United States Lime & Minerals (USLM) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.32
- Estimate
- $1.48
- Surprise
- -10.8%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $106.2M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.6 → 5.7/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
United States Lime & Minerals (USLM) missed the $1.48 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.32 — a large 10.8% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.6/10) to Sell at 5.7/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates USLM Sell at 5.7/10.
0 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -10.8% surprise compares with a -9.1% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.8 in RISK_OFF)
- High-quality business
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1
- Consecutive earnings misses (4)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $111.61
- Price target
- $112.20
- Stop
- $104.83
- Upside to target
- +0.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.1:1
The stock trades at 23.9× trailing but 19.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-31 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
USLM at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Building Materials
- Market cap
- $3.20B
- P/E (fwd)
- 19.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 23.9
- 52-week range
- $96.27–$141.44
- Off 52-week high
- 21.1%
- RSI (14)
- 60
- Volume vs avg
- 0.94×
- Score today
- 5.7/10