production of building materials.

Sector

Basic Materials

Industry

Construction Materials

CEO

Timothy W. Byrne

Employees

346

Headquarters

Dallas

Valuation

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Growth and estimates

Is it growing, and what comes next?

What speaks for it: Revenue grew by 16% a year over the last 3 years.

Profitability and quality

How much of the revenue is left, and how well does the company use its capital?

What speaks for it: Out of every 100 USD of revenue, 36 USD is left as net profit.
What speaks for it: It earns 17 USD a year on every 100 USD of invested capital.

Financial health

Can it carry its debt?

What speaks for it: It holds more cash than debt: $402.6M against $3.25M.

Capital and dividends

What does the company do with the money it earns?

What to watch: It cut its dividend by 60% last year.

Analysts

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Owners and insiders

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Segments

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Peer comparison

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Price and risk

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