U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. (SLCA) Soars 9.94% on November 18

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. (SLCA) had a good day on the market for Wednesday November 18 as shares jumped 9.94% to close at $3.98. About 3.09 million shares traded hands on 14,116 trades for the day, compared with an average daily volume of n/a shares out of a total float of 73.95 million. After opening the trading day at $3.62, shares of U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. stayed within a range of $4.27 to $3.62.

With today's gains, U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. now has a market cap of $294.32 million. Shares of U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. have been trading within a range of $6.56 and $0.80 over the last year, and it had a 50-day SMA of $n/a and a 200-day SMA of $n/a.

U.S. Silica is one of the leading suppliers of sand used in hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells. The company delivers sand in most major basins via its extensive logistics network and has an emerging last-mile logistics capability to deliver sand direct to the well site. Additionally, the company supplies relatively smaller amounts of sand used for various industrial applications, such as glass-making.

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. is based out of Katy, TX and has some 2,177 employees. Its CEO is Bryan Adair Shinn.

For a complete fundamental analysis of U.S. Silica Holdings Inc., check out Equities.com’s Stock Valuation Analysis report for SLCA.

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U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. is also a component of the Russell 2000. The Russell 2000 is one of the leading indices tracking small-cap companies in the United States. It's maintained by Russell Investments, an industry leader in creating and maintaining indices, and consists of the smallest 2000 stocks from the broader Russell 3000 index.

Russell's indices differ from traditional indices like the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) or S&P 500, whose members are selected by committee, because they base membership entirely on an objective, rules based methodology. The 3,000 largest companies by market cap make up the Russell 3000, with the 2,000 smaller companies making up the Russell 2000. It's a simple approach that gives a broad, unbiased look at the small-cap market as a whole.

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