United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.

USLM Basic Materials Building Materials

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $372.7 million, up 17.3% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+4.09%
EPS
−1.48%
Free cash flow
+22.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

119.64 3.74 −3.03%
Market cap
$3.4B
P/E
25.6×
Fwd P/E
24.3×
Dividend yield
0.20%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
44.31
Beneish M
−2.83
Dividend safety
89/100

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM) Operating margin

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United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 41.2%, down 1.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (42.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.9% (fiscal 2018) to 42.4% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 14.5% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 42.4% 3.03
FY2024 39.3% 8.96
FY2023 30.4% 7.16
FY2022 23.2% (1.33)
FY2021 24.5% 3.45
FY2020 21.1% 2.60
FY2019 18.5% 4.63
FY2018 13.9% (2.88)
FY2017 16.7% (0.13)
FY2016 16.9% 2.27

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 42.1% 1.09
Jun 2026 41.0% 0.27
Mar 2026 40.7% (0.21)
Dec 2025 41.0% (4.40)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 13.9% High 42.4%
Ten-year median 21.1%
Current reading's percentile 91

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. 41.2%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 22.6%
CPAC Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. compare 21.9%
TGLS Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. compare 18.3%
TTAM Titan America SA compare 15.1%
LOMA Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A. Sponsored ADR compare 10.7%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 9.21%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 8.12%
RMIX Suncrete, Inc. compare —
Building Materials industry median 14.5%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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