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. The company supplies its products primarily to the construction customers, including highway, road, and building contractors; industrial customers, such as paper …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative LeverageDebt serviceability is strong (score 1.00), with robust interest coverage.
Consistent Cash GenerationCash generation is strong and consistent (score 1.00).
Key risks
Volatile Margins Suggest CyclicalityMargin volatility is high (stability score 0.25), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.
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United States Lime & Minerals, ranks #1 of 18
scored companies in Building Materials by moat score — the top 6%.
That makes it the widest moat in the group.
Moat scores for companies ranked near USLM in Building Materials
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 97
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 100
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 66
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 100
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 90
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is United States Lime & Minerals, 's moat score?
United States Lime & Minerals, (USLM) scores 82 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as strong. It ranks #1 of 18 scored companies in Building Materials, the top 6%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 17 companies in Building Materials. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (100/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (58/100).
How does United States Lime & Minerals, compare with other Building Materials companies?
United States Lime & Minerals, ranks #1 of 18 scored companies in Building Materials by moat score. That is the widest moat in Building Materials. The companies ranked closest are Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) at 75 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 17 companies in Building Materials. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is United States Lime & Minerals, scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for United States Lime & Minerals, ?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and USLM scores: Pricing Power (58), Cost Advantage (97), Customer Stickiness (100), Capital Efficiency (66), Resilience (100), Scale & Market Position (90). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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