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U.S. Silica Holdings: Is It #2, A 'Big Guy' Or What?
Rochelle Jenks • Thu, May 9 • 23 Comments
U.S. Silica Holdings: Frac Sand Demand Could Power Upside
Bret Jensen • Fri, May 3 • 15 Comments
U.S. Silica's Unusual Market Activity Generates Attractive Entry Point
Eric Rodawig • Fri, Feb 22 • 9 Comments
U.S. Silica Holdings: All Signals Are Flashing Green For This Fast Growing Fracking Supplier
Bret Jensen • Mon, Nov 26, 2012 • 23 Comments
Fast Growing 'BackDoor' $12 Shale Play That Analysts Believe Could Double
Bret Jensen • Mon, Jun 18, 2012 • 16 Comments
Why U.S. Silica Is A Buy For Long-Term Growth
Ron Reed • Thu, May 10, 2012 • 5 Comments
U.S. Silica: Sand Stock On The Rise
InvestingAnswers • Fri, Mar 30, 2012 • 4 Comments
U.S. Silica: The First IPO In The 'Fracking Sand' Industry
Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin • Tue, Mar 6, 2012 • 6 Comments
IPO Preview: U.S. Silica Holdings
IPOdesktop • Mon, Jan 30, 2012 • 10 Comments

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U.S. Silica Holdings' CEO Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Apr 30 • 1 Comment
US Silica Holdings' CEO Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Feb 26
U.S. Silica Holdings' CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Nov 2, 2012
U.S. Silica Holdings' CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Tue, Jul 31, 2012

U.S. Silica Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering

Business Wire (Jun 6, 2013)
U.S. Silica Announces Secondary Offering by Selling Stockholder

Business Wire (Jun 3, 2013)
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Results and Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

Business Wire (Apr 30, 2013)
U.S. Silica Announces Timing of Earnings Release and Investor Call

Business Wire (Apr 9, 2013)
U.S. Silica Presenting at BB&T Capital Markets 7th Annual Commercial and Industrial Conference

Business Wire (Mar 14, 2013)
U.S. Silica Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering

Business Wire (Mar 14, 2013)
U.S. Silica Announces Secondary Offering by Selling Stockholder

Business Wire (Mar 11, 2013)
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces Financial Guidance and Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2012 Results

Business Wire (Feb 26, 2013)
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. to Participate in the Thirteenth Annual Simmons Energy Conference

Business Wire (Feb 21, 2013)
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Response to Unusual Market Activity

Business Wire (Feb 14, 2013)
U.S. Silica Announces Timing of Earnings Release and Investor Call

Business Wire (Jan 31, 2013)
U.S. Silica Declares Special Cash Dividend of $0.50 Per Share

Business Wire (Dec 10, 2012)
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces Results for the Third Quarter 2012

Business Wire (Nov 1, 2012)
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Reschedules Earnings Release and Conference Call due to Hurricane Sandy

Business Wire (Oct 30, 2012)
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces Timing of Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results Conference Call

Business Wire (Oct 17, 2012)
U.S. Silica Opens New Transload Facility to Serve Utica and Marcellus Shales

Business Wire (Oct 3, 2012)
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces Retirement of CFO, Appointment of Vice President of Finance and Resignation of CAO

Business Wire (Oct 1, 2012)
U.S. Silica Founding Member of Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association

Business Wire (Sep 10, 2012)
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Company Description

We are the second largest domestic producer of commercial silica, a specialized mineral that is a critical input into a variety of attractive end markets. During our 111-year history, we have developed core competencies in mining, processing, logistics and materials science that enable us to... More

Sector: Basic Materials

Industry: Industrial Metals & Minerals

Country: United States

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Tuesday, June 4, 9:11 AM Premarket gainers: ET +53%. MHGC +18%. INFI +9%. MFG +9%. MKTG +9%. SMFG +8%. NMR +8%. MTU +7%. FCEL +6%. MCHP +5%.
Losers: RIGL -23%. DG -7%. SLCA -6%. Comment! [On the Move]
Monday, June 3, 7:38 PM U.S. Silica (SLCA) says a selling stockholder, Golden Gate Capital affiliate GGC USS Holdings, intends to sell 10M shares in a secondary offering with an option for an additional 1.5M. SLCA won't be selling any shares in the offering and will not receive any of the proceeds. Shares -4% AH. 1 Comment [On the Move]
Friday, May 3, 11:58 AM The bigger the better when it comes to oil services providers, Jefferies believes, making the case that the big sector players are best positioned to fix inefficiencies of operations and thus ultimately will see the largest benefit from the surge in U.S. production. The firm's favorites: SPN, SLCA, PES, HP, ESV, NOV, CAM, HAL, SLB. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas]
Tuesday, April 30, 3:50 PM Today's plunge in U.S. Silica (SLCA -3.3%) following Q1 earnings is slowed after Morgan Stanley upgrades shares to Overweight from Equal Weight with a $25 price target; the firm cites valuation, favorable fundamentals and the announcement of a regular dividend. Shares had slumped as much as 14.5% in morning trading. Comment! [Commodities, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Tuesday, April 30, 10:13 AM U.S. Silica Holdings (SLCA) initiates quarterly dividend of $0.125/share, payable on July 03 to shareholders on record of June 19. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, April 30, 8:53 AM U.S. Silica (SLCA): Q1 EPS of $0.35 misses by $0.01. Revenue of $122.3M beats by $0.6M. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Wednesday, April 17, 5:45 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:15 p.m.: CONE +9%. SLCA +4%. MXIM +4%. LNC +4%. MHR +3%.
After-hours top losers: SCSS -7%. CCK -4%. SNDK -3%. NAVB -3%. EBAY -2%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, March 12, 12:50 PM Midday top 10 gainers: BOSC +23%. EMITF +19%. OCZ +18%. CLIR +17%. XNY +16%. CIS +14%. GLUU +13%. TLF +12%. ENPH +12%. CAB +12%.
Midday top 10 losers: RVP -15%. FREE -14%. EMAN -13%. LAKE -13%. CBMX -13%. SHOS -12%. CALI -11%. AVG -11%. SLCA -10%. HIMX -10%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, March 12, 8:45 AM U.S. Silica (SLCA) -5.8% premarket on news GGC USS Holdings, an affiliate of top shareholder Golden Gate Capital, will sell 8.5M shares of SLCA’s common stock in an underwritten offering. SLCA will not receive any proceeds from the offering. Comment! [Commodities, On the Move]
Monday, March 11, 6:06 PM After-hours top gainers, as of 5:30 p.m.: HEK +10%. IRBT +10%. PAY +8%. YUM +6%. HTZ +6%.
After-hours top losers: PWRD -9%. DMND -6%. GOV -5%. [PCRX -5%. SLCA -3%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, February 26, 2:18 PM U.S. Silica (SLCA +18.7%) soars after its Q4 earnings beat was driven by higher than expected revenues and operating income from its oil and gas segment. Overall sales volumes increased to 1.8M tons, up 10% Y/Y. Contribution margin of $50.5M was up 32% Y/Y. Expects Q1 revenues of $115M-123M vs. $114.2M consensus. Comment! [Commodities, Earnings, On the Move]
Tuesday, February 26, 12:45 PM Midday top 10 gainers: MNOV +54%. RNIN +45%. CWH +31%. SLCA +22%. ALC +22%. NOAH +16%. GMXR +14%. PRPH +13%. EMITF +13%. FLML +12%.
Midday top 10 losers: FSGI -25%. HSII -20%. VRTB -19%. VSI -18%. TWI -16%. SSP -13%. ENMD -12%. VVUS -12%. VIPS -10%. CHMT -10%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, February 26, 9:27 AM U.S. Silica Holdings (SLCA): Q4 EPS of $0.41. Revenue of $118.8M (+42% Y/Y) beats by $10M. Updated 9:25 a.m. Shares now +12.3% premarket. (PR) 1 Comment [Earnings, Breaking News, On the Move]
Thursday, January 10, 10:26 AM U.S. Silica (SLCA -5%) is downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies on valuation, as shares have jumped 40% since Sept. 30. While the firm remains supportive of SLCA's business fundamentals, it is not willing to get more aggressive with assumptions for capacity growth and SLCA's ability to retain 50%-plus gross segment margins over the long term. 2 Comments [Commodities, Quick Ideas, On the Move]
Monday, December 10, 2012, 4:45 PM U.S. Silica (SLCA) declares special dividend of $0.50/share. For shareholders of record Dec. 20. Payable Dec. 28. Ex-div date Dec. 18. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Friday, December 7, 2012, 12:31 PM U.S. Silica (SLCA +7.3%) initiated at Outperform with a $19 price target by Howard Weil, which believes SLCA enjoys favorable demand trends in business segments and has put into place an expansionary path to more fully address its more robust end markets. SLCA is the best investment in capturing the trend of increased volume and intensity of sand usage in the oil and gas industry. Comment! [Energy, Quick Ideas, On the Move]

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$SLCA BOFAThe companyhas a strong pipeline of 8-10 new products, the first of which will launch in late 2013 in the water treatment market.
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$SLCA Maintains Buy BOFA raises $26 at least $10mn of incremental EBITDA in 2014. We model about $7mn of EBITDA growth between 2012 and 2014
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$SLCA U.S. Silica upgraded to Outperform at RBC;to $26 competitive advantages in the growing frac sand markt superior supply chainmanagement
May 23, 3:00 PM
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Oil, double bottom w/handle, prices headed higher. $ATW $CLR $SLCA Watch Solars $SPWR $FSLR. $USO http://stks.co/dUgk
May 17, 3:37 PM
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Setups in the Wings: $LNKD $LVS $CLR $COG $SBGI $WWWW $EQIX $SLCA $OAS $YELP $HOS $YOKU $FB $VRX http://stks.co/tCUb
May 13, 2:56 PM
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Setups in the Wings: $COG $OCN $SBGI $NSM $RGR $YOKU $SLCA $SKX $P $SODA $FB $LEN $TOL $CHK $VRX http://stks.co/tBlQ
May 8, 1:53 PM
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Michael Bryant
Actavis ($ACT), Moody's ($MCO), Valeant Pharmaceuticals ($VRX), Tenet Healthcare ($THC), & U.S. Silica ($SLCA) rose Monday on unusual volume
Apr 30, 12:08 AM
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Michael Bryant: $VRX and $ACT seem good.
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$SLCA '5 Top Stocks With Rising Earnings Estimates' IBD its business has exploded http://tinyurl.com/cns6vnk
Apr 18, 12:11 PM
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Michael Bryant
Lennar ($LEN), Haverty Furniture ($HVT), U.S. Silica ($SLCA), Oaktree Capital ($OAK), & Carriage Services ($CSV) rose Wed on unusual vol.
Mar 21, 12:42 AM
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Michael Bryant
Global Partners LP ($GLP), Bristow Group ($BRS), Clearwater ($CLW), Shutterstock ($SSTK), & U.S. Silica ($SLCA) rose Monday on unusual vol.
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Michael Bryant
Actavis ($ACT), Moody's ($MCO), Valeant Pharmaceuticals ($VRX), Tenet Healthcare ($THC), & U.S. Silica ($SLCA) rose Monday on unusual volume
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Michael Bryant: $VRX and $ACT seem good.
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$SLCA one of the few silica producers capable of rail delivery of large quantities of frac sand to each of the major US shale basins.
Mar 17, 2:59 PM
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166649: $SLCA As a result, the company has become a preferred supplier
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Ron Reed
SLCA up to 1/2 the outstanding shares auth. to be bought back with cash.
6/14/12
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Ron Reed: That is correct. they are just adding more value to the stock
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Ocean Man: IPO at 16, buy back at 12. I like that.
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SLCA moving up and up....
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jdub2788: what isn't?
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