UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS INC · Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals

USLM

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The short version

A high-quality, profitable business with steady sales. Institutions are adding.

Going well

Profitable every year for 10 years
Sales up 17% last year
Brings in more cash than it spends

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 7% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (137 bought, 110 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$109.54-1.9% that day

Company value: $3.1B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 23.5x; You pay about $23 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 8.3x; Company value is 8.3 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 0.2%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 13%; Cash as a share of company value

From USLM's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jun '26

$99.1M+8.3% vs a year earlier

Sep '23Tap a barJun '26

Last 12 months: $376.9M, up 7.0% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 18% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of USLM. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+7% a yearRecently: +7.0% a yearProfit margin36%Last 12 months: 35.7%P/E at the end23xToday: 23.5x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change0% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$529M

Profit in 5 years$190M

Price these guesses point to$152.58+39% vs $109.54 todayAbout +6.9% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 36% margin and a 23x P/E, sales would have to grow about 0.1% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

6/7Strong

PassReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.23.8%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.00x equity
PassNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.36.0%
PassProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.10 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$102.3M
MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+1.2% in 3 years
PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.48.9%

Revenue: $372.7M; +17.3% vs prior year
5-year growth: +18.3%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: None; 0.00x equity
Current ratio: 19.27x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.