Eagle Materials Inc vs United States Lime & Minerals Inc

Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) is fairly valued and United States Lime & Minerals Inc (USLM) is fairly valued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, USLM trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +3%, against +1% for EXP.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Eagle Materials Inc (EXP)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.7% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $185.22; the price of $183.16 is 1% below that value, and 74% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 59/100 on 3 of 12 signals

United States Lime & Minerals Inc (USLM)

Discounting its cash flows at 8.8% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $117.56; the price of $113.78 is 3% below that value, and 78% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 44/100 on 2 of 12 signals

MetricEXPUSLM
VerdictFairly valuedFairly valued
Price$183.16$113.78
Intrinsic value$185.22$117.56
Margin of safety+1%+3%
Leak Score59/100 (3/12)44/100 (2/12)
Market cap$5.6B$3.3B
Revenue growth, 5 years7.3%18.3%
Operating margin23.2%42.1%
Net margin17.3%35.7%
Return on equity27.0%21.4%
Debt to equity1.210.00
P/E14.5x24.3x
Forward P/E12.9x20.0x
P/B3.8x4.7x
Dividend yield0.5%0.2%

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