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General Building Materials
Composite Value: 811.5
Today's Change: +0.22%
S&P 500: -0.32%		chart for [General Building Materials (^YHOh814)]
General Building Materials News
Griffon Corp. turns 4th-qtr profit of $12.4M
Fri 12:24 pm ET (AP)
Griffon Corp., a communications and electronic information, building products and specialty plastics business, said it posted a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $12.4 million, compared to a year-ago loss, even as sales fell 7 percent.
• Griffon Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Operating Results - (Business Wire)
• Griffon Corporation Schedules Conference Call To Discuss Fourth Quarter 2009 Financial Results - (Business Wire)
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Industry Top Performers
Intraday Price Performance% ChangeMarket Cap
GRIFFON CP [GFF] +12.71% $607.1 M
U S G CP [USG] +1.44% $1.4 B
CONTL MATERIALS CP [CUO] +1.27% $18.9 M
LSB INDUSTRIES INC [LXU] +1.11% $254.8 M
AMCOL INTL CP [ACO] +0.73% $846.1 M
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Market Capitalization% ChangeMarket Cap
VULCAN MATERIALS HC [VMC] +0.55% $6.2 B
Fastenal Company [FAST] -0.78% $5.5 B
MDU RESOURCES GROUP [MDU] -0.09% $4.1 B
MARTIN MARIETTA MTRL [MLM] +0.56% $3.8 B
VALSPAR CORP [VAL] +0.22% $2.8 B
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Upcoming Events
Date Co Event
11/23/09 VAL Valspar Earnings Conference Call (Q4 2009)
12/03/09 NX Quanex Q4 2009 Earnings Release
12/08/09 NCS NCI Building Systems, Inc. Q4 2009 Earnings Release
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Recent Events
Date Co Event
11/20/09 MLM MARTIN MARIETTA MTRL upgraded by UBS
11/20/09 VMC VULCAN MATERIALS HC upgraded by UBS
11/19/09 GFF GRIFFON CP upside earnings surprise (+31.25%)
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Market Capitalization:33B
Price / Earnings:NM
Price / Book:3.8
Net Profit Margin (mrq):-2.2%
Price To Free Cash Flow (mrq):34.0
Return on Equity:0.0%
Total Debt / Equity:0.0
Dividend Yield:2.8%
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