Stocks · Basic Materials · Construction Materials
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. USLM
$111.01 -0.31% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.18B
High qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $376.9M, up 7.0% from a year earlier, slowing from 9.5% a quarter earlier.
- The company holds net cash of $399.4M (cash above total debt).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 44%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 45%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 12%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 21%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 10%
- Gross marginTop 11%
- Operating marginTop 8%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 29%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 4%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 36%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 46%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 47%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 14%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 34%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 24%
- 6-month returnBottom 31%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 30%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 35%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 36%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 21%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 34%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 12%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 38%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.5% | 7.0% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 8.1% | 7.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 47.2% | 48.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 41.1% | 42.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 30.3% | 24.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.0% | 9.5% | ↓ | Top 44% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.1% | 8.1% | ↓ | Top 48% |
| Gross margin | 48.5% | 47.2% | ↑ | Top 11% |
| Operating margin | 42.1% | 41.1% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| Net margin | 35.7% | 35.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 24.4% | 30.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 16.9% | — | Top 10% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 16.4% | — | Top 12% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.21×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -2.12×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.22%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.08%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.29%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 5
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -1.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $138.00
- Target vs current price
- +24.3%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | -7.7% | -0.7% | +1.7% | +4.7% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | -11.7% | -1.1% | -17.9% | -13.7% | -14.4% |
| Feb 2, 2026 | -6.2% | +2.6% | -9.9% | +4.1% | +7.6% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +19.5% | -1.1% | -14.0% | -4.5% | -0.5% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | -6.1% | -0.9% | -5.2% | +8.1% | +19.4% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | — | -0.3% | +5.1% | +10.9% | +14.7% |
| Feb 3, 2025 | — | -0.1% | -3.4% | -18.2% | -15.2% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | — | +0.1% | +13.5% | +47.2% | +7.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $1.20 | $1.30 | -7.7% | $99.1M |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $1.06 | $1.20 | -11.7% | $87.8M |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $1.06 | $1.13 | -6.2% | $87.9M |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.35 | $1.13 | +19.5% | $102.0M |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $1.07 | $1.14 | -6.1% | $91.5M |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $1.19 | — | — | $91.3M |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $0.94 | — | — | $80.1M |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $1.16 | — | — | $89.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 23.8× | 22.6× | 71th | Top 36% |
| P/E (forward) | 22.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.8× | — | — | Bottom 47% |
| EV / Sales | 7.39× | — | — | Bottom 14% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.88% | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| Earnings yield | 4.21% | — | — | Top 36% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.6× – 32.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -15.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +7.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +5.9%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -5.0%
- RSI (14)
- 42.5
- Relative volume
- 0.69×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 27.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 11th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.29
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -20.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -45.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 2024 | Mar 10, 2025 | -45.9% | 68 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | -34.0% | 394 days | 87 days (Feb 6, 2023) |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Aug 7, 2024 | -18.6% | 5 days | 28 days (Sep 17, 2024) |
| May 14, 2024 | Jun 7, 2024 | -14.0% | 17 days | 23 days (Jul 12, 2024) |
| Aug 29, 2023 | Oct 27, 2023 | -13.9% | 42 days | 33 days (Dec 14, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.18B
- P/E (TTM)
- 23.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.67
- Revenue (TTM)
- $376.9M
- Dividend yield
- 0.22%
- 52-week range
- $96.27 – $141.44
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $189.3M | $236.2M | $281.3M | $317.7M | $372.7M |
| Gross profit | $59.3M | $70.3M | $102.9M | $144.0M | $182.1M |
| Operating income | $46.4M | $54.8M | $85.4M | $124.9M | $157.9M |
| Net income | $37.0M | $45.4M | $74.5M | $108.8M | $134.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.31 | $1.60 | $2.61 | $3.79 | $4.67 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $89.4M | $80.1M | $91.3M | $91.5M | $102.0M | $87.9M | $87.8M | $99.1M |
| Net income | $33.4M | $27.0M | $34.1M | $30.8M | $38.8M | $30.5M | $30.6M | $34.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.16 | $0.94 | $1.19 | $1.07 | $1.35 | $1.06 | $1.06 | $1.20 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $55.7M | $64.4M | $92.3M | $126.0M | $165.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$29.9M | -$26.8M | -$34.3M | -$27.4M | -$62.7M |
| Free cash flow | $25.8M | $37.5M | $58.0M | $98.6M | $102.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$3.6M | -$4.5M | -$4.6M | -$5.7M | -$6.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$731,000 | -$767,000 | -$1.3M | -$3.5M | -$2.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $402.6M
- Total assets
- $747.4M
- Total liabilities
- $51.6M
- Total debt
- $3.2M
- Net debt
- -$399.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $695.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | $0.06 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| May 22, 2026 | $0.06 | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $0.06 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $0.06 | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Aug 22, 2025 | $0.06 | Sep 12, 2025 |
| May 23, 2025 | $0.06 | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Feb 21, 2025 | $0.06 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 22, 2024 | $0.05 | Dec 13, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,013,148
- Days to cover
- 8.58
- Change vs previous report
- +2.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 15, 2024
- 5-for-1
- Feb 6, 1987
- 3-for-2
- Jan 23, 1986
- 26-for-25
- Jul 8, 1983
- 27-for-25
- Jul 6, 1981
- 26-for-25