United States Lime & Minerals (USLM) Competitors

United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) and U.S. Silica (NYSE:SLCA) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do analysts recommend USLM or SLCA?

U.S. Silica has a consensus price target of $15.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.68%. Given U.S. Silica's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe U.S. Silica is more favorable than United States Lime & Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United States Lime & Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
U.S. Silica	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer USLM or SLCA?

In the previous week, United States Lime & Minerals and United States Lime & Minerals both had 9 articles in the media. United States Lime & Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat U.S. Silica's score of 0.34 indicating that United States Lime & Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
United States Lime & Minerals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
U.S. Silica	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, USLM or SLCA?

U.S. Silica has higher revenue and earnings than United States Lime & Minerals. U.S. Silica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Lime & Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United States Lime & Minerals	$281.33M	6.90	$74.55M	$13.98	24.33
U.S. Silica	$1.55B	0.78	$146.93M	$1.47	10.55

Is USLM or SLCA more profitable?

United States Lime & Minerals has a net margin of 27.91% compared to U.S. Silica's net margin of 8.08%. United States Lime & Minerals' return on equity of 20.70% beat U.S. Silica's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United States Lime & Minerals	27.91%	20.70%	18.46%
U.S. Silica	8.08%	13.77%	5.53%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in USLM or SLCA?

27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of U.S. Silica shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of U.S. Silica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, USLM or SLCA?

United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U.S. Silica has a beta of 2.16, indicating that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor USLM or SLCA?

U.S. Silica received 681 more outperform votes than United States Lime & Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.29% of users gave U.S. Silica an outperform vote while only 68.13% of users gave United States Lime & Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
United States Lime & Minerals	Outperform Votes 186 68.13%	Underperform Votes 87 31.87%
U.S. Silica	Outperform Votes 867 74.29%	Underperform Votes 300 25.71%

Summary

U.S. Silica beats United States Lime & Minerals on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.