Building Products

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS) Amer River Bankshares (AMRB) Ameron Intl Corp (AMN) Aviat Networks Inc (AVNW) Banco Santander (STD) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. AK STEEL HLDG (AKS): Free Stock Analysis Report AMERON INTL...

Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today: AK Steel Holding Corp (AKS) Amer River Bankshares (AMRB) Ameron Intl Corp (AMN) Aviat Networks Inc (AVNW) Banco Santander (STD) View the entire Zacks #5 Rank List. AK STEEL HLDG (AKS): Free Stock Analysis Report AMERON INTL...

Below are the top home improvement store stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Lowe's Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW) had $1.74 billion in total cash and $5.58 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Home Depot Inc (The) (NYSE: HD) had $1.42 billion in total cash for the latest...

The National Association of Homebuilders Housing Market Index (HMI) was unchanged this month at a very depressed level of 16. It is a “magic 50” index, so any reading below 50 indicates a contraction in the housing market. As the graph below shows (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) the HMI...

The National Association of Homebuilders Housing Market Index (HMI) was unchanged this month at a very depressed level of 16. It is a “magic 50” index, so any reading below 50 indicates a contraction in the housing market. As the graph below shows (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) the HMI...

Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $.075 per common share, payable on February 7, 2011, to shareholders of record on January 7, 2011.

 Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII) today announced its financial guidance for 2011. The company expects: Organic revenue growth of 5-8%, including 1 point of positive impact from foreign exchange; an additional 6 points of growth from the acquisition of Kysor/Warren Adjusted Earnings...

Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with The Manitowoc Company, Inc. to acquire substantially all the assets of its Kysor/Warren business. Kysor/Warren is a manufacturer of refrigerated systems and display cases for supermarkets throughout...

Cusick's Corner The market hit resistance late in the day, broke it for a short time but pulled back to breakeven for the day. Now this is just a plateau that at this stage might be a healthy rest in a bigger uptrend. Tech (SMH), Transports and Retail (XRT) all showed intraday weakness. Retail,...

The board of directors of Lennox International Inc. (NYSE: LII) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock, payable on January 14, 2011 to stockholders of record as of December 28, 2010.

NCI Building Systems Inc. (NCS) reported an adjusted loss of 72 cents per share in the fourth quarter fiscal 2010, a stark decline from earnings of $1.86 per share in the year-ago quarter. The loss per share was, however, a tad lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss 77 cents. For the...

NCI Building Systems Inc. (NCS) reported an adjusted loss of 72 cents per share in the fourth quarter fiscal 2010, a stark decline from earnings of $1.86 per share in the year-ago quarter. The loss per share was, however, a tad lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss 77 cents. For the...

Insteel Industries (NASDAQ: IIIN) announced that it was closing its leased facility in Houston, Texas and moving the manufacturing to its Dayton, Texas plant. The production equipment at the Houston facility was acquired in connection with Insteel's recent purchase of certain of the assets of Ivy...