United States Lime Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

USLM Stock  USD 132.95  0.79  0.59%   
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your highly speculative risk level, our recommendation regarding United States Lime is 'Strong Buy'. The recommendation algorithm takes into account all of United States' available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Buy

Market Performance

GoodDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Over hypedDetails

Current Valuation

UndervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

Very SmallDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Responds to the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

Strong SellDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

StrongDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Possible ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon United States Lime has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.1506, Jensen Alpha of 0.489, Total Risk Alpha of 0.4529, Sortino Ratio of 0.2439 and Treynor Ratio of 0.2446
Macroaxis provides recommendation on United States Lime to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on United States Lime. Our trade recommendation engine determines the firm's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure United States Lime is not overpriced, please validate all United States fundamentals, including its current ratio, working capital, and the relationship between the net income and number of employees . Given that United States Lime has a price to earning of 25.62 X, we advise you to double-check United States Lime market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your current risk tolerance and investing horizon.

United States Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

United States Lime appears to be risky and price may revert if volatility continues
United States Lime is unlikely to experience financial distress in the next 2 years
United States Lime has a strong financial position based on the latest SEC filings
About 63.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by insiders
On 13th of December 2024 United States paid $ 0.05 per share dividend to its current shareholders
Latest headline from news.google.com: United States Lime Minerals Shares Down 5.4 percent - Time to Sell - MarketBeat

United States Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of United States' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of United States' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of United States daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use United States Lime price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of United States returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for United States.
Mean Return
0.55
Value At Risk
-3.83
Potential Upside
5.99
Standard Deviation
3.03
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of United States historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

United Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument, such as United States, soars without any apparent reason. This usually happens because many institutional investors are aggressively trading United States Lime back and forth among themselves. Companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in this term and can influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Amvescap Plc.2024-09-30
192 K
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-09-30
116.1 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-09-30
106.5 K
Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc2024-09-30
103 K
First Trust Advisors L.p.2024-09-30
89.4 K
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-09-30
85.8 K
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2024-09-30
80.7 K
American Century Companies Inc2024-09-30
70.3 K
Goldman Sachs Group Inc2024-09-30
68.7 K
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.2024-09-30
902 K
Renaissance Technologies Corp2024-09-30
757.6 K
Note, although United States' institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

United States Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change To Inventory(542K)(1.4M)94K(4.3M)(4.7M)(4.5M)
Change In Cash(13.0M)29.3M21.8M28.0M54.6M57.3M
Free Cash Flow19.9M41.4M25.8M37.5M58.0M60.9M
Depreciation19.0M21.6M20.9M22.2M23.8M25.0M
Other Non Cash Items9K5K6K(310K)380K361K
Capital Expenditures27.1M17.1M29.9M26.8M34.3M36.0M
Net Income26.1M28.2M37.0M45.4M74.5M78.3M
End Period Cash Flow54.3M83.6M105.4M133.4M188.0M197.4M
Dividends Paid33.1M3.6M3.6M4.5M4.6M3.4M
Change Receivables(3.3M)1.1M(3.7M)(6.4M)(5.8M)(5.5M)
Change To Netincome7.7M8.2M3.8M4.9M5.6M3.4M
Investments(26.5M)(25.2M)(29.6M)(31.2M)(26.3M)(27.6M)

United States Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to United States or Construction Materials sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that United States' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a United stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
0.49
β
Beta against Dow Jones2.20
σ
Overall volatility
3.05
Ir
Information ratio 0.17

United States Volatility Alert

United States Lime currently demonstrates below-average downside deviation. It has Information Ratio of 0.17 and Jensen Alpha of 0.49. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure United States' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact United States' stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

United States Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing United States' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze United States' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between United States and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as United States or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of United States' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing United States by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare United States to competition
FundamentalsUnited StatesPeer Average
Return On Equity0.23-0.31
Return On Asset0.15-0.14
Profit Margin0.33 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.43 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation3.55 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding28.59 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders63.05 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions27.88 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted208.78 K4.71 M
Price To Earning25.62 X28.72 X
Price To Book8.02 X9.51 X
Price To Sales12.53 X11.42 X
Revenue281.33 M9.43 B
Gross Profit92.26 M27.38 B
EBITDA109.25 M3.9 B
Net Income74.55 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents108.58 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share19.20 X5.01 X
Total Debt5.5 M5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.01 %48.70 %
Current Ratio13.26 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share16.64 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations92.26 M971.22 M
Short Ratio1.83 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share3.44 X3.12 X
Number Of Employees33318.84 K
Beta0.82-0.15
Market Capitalization3.8 B19.03 B
Total Asset440.6 M29.47 B
Retained Earnings412.5 M9.33 B
Working Capital237.48 M1.48 B
Current Asset91.96 M9.34 B
Current Liabilities8.74 M7.9 B
Note: Disposition of tradable shares by Hawkins Tom S Jr of United States subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

United States Market Momentum

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When determining whether United States Lime is a strong investment it is important to analyze United States' competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact United States' future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding United Stock, refer to the following important reports:
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Is Construction Materials space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of United States. If investors know United will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about United States listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.593
Dividend Share
0.2
Earnings Share
3.44
Revenue Per Share
10.625
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.194
The market value of United States Lime is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of United that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of United States' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is United States' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because United States' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect United States' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between United States' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if United States is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, United States' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.