USLM - United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.
United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. manufactures and supplies lime and limestone products in the United States. It extracts limestone from open-pit quarries and an underground mine, and processes it as pulverized limestone, quicklime, hydrated lime, and lime slurry.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $103.67, ATM IV 43.1%, net GEX -$4.7K.
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Construction Materials
- Market Cap
- $3.14B
- P/E Ratio
- 23.98
- Beta
- 0.70
- 52-Week Range
- 94.02-141.44
- Dividend Yield
- $0.24
- CEO
- Timothy W. Byrne
- Employees
- 345
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
What USLM Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 5.9% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); negative net gamma exposure (-$4.7K) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (0.005) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The USLM overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked USLM overview questions
- What is USLM?
- USLM is the ticker symbol for United States Lime & Minerals, Inc., a listed security. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. manufactures and supplies lime and limestone products in the United States. Listed on NASDAQ. USLM is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the USLM options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the USLM options snapshot shows spot at $103.67, ATM IV 43.1%, IV rank 5.9%, net GEX -$4.7K, expected move 12.36%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are USLM's key statistics?
- United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM) carries a market capitalization of $3.14B, trailing P/E ratio of 23.98, beta of 0.70 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 94.02-141.44. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does USLM belong to?
- United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. operates in the Basic Materials sector, in the Construction Materials industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare USLM's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the USLM data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).