United States Lime & Minerals

USLM

Construction Materials · Basic Materials

Price

$104.97

-4.10 (-3.76%)

Market Cap

$3.01B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+1.4% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 28.3M (2021) → 28.7M (2025)

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 s

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-10.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (3%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

62.6%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$383M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

United States Lime & Minerals's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin

47.5%

Healthy — 47.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

40.7%

Excellent — 40.7% operating margin

ROCE

5.4%

Weak — 5.4% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+9.5%

Steady sales growth (9.5% YoY)

EPS YoY

+8.6%

Earnings growing (8.6% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

121%

Turns 121% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

24.8%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (24.8%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

23.0x

Growth-priced — P/E 23.0

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+4.6

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (23.0 → 18.4)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.22%

Small dividend — 0.22% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+9.1%

Dividend growing modestly (9.1% YoY)

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