United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) and Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ) Financial Contrast

United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) and Amrize (NYSE:AMRZ) are both materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.

Profitability

This table compares United States Lime & Minerals and Amrize’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United States Lime & Minerals	35.66%	20.76%	19.24%
Amrize	9.89%	10.22%	5.48%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares United States Lime & Minerals and Amrize”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United States Lime & Minerals	$372.73 million	8.56	$134.27 million	$4.67	23.81
Amrize	$12.18 billion	1.71	$1.19 billion	$2.17	17.35

Amrize has higher revenue and earnings than United States Lime & Minerals. Amrize is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Lime & Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Amrize shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk & Volatility

United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amrize has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

United States Lime & Minerals pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Amrize pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. United States Lime & Minerals pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amrize pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. United States Lime & Minerals has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for United States Lime & Minerals and Amrize, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United States Lime & Minerals	0	1	0	0	2.00
Amrize	3	8	7	1	2.32

Amrize has a consensus price target of $51.76, suggesting a potential upside of 37.48%. Given Amrize’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amrize is more favorable than United States Lime & Minerals.

Summary

United States Lime & Minerals beats Amrize on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About United States Lime & Minerals

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. engages in the manufacture and sale of lime and limestone products. Its products include High Calcium Quicklime, Hydrated Lime, Lime Kiln Dust, Lime Slurry, and High Calcium Limestone. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

About Amrize

Amrize AG focuses on building materials business in North America. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is based in Zug, Switzerland. Amrize AG operates independently of Holcim AG as of June 23, 2025.