U.S. Silica Holdings Inc [SLCA] stock is trading at $11.98, up 1.87%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SLCA shares have gain 5.27% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 14.53%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 27, February 2024, U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, GAAP and adjusted EPS for the quarter of $0.37 and $0.28 per diluted share, respectively.
From an analyst’s perspective:
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc [NYSE: SLCA] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 03, 2023, when Barclays upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $17 for it. Previously, Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Equal-Weight on July 13, 2022, and kept the price target unchanged to $15. On June 14, 2022, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $20 on the stock. Evercore ISI downgraded its rating to a In-line but stick to its price target of $20 on May 02, 2022. Barclays downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $10 on May 28, 2021. Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on January 04, 2021. In a note dated December 15, 2020, Citigroup upgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $2.50 to $7.
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc [SLCA] stock has fluctuated between $10.09 and $14.64 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $19 within the next 12 months. U.S. Silica Holdings Inc [NYSE: SLCA] shares were valued at $11.98 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 58.6% based on the average SLCA price forecast.
Analyzing the SLCA fundamentals
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc [NYSE:SLCA] reported sales of 1.55B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -18.62%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.32% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.01%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.18 and Total Capital is 0.01. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.01.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 11.76 points at the first support level, and at 11.53 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 12.11, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 12.23.
U.S. Silica Holdings Inc [SLCA] reported earnings per share of $0.28 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.25/share, meaning a difference of $0.03 and a surprise factor of 12.00%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $0.38 per share as compared to estimates of $0.41 per share, a difference of -$0.03 representing a surprise of -7.30%.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, U.S. Silica Holdings Inc’s Current Ratio is 3.23. Also, the Quick Ratio is 2.43, while the Cash Ratio stands at 1.32. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.60, the price to book ratio is 1.09 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 6.40.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Shinn Bryan Adair, CEO, that happened on Sep 12 ’23 when 41501.0 shares were sold.
