United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. ?

High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 16.75%

Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times

Healthy long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 35.93%

The company has declared Positive results for the last 11 consecutive quarters

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 151.12 MM
ROCE(HY) Highest at 24.95%
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at -56 %

With ROE of 22.64%, it has a attractive valuation with a 5.91 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -17.02%, its profits have risen by 50.9%

High Institutional Holdings at 29.9%

These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
Their stake has increased by 1.74% over the previous quarter.

Below par performance in long term as well as near term

Along with generating -17.02% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Building Products should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Building Products)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.

-21.35%

2.28

38.45%

S&P 500

13.22%

0.61

20.17%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

17.47%

EBIT Growth (5y)

35.93%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

76.04

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.56

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.68

Tax Ratio

20.23%

Dividend Payout Ratio

5.27%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

29.90%

ROCE (avg)

37.15%

ROE (avg)

16.75%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

5.91

EV to EBIT

20.48

EV to EBITDA

17.44

EV to Capital Employed

12.21

EV to Sales

8.44

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

0.08%

ROCE (Latest)

59.64%

ROE (Latest)

22.64%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bullish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bullish (Daily)

KST

Mildly Bearish

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

Mildly Bearish

OBV

Mildly Bearish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

11What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 151.12 MM

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 24.95%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -56 %

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -0.61% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 620.54 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 7

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 91.52 MM

-1What is not working for the Company

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 45.77 %

Here's what is working for United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at USD 151.12 MM and Grown

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at -56 % and Grown

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Net Sales

Highest at USD 91.52 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Cash and Eqv

Highest at USD 620.54 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 7

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -0.61% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation

Highest at USD 6.2 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.

Operating Profit Margin

Lowest at 45.77 %

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales