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How Many U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA)'s Analysts Are Bearish?

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24 May, 2017

At the end of March reporting period, 207 institutional holders increased their position in U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL now owns 18,625 shares of the mining company's stock worth $894,000 after buying an additional 9,925 shares during the period.

WARNING: "U.S. Silica Holdings (SLCA) Earns Daily Media Impact Score of 0.32" was posted by Sports Perspectives and is the property of of Sports Perspectives.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Seekingalpha.com's news article titled: "US Silica Holdings (SLCA) Q1 2017 Results - Earnings Call Transcript" with publication date: April 26, 2017 was also an interesting one. U.S. Silica Holdings's revenue for the quarter was up 99.8% compared to the same quarter previous year. Century Capital Management LLC now owns 52,992 shares of the mining company's stock worth $3,004,000 after buying an additional 31,225 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. acquired a new stake in U.S. Silica Holdings during the fourth quarter worth $2,583,000.

Shares of U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA) traded down 0.69% during midday trading on Friday, hitting $39.11. Narrowing in a bit closer, the 5 month price index is 0.75330, the 3 month is 0.69677, and the 1 month is now 0.93891.

Institutional investors now hold around $3.77 billion or 99.4% in SLCA stock. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $42.59 and a 200-day moving average price of $49.73. U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA) has risen 57.03% since May 22, 2016 and is uptrending. For the outlook of the current financial quarter, Analysts think the firm will post 0.36 earnings per share. U.S. Silica had 51 analyst reports since July 30, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company earned $182.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $176.42 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.19) EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 34.0% compared to the same quarter a year ago.

14-day Williams %R for U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. The third largest holder is Capital World Investors, which now holds $254.53 million worth of this stock and that ownership represents almost 7.71% of its market capitalization. If you are viewing this news story on another site, it was illegally copied and republished in violation of worldwide trademark and copyright laws. The original version of this piece can be accessed at https://www.thecerbatgem.com/2017/05/21/u-s-silica-holdings-slca-receiving-somewhat-positive-media-coverage-report-finds-updated-updated.html. (NYSE:SLCA) has been on a free fall - declining -33.27 percent in just three months. Jefferies Group LLC reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $70.00 price objective on shares of U.S. Silica Holdings in a research report on Tuesday, April 11th. Zacks Investment Research raised U.S. Silica Holdings from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $64.00 target price on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 1st. Barclays PLC cut shares of U.S. Silica Holdings from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $56.00 to $45.00 in a research report on Friday, April 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. They now have a Dollars 65 price target on the stock.

In other U.S. Silica Holdings news, SVP David D. Murry sold 610 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $48.05, for a total value of $29,310.50. After this sale, 8,487 common shares of SLCA are directly owned by the insider, with total stake valued at $343,045. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. (SLCA) have 80.98 million outstanding shares now held by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the company's officers and insiders.

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