Reviewing United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) and American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT)

United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) and American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for United States Lime & Minerals and American Battery Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
United States Lime & Minerals	0	0	0	0	N/A
American Battery Technology	0	0	1	0	3.00

American Battery Technology has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 471.43%. Given American Battery Technology’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Battery Technology is more favorable than United States Lime & Minerals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares United States Lime & Minerals and American Battery Technology’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
United States Lime & Minerals	$286.24 million	7.10	$74.55 million	$13.98	25.45
American Battery Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

United States Lime & Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than American Battery Technology.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of American Battery Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
United States Lime & Minerals	27.91%	20.70%	18.46%
American Battery Technology	N/A	-41.26%	-31.50%

Summary

United States Lime & Minerals beats American Battery Technology on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About United States Lime & Minerals

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. manufactures and supplies lime and limestone products in the United States. It extracts limestone from open-pit quarries and an underground mine, and processes it as pulverized limestone, quicklime, hydrated lime, and lime slurry. The company supplies its products primarily to the construction customers, including highway, road, and building contractors; industrial customers, such as paper and glass manufacturers; environmental customers comprising municipal sanitation and water treatment facilities, and flue gas treatment processes; oil and gas services companies; roof shingle manufacturers; and poultry producers. In addition, it has various royalty interests with respect to oil and gas rights in natural gas wells located in Johnson County, Texas in the Barnett Shale Formation. The company was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Inberdon Enterprises Ltd.

About American Battery Technology

American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.