U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SLCA) EVP Zach Carusona Sells 42,605 Shares

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SLCA) EVP Zach Carusona sold 42,605 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, April 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.55, for a total value of $662,507.75. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 160,929 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,502,445.95. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

U.S. Silica Stock Down 2.1 %

Shares of U.S. Silica stock traded down $0.33 during trading on Monday, hitting $15.56. 5,131,215 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,061,645. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $12.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $11.66. U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. has a twelve month low of $10.09 and a twelve month high of $16.03. The stock has a market cap of $1.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.59 and a beta of 2.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 2.74 and a current ratio of 3.62.

U.S. Silica (NYSE:SLCA) last posted its earnings results on Friday, April 26th. The mining company reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.20. U.S. Silica had a net margin of 8.08% and a return on equity of 13.77%. The company had revenue of $325.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $336.59 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.64 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 26.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts predict that U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. will post 1.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of U.S. Silica

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. TD Asset Management Inc boosted its holdings in U.S. Silica by 3.5% during the third quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 26,500 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $372,000 after acquiring an additional 900 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in U.S. Silica by 25.8% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,773 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $59,000 after purchasing an additional 978 shares during the period. Graham Capital Management L.P. grew its holdings in U.S. Silica by 6.8% in the 3rd quarter. Graham Capital Management L.P. now owns 16,909 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $237,000 after buying an additional 1,078 shares during the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in U.S. Silica by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 59,533 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $836,000 after buying an additional 1,253 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC increased its position in U.S. Silica by 7.3% in the 3rd quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 19,049 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $267,000 after buying an additional 1,291 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.77% of the company’s stock.

About U.S. Silica

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc produces and sells commercial silica in the United States. It operates through two segments: Oil & Gas Proppants and Industrial & Specialty Products. The company offers whole grain commercial silica products to be used as frac for oil and natural gas recovery, as well as sells its whole grain silica products for the manufacturing of glass products.