United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM) is a publicly traded company in the Basic Materials — Construction Materials industry listed on NASDAQ. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM) operates as a domestic producer and supplier of a diverse range of lime and limestone products. The company sources limestone through its open-pit quarries and an underground mine, subsequently processing it into various forms such as pulverized limestone, quicklime, hydrated lime, and lime slurry.
Is United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM) trades at 24.1× earnings (P/E), against a median of 18.8× across the 156 materials companies above $2bn in Kaplio's universe. It trades at 61.1 times its average earnings over ten years; above 25 times, Graham's limit for the defensive investor, it is expensive.
Kaplio overview: United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.
Market cap $3B · 52 weeks $97 – $139 (20 % below the high) · P/E 24.1× · 2027 expected P/E 19.6× · Dividend 0.21 % · Next earnings January 29, 2027 · expected EPS $1.30 · Closing price, Oct 30 · accounts published Oct 30.
- Valuation: P/E 24.1× (expensive).
- Business: ROIC 17 % (solid).
- Balance sheet: Net cash/EBITDA 1.9× (solid).
- Earnings: 1 of 6 (disappointing).
It trades at 61.1 times its average earnings over ten years; above 25 times, Graham's limit for the defensive investor, it is expensive.
What matters in materials: 4 of 8 pass
- FCF yield 3.3 %, fails.
- Capex / D&A 2.5×, fails.
- P/B across cycles 4.7×, fails.
- Cycle-adjusted EV/EBITDA 14.7×, fails.
- Gross margin 48.8 %, passes.
- Net debt / EBITDA (trough) −1.9×, passes.
- Dividend coverage 14.9×, passes.
- Altman Z-Score 44.3, passes.
Against its peers (reference peers) — United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.: P/E 24.1×; EV/EBITDA 14.7×; ROIC 16.9 %; $3.2B. Knife River Corporation (P/E 23.5×; EV/EBITDA 9.9×; ROIC 5.4 %; $3.3B), Eagle Materials Inc. (P/E 14.5×; EV/EBITDA 9.7×; ROIC 11.5 %; $5.6B), Titan America S.A. (P/E 14.4×; EV/EBITDA 8.3×; ROIC 10.1 %; $2.6B).
Expensive or cheap against its last ten years?
P/E at each close: today 24.1× · median 24.6× · minimum 13.9× · maximum 58.6× · cheap below 22.4× · expensive above 29.2×. It has been cheaper than today only 45% of the time over its last ten years.
Dividend
token · Yield 0.21 % ($0.24 per share in 2025) · Years raising it 2 · 5-year growth +13 % a year · Free cash flow coverage 15.1× · With $1,000 invested today you'd collect $2.10 a year ($0.18 a month).
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 20.76% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 16.95% |
| Return on Assets | 17.99% |
| Gross Margin | 48.46% |
| Operating Margin | 42.11% |
| Net Margin | 35.66% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.00 |
| Current Ratio | 27.54 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 6 |
| Altman Z-Score | 44.31 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | +0.22% |
| 3 months | +1.19% |
| Year-to-date | -6.79% |
| 1 year | -4.79% |
| 3 years | +189.60% |
| 5 years | +351.68% |
| 10 years | +751.33% |
Dividend History
Paid in the last 12 months: $0.2400 per share in 4 payments.
| Date | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | $0.0600 |
| 2026-05-22 | $0.0600 |
| 2026-02-20 | $0.0600 |
| 2025-11-21 | $0.0600 |
| 2025-08-22 | $0.0600 |
| 2025-05-23 | $0.0600 |
| 2025-02-21 | $0.0600 |
| 2024-11-22 | $0.0500 |
| 2024-08-23 | $0.0500 |
| 2024-05-23 | $0.0500 |
Amounts adjusted for stock splits.
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Explore sector: Basic Materials · Construction Materials
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