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General Building Materials Industry

Hot Stocks in This Industry	Fastenal Company, Q.E.P. Co., USG, Armstrong World Industries, LSB Industries, Drew Industries Incorporated, NCI Building Systems, Amcol International.
Sector	Construction
Related Industries	Building Materials Wholesale, Cement, General Contractors, Heavy Construction, Lumber, Wood Production, Manufactured Housing, Residential Construction.
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Stocks in General Building Materials

• AAON

• Alternative Cons Technology

• Amcol International

• Ameron International

• Apogee Enterprises

• Armstrong World Industries

• Continental Materials

• Drew Industries Incorporated

• Fastenal Company

• Griffon

• Headwaters Incorporated

• Imperial Industries

• LSB Industries

• Martin Marietta Materials

• Mdu Res Group

• Metwood

• NCI Building Systems

• Noble Innovations

• Owens Corning

• PGT

• Q.E.P. Co.

• Quanex Building Products

• Real Goods Solar

• RPM

• TAT Technologies

• Tecumseh Products Company

• Tricord Hurricane Ho

• United States Lime & Minerals

• USG

• Valspar Corporation

• Vulcan Materials Company

General Building Materials Upgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
10/29/2009	OC	Longbow Research	Neutral	Buy
10/14/2009	HW	Wedbush	Underperform	Neutral
10/01/2009	MLM	Citi	Sell	Hold
09/28/2009	MDU	Shields & Co	Hold	Strong Buy

General Building Materials Downgrades

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Old Rating	New Rating
10/27/2009	ACO	Davenport	Buy	Neutral
09/30/2009	VAL	First Analysis	Overweight	Equalweight
09/30/2009	MLM	Stephens & Co	Overweight	Equalweight
09/25/2009	AMN	DA Davidson	Buy	Neutral

General Building Materials New Coverages

Date	Ticker	Analyst	Rating
10/15/2009	VMC	Avondale	Market Perform
10/01/2009	MLM	Wells Fargo	Market Perform
09/30/2009	AWI	Sidoti & Co	Buy
09/25/2009	AWI	Longbow Research	Neutral

General Building Materials Earnings

Date	Ticker	Actual	Expected	Prev Yr Qtr
10/12/2009	FAST	0.32	0.33	0.52
10/05/2009	RPM	0.57	0.44	0.54
09/24/2009	AMN	0.65	0.59	1.63
09/09/2009	NCS	0.25	0.11	1.63
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Stock of the Day

The General Building Materials Industry's RPM International (RPM) was InvestorGuide.com's Stock of the Day on 10/5/2009.
RPM International Surprises Wall Street
RPM International pleased investors today by announcing that its first quarter profit was up 5 percent. The protective coating and sealing manufacturer has been struggling the past few quarters, but surprised Wall Street with its recent, strong quarter performance. Although RPM saw its revenue drop 7 percent, it still managed to boost its profit margin. RPM International anticipates that its full year profit will be towards the higher end of its previous profit projections. RPM's first quarter results have investors buzzing with excitement, but exactly how has RPM managed such an impressive improvement? Read more

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