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General Building Materials
Composite Value: 888.0
Today's Change: +0.78%
S&P 500: +1.30%
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General Building Materials News
Martin Marietta Materials reports 4Q loss
Tue 5:05 pm ET (AP)
Martin Marietta Materials Inc., a maker of construction materials, said Tuesday it posted a loss in the fourth quarter on lower sales.
AMCOL International Announces Quarterly Dividend - (Marketwire)
Vulcan Materials' Loss Widens - (Zacks.com)
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Industry Top Performers
Intraday Price Performance% ChangeMarket Cap
DREW INDUSTRIES INC [DW] +6.18% $450.0 M
NCI BLDG SYS INC [NCS] +6.04% $164.6 M
AMCOL INTL CP [ACO] +5.08% $717.0 M
PGT, Inc. [PGTI] +4.65% $60.7 M
QUANEX BLDG PRODS CP [NX] +4.46% $567.8 M
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Market Capitalization% ChangeMarket Cap
Fastenal Company [FAST] +2.74% $6.1 B
VULCAN MATERIALS HC [VMC] -2.00% $5.5 B
MDU RESOURCES GROUP [MDU] +2.04% $3.7 B
MARTIN MARIETTA MTRL [MLM] -4.60% $3.6 B
VALSPAR CORP [VAL] +0.20% $2.5 B
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Industry Calendar
Upcoming Events
Date Co Event
02/09/10 MLM Martin Marietta Materials Q4 2009 Earnings Release
02/09/10 VMC Vulcan Materials Q4 2009 Earnings Release
02/16/10 VAL Valspar Q1 2010 Earnings Release
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02/03/10 HW HEADWATERS INC downside earnings surprise (-53.33%)
02/01/10 MDU MDU RESOURCES GROUP upside earnings surprise (+2.70%)
01/29/10 AMN AMERON INC upside earnings surprise (+87.30%)
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Return on Equity:-3.1%
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