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) Return on invested capital

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United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 33.3%, down 4.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (38.0%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.03% (fiscal 2018) to 38.0% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Building Materials industry median of 6.51% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 38.0% 2.46
FY2024 35.5% 9.51
FY2023 26.0% 7.79
FY2022 18.2% 1.46
FY2021 16.8% 3.52
FY2020 13.3% 2.04
FY2019 11.2% 3.19
FY2018 8.03% (4.56)
FY2017 12.6% (1.40)
FY2016 14.0% 2.81

Against its own ten years

Low 8.03% High 38.0%
Ten-year median 14.0%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. 33.3%
CPAC Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. compare 13.2%
TGLS Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. compare 12.9%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc compare 10.8%
TTAM Titan America SA compare 10.2%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. compare 5.73%
KNF Knife River Corporation compare 5.49%
LOMA Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina S.A. Sponsored ADR compare 4.21%
RMIX Suncrete, Inc. compare 0.00%
Building Materials industry median 6.51%
Basic Materials sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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