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IPI vs USLM

Side-by-side comparison of Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI) and United States Lime & Minerals Inc. (USLM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both IPI and USLM operate in Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • USLM is the larger of the two at $3.01B, about 7.0x IPI ($427.4M).
  • Over the past year, IPI is up 16.8% and USLM is down 17.1% - IPI leads by 33.9 points.
  • IPI has hit the wire 1 time in the past 4 weeks while USLM has been quiet.
  • IPI has more recent analyst coverage (1 ratings vs 0 for USLM).
PerformanceIPI+16.81%USLM-17.06%
2025-10-16+0.00%2026-10-16
MetricIPIUSLM
Company
Intrepid Potash Inc
United States Lime & Minerals Inc.
Price
$32.34+0.23%
$107.66+0.66%
Market cap
$427.4M
$3.01B
1M return
-18.05%
-6.16%
1Y return
+16.81%
-17.06%
Industry
Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels)
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2008
News (4w)
1
0
Recent ratings
1
0
IPI

Intrepid Potash Inc

Intrepid Potash, Inc. produces and sells potash and langbeinite products in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Potash, Trio, and Oilfield Solutions. The Potash segment offers muriate of potash or potassium chloride for use as a fertilizer input in the agricultural market; as a component in drilling and fracturing fluids for oil and gas wells, as well as an input to other industrial processes in the industrial market; and as a nutrient supplement in the animal feed market. The Trio segment provides Trio, a specialty fertilizer that delivers potassium, sulfate, and magnesium in a single particle. The Oilfield Solutions segment sells water for use in the oil and gas services industry; and offers potassium chloride real-time mixing services on location for hydraulic fracturing operations and trucking services. The company offers salt for use in animal feeds, industrial applications, pool salts, and treatment of roads and walkways; magnesium chloride for use in the deicing and dedusting of roads; brines for well development and completion activities in the oil and gas industry; and metal recovery salt, a combination of potash and salt to enhance the recovery of aluminum in the aluminum recycling processing facilities. Intrepid Potash, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

USLM

United States Lime & Minerals Inc.

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. manufactures and supplies lime and limestone products in the United States. The company extracts limestone from open-pit quarries and an underground mine, and processes it as pulverized limestone, quicklime, hydrated lime, and lime slurry. It 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; steel producers; oil and gas services companies; roof shingle manufacturers; and poultry and cattle feed producers. The company also has various royalty interests and non-operating working interests with respect to oil and gas rights in natural gas wells located in Johnson County, Texas in the Barnett Shale Formation. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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