How to buy United States Lime-and-Minerals stock (USLM)

United States Lime-and-Minerals is a building materials business based in the US. United States Lime-and-Minerals shares (USLM) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $136.26 – an increase of 1.98% over the previous week. United States Lime-and-Minerals employs 333 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $303.4 million.

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United States Lime-and-Minerals stock price (NASDAQ: USLM)

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United States Lime-and-Minerals shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$136.26
52-week range	$42.75 - $159.53
50-day moving average more info button	$128.75
200-day moving average more info button	$86.43
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio more info button	38.7275
Dividend yield more info button	$0.2 (0.15%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$3.45

Is it a good time to buy United States Lime-and-Minerals stock?

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United States Lime-and-Minerals price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $135.09 from 2024-12-23

1 week (2024-12-18)	1.11%
1 month (2024-11-25)	-9.06%
3 months (2024-09-25)	43.12%
6 months (2024-06-25)	-62.03%

1 year (2023-12-22)	-42.28%
2 years (2022-12-23)	396.45%
3 years (2021-12-23)	429.15%
5 years (2019-12-24)	660.62%

Is United States Lime-and-Minerals stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing United States Lime-and-Minerals stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of United States Lime-and-Minerals's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

United States Lime-and-Minerals's P/E ratio

United States Lime-and-Minerals's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 39x. In other words, United States Lime-and-Minerals shares trade at around 39x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

United States Lime-and-Minerals's EBITDA

United States Lime-and-Minerals's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $137 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a United States Lime-and-Minerals's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

United States Lime-and-Minerals financials

Revenue TTM	$303.4 million
Operating margin TTM	42.65%
Gross profit TTM	$92.3 million
Return on assets TTM	14.91%
Return on equity TTM	23.21%
Profit margin	32.59%
Book value	$16.64
Market Capitalization more info button	$3.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

United States Lime-and-Minerals share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 2.23% of net profits

Recently United States Lime-and-Minerals has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), United States Lime-and-Minerals shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In United States Lime-and-Minerals's case, that would currently equate to about $0.2 per share.

While United States Lime-and-Minerals's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that United States Lime-and-Minerals is investing more in its future growth.

United States Lime-and-Minerals's most recent dividend payout was on 12 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 21 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have United States Lime-and-Minerals's shares ever split?

United States Lime-and-Minerals's shares were split on a 5:1 basis on 14 July 2024 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your United States Lime-and-Minerals shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 80% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for United States Lime-and-Minerals shares which in turn could have impacted United States Lime-and-Minerals's share price.

United States Lime-and-Minerals share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, United States Lime-and-Minerals's shares have ranged in value from as little as $42.7525 up to $159.5299. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while United States Lime-and-Minerals's is 0.818. This would suggest that United States Lime-and-Minerals's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

United States Lime-and-Minerals overview

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. manufactures and supplies lime and limestone products in the United States. It extracts limestone from open-pit quarries and an underground mine, and processes it as pulverized limestone, quicklime, hydrated lime, and lime slurry. The company supplies its products primarily to the construction customers, including highway, road, and building contractors; industrial customers, such as paper and glass manufacturers; environmental customers comprising municipal sanitation and water treatment facilities, and flue gas treatment processes; oil and gas services companies; roof shingle manufacturers; and poultry producers. In addition, it has various royalty interests with respect to oil and gas rights in natural gas wells located in Johnson County, Texas in the Barnett Shale Formation. The company was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of United States Lime-and-Minerals is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 63.058% of United States Lime-and-Minerals shares are held by insiders and 27.883% by institutions. How many people work for United States Lime-and-Minerals?
Latest data suggests 333 work at United States Lime-and-Minerals. When does the fiscal year end for United States Lime-and-Minerals?
United States Lime-and-Minerals's fiscal year ends in December. Where is United States Lime-and-Minerals based?
United States Lime-and-Minerals's address is: 5429 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX, United States, 75240 What is United States Lime-and-Minerals's ISIN number?
United States Lime-and-Minerals's international securities identification number is: US9119221029 What is United States Lime-and-Minerals's CUSIP number?
United States Lime-and-Minerals's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 911922102