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Relatively Good Value Detected in Shares of Gibraltar Industries in the Building Products Industry (ROCK, APOG, UFPI, BLDR, USHS)

Written on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 4:10am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Building Products industry as measured by the price to book ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) has a price to book ratio of 0.6x based on a current price of $9.84 and a book value per share of $16.65.
Apogee Enterprises (NASDAQ:APOG) has a price to book ratio of 0.9x based on a current price of $11.04 and a book value per share of $12.29.
Universal Forest Products (NASDAQ:UFPI) has a price to book ratio of 1x based on a current price of $29.64 and a book value per share of $30.11.
Builders FirstSource (NASDAQ:BLDR) has a price to book ratio of 1x based on a current price of $2.25 and a book value per share of $2.26.
US Home Systems (NASDAQ:USHS) has a price to book ratio of 1x based on a current price of $2.64 and a book value per share of $2.63.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of UFPI and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 05, 2010 at $40.42. The stock has fallen 26.7% since the alert was issued.

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