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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The General Contractors Industry With The Highest Revenue (FIX, MYRG, PIKE, CAEI)
Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 4:21am | 137Below are the top small-cap general contractor stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of revenue. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at Comfort Systems USA Inc (NYSE: FIX) is $1.05 billion. FIX's ROE for the same period is 5.16%. The trailing-twelve-month revenue at MYR Group Inc (NASDAQ: MYRG)...
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Citigroup Opens OC With Buy
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 7:10am | 49Analysts at Citigroup initiate coverage of Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) with a “buy” rating. The target price for OC is set to $42. OC shares gained 1.09% to close at $33.47 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Quanex Building Products to Acquire Edgetech I.G. for $107M
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 8:53am | 67Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE: NX) today announced it signed a definitive agreement with Lauren International to acquire Edgetech I.G. Inc. for $107.0 million in an all cash transaction. Closing will take place immediately upon conclusion of applicable governmental regulatory approval...
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Insteel Industries Reports Q1 EPS of $(0.18) vs. $(0.05)
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 9:33am | 112Insteel Industries, Inc. (NasdaqGS: IIIN) today reported a net loss of $7.6 million ($0.44 per share) for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 compared with a net loss of $1.1 million ($0.07 per share) in the first quarter of fiscal 2010. The net loss for the current year quarter includes $2.8 million...
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New Home Sales Up, but Still Dismal - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 2:01pm | 1500New home sales in December rose by 17.5% from November, but only to a dismal rate of 329,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 7.6%. While the level was substantially better than the expected rate of 300,000, it is still a very bad level. The eight lowest months on record (back to 1963) for...
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New Home Sales Up, but Still Dismal - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 1:41pm | 1500New home sales in December rose by 17.5% from November, but only to a dismal rate of 329,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are down 7.6%. While the level was substantially better than the expected rate of 300,000, it is still a very bad level. The eight lowest months on record (back to 1963) for...
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USG Corporation Reports Q4 EPS of $(1.17) vs. $(0.81)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 9:32am | 106USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) today reported fourth quarter 2010 net sales of $696 million, an operating loss of $95 million and a net loss of $121 million, or $1.17 per diluted share based on 102.9 million average diluted shares outstanding. In last year's fourth quarter, the operating loss was $11...
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Home Prices Falling Again - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 2:31pm | 2669In November, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were very widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.37% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 0.43% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.54...
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Home Prices Falling Again - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 2:18pm | 2669In November, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were very widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.37% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 0.43% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.54...
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Jewett Cameron: Timely Buybacks
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 7:06am | 651Companies can and do destroy shareholder value by buying back stock when it is overvalued. Indeed, most companies seem to be poor allocators of capital on behalf of shareholders, choosing to buy stock or take on debt when it is expensive, and hoard cash when it should be investing. But there are...
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Piper Jaffray On Building Materials In 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011 - 10:27am | 203Piper Jaffray has published a research report on the 2011 Building Materials Outlook, and its key themes. In the report, Piper Jaffray writes "After attending the recent IBS 5 key themes stand out for 2011. 1) still sluggish availability of credit 2) a continuing trend toward composite/alternative...
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Benzinga's Cash Generator Crushes 1-Month National CD Average By 3,950%
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 5:39pm | 240If you haven't explored Benzinga's Cash Generator, you've been missing out. Last month, Cash Generator trades yielded 1.625%, abolishing the 1-month national CD average by 3,950%. Over the lifetime of the product, it has outperformed its benchmark by 2,300%! Recent cash trades – MetLife, Inc. (NYSE...
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Bearish MACD for ROCK - Tale of the Tape
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 11:31am | 114Gibraltar Industries, Inc.'s (ROCK) MACD indicator has entered into bearish territory with a reading of -0.1048. The Zacks #5 Rank (“Strong Sell”) stock decreased more than 1% to $11.62 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the year ended December 2010 has decreased by 2 cents over the...
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Bearish MACD for ROCK - Tale of the Tape
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 11:19am | 114Gibraltar Industries, Inc.'s (ROCK) MACD indicator has entered into bearish territory with a reading of -0.1048. The Zacks #5 Rank (“Strong Sell”) stock decreased more than 1% to $11.62 in morning trade. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the year ended December 2010 has decreased by 2 cents over the...
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Existing Home Sales Rise - Analyst Blog
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 2:31pm | 1757In December, existing home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.28 million. That pace is 12.3% higher than in November, but 2.9% below the year-ago rate. The year-ago rate of 5.44 million was inflated as everyone was rushing to get the deals done before they thought the first-time...