Contrasting United States Lime & Minerals (USLM) and The Competition

United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) is one of 74 publicly-traded companies in the “Construction Materials” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare United States Lime & Minerals to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Lime & Minerals’ rivals have a beta of 0.91, indicating that their average stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of shares of all “Construction Materials” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for United States Lime & Minerals and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United States Lime & Minerals	0	0	2	0	3.00
United States Lime & Minerals Competitors	434	2136	2927	87	2.48

United States Lime & Minerals currently has a consensus price target of $131.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.23%. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies have a potential upside of 412.89%. Given United States Lime & Minerals’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe United States Lime & Minerals has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

United States Lime & Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. United States Lime & Minerals pays out 5.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Construction Materials” companies pay a dividend yield of 179.4% and pay out 31.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. United States Lime & Minerals has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares United States Lime & Minerals and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
United States Lime & Minerals	$372.73 million	$134.27 million	26.09
United States Lime & Minerals Competitors	$6.61 billion	$651.21 million	24.31

United States Lime & Minerals’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than United States Lime & Minerals. United States Lime & Minerals is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares United States Lime & Minerals and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United States Lime & Minerals	35.08%	19.65%	18.18%
United States Lime & Minerals Competitors	1.52%	8.03%	4.93%

Summary

United States Lime & Minerals rivals beat United States Lime & Minerals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About United States Lime & Minerals

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of lime and limestone products. Its products include High Calcium Quicklime, Hydrated Lime, Lime Kiln Dust, Lime Slurry, and High Calcium Limestone. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.