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General Building Materials
Composite Value: 635.8
Today's Change: -0.33%
S&P 500: 0.00%

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General Building Materials News

Fastenal Company Announces Stock Repurchase Program
Fri Jul 10 (GlobeNewswire)

•	Imperial Industries, Inc. Announces Resignation of Director - (GlobeNewswire)
•	Vulcan Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Shares - (PR Newswire)

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Industry Top Performers

Intraday Price Performance	% Change	Market Cap
PGT, Inc. [PGTI]	0.00%	$60.9 M
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. [APOG]	0.00%	$341.6 M
Fastenal Company [FAST]	0.00%	$4.7 B
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDU [AWI]	0.00%	$925.1 M
DREW INDUSTRIES INC [DW]	0.00%	$262.1 M

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Market Capitalization	% Change	Market Cap
Fastenal Company [FAST]	0.00%	$4.7 B
VULCAN MATERIALS HC [VMC]	0.00%	$4.5 B
MARTIN MARIETTA MTRL [MLM]	0.00%	$3.4 B
MDU RESOURCES GROUP [MDU]	0.00%	$3.3 B
VALSPAR CORP [VAL]	0.00%	$2.2 B

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Industry Calendar

Upcoming Events
Date	Co	Event
07/13/09	FAST	Fastenal Q2 2009 Earnings Release
07/24/09	ACO	AMCOL International Q2 2009 Earnings Release
07/27/09	RPM	RPM International Inc Earnings Conference Call (Q4 2009)

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07/01/09	AMN	AMERON INC downgraded by Boenning & Scattergood
06/25/09	AMN	AMERON INC upside earnings surprise (+123.91%)
06/22/09	MLM	MARTIN MARIETTA MTRL upgraded by KeyBanc Capital Mkts

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Industry Statistics

Market Capitalization:	25B
Price / Earnings:	NM
Price / Book:	3.1
Net Profit Margin (mrq):	-4.0%
Price To Free Cash Flow (mrq):	-87.9
Return on Equity:	0.0%
Total Debt / Equity:	0.0
Dividend Yield:	2.9%

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