
US Silica is an oil & gas equipment & services business based in the US. US Silica stocks (SLCA.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $11.61 – an increase of 10.12% over the previous week. US Silica employs 2,013 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.7 billion.
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US Silica stock price (NYSE:SLCA)
Use our graph to track the performance of SLCA stocks over time.US Silica shares at a glance
Latest market close | $12.95 |
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52-week range | $9.47 - $18.27 |
50-day moving average | $12.29 |
200-day moving average | $12.49 |
Wall St. target price | $19.75 |
PE ratio | 7.1429 |
Dividend yield | $0 (3.62%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.75 |
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US Silica price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $12.95 from 2023-06-07
1 week (2023-06-01) | 10.12% |
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1 month (2023-05-08) | 2.86% |
3 months (2023-03-08) | 1.57% |
6 months (2022-12-08) | 10.03% |
1 year (2022-06-08) | -16.67% |
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2 years (2021-06-08) | 10.12% |
3 years (2020-06-08) | 182.75% |
5 years (2018-06-08) | 29.73 |
Is US Silica stock undervalued or overvalued?
Valuing US Silica stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of US Silica's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
US Silica financials
Revenue TTM | $1.7 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 15.53% |
Gross profit TTM | $455 million |
Return on assets TTM | 7.58% |
Return on equity TTM | 19.36% |
Profit margin | 7.89% |
Book value | $9.52 |
Market capitalisation | $963.3 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
US Silica share dividends
We're not expecting US Silica to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
US Silica share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, US Silica's shares have ranged in value from as little as $9.47 up to $18.27. 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 US Silica's is 2.6038. This would suggest that US Silica's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
US Silica overview
U. S. Silica Holdings, Inc. produces and sells commercial silica in the United States. It operates through two segments, Oil & Gas Proppants and Industrial & Specialty Products. The company 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 the manufacturing of glass products. It also provides various grades of whole-grain round silica to the foundry industry; ground silica and industrial minerals products for various products; and engineered performance materials made from diatomaceous earth (DE), clay, and perlite.
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