How to buy U-SSilica stock

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. U-SSilica shares (SLCA) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. U-SSilica employs 2,177 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$957.7 million.

How to buy shares in U-SSilica

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3. Search for U-SSilica. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: SLCA. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until U-SSilica reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of U-SSilica, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of U-SSilica. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

U-SSilica share price

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U-SSilica shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$0.79 - USD$11.88
50-day moving average	USD$9.2267
200-day moving average	USD$5.4449
Wall St. target price	USD$6.89
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	USD$0.083 (0.75%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-3.573

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U-SSilica financials

Revenue TTM	USD$957.7 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$337.1 million
Return on assets TTM	-0.5%
Return on equity TTM	-51.35%
Profit margin	-42.97%
Book value	$8.005
Market capitalisation	USD$829.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting U-SSilica shares

There are currently 7.9 million U-SSilica shares held short by investors – that's known as U-SSilica's "short interest". This figure is 6.1% up from 7.4 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting U-SSilica shares can be evaluated.

U-SSilica's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

U-SSilica's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of U-SSilica shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of U-SSilica shares traded daily (recently around 1.5 million). U-SSilica's SIR currently stands at 5.43. In other words for every 100,000 U-SSilica shares traded daily on the market, roughly 5430 shares are currently held short.

However U-SSilica's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of U-SSilica shares, or, against the total number of tradable U-SSilica shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case U-SSilica's short interest could be expressed as 0.11% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 U-SSilica shares in existence, roughly 110 shares are currently held short) or 0.1563% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable U-SSilica shares, roughly 156 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against U-SSilica.

Find out more about how you can short U-SSilica stock.

U-SSilica share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, U-SSilica's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.79 up to $11.88. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while U-SSilica's is 3.293. This would suggest that U-SSilica's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

U-SSilica overview

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. produces and sells commercial silica in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Oil & Gas Proppants and Industrial & Specialty Products. It offers whole grain commercial silica products to be used as fracturing sand in connection with oil and natural gas recovery, as well as sells its whole grain silica products in various size distributions, grain shapes, and chemical purity levels for manufacturing glass products. The company also provides ground commercial silica products for use in plastics, rubber, polishes, cleansers, paints, glazes, textile fiberglass, and precision castings; fine ground silica for use in premium paints, specialty coatings, sealants, silicone rubber, and epoxies; and engineered performance materials made from diatomaceous earth (DE), clay, and perlite. In addition, it offers other industrial mineral products, such as aplite, a mineral used to produce container glass and insulation fiberglass; magnesium silicate, a adsorbent made from a mixture of silica and magnesium for preparative and analytical chromatography applications; and DE and clay aggregates used as an absorbent for automotive, industrial, and sports turf applications. Further, the company provides transportation, equipment rental, and contract labor services. U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. serves oilfield services companies, and exploration and production companies that are engaged in hydraulic fracturing; and industrial and specialty products end markets. The company was formerly known as GGC USS Holdings, Inc. U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Katy, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of U-SSilica is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 2.766% of U-SSilica shares are held by insiders and 79.274% by institutions.

• How many people work for U-SSilica?

  Latest data suggests 2,177 work at U-SSilica.

• When does the fiscal year end for U-SSilica?

  U-SSilica's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is U-SSilica based?

  U-SSilica's address is: 24275 Katy Freeway, Katy, TX, United States, 77494

• What is U-SSilica's ISIN number?

  U-SSilica's international securities identification number is: US90346E1038

• What is U-SSilica's CUSIP number?

  U-SSilica's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 90345E103