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Pick-of-the-Month
Stock
(April
2005) |
| Stock Name |
SYM |
Exch. |
Sector |
Industry |
Date Picked |
Pick Price
(per share) |
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Building Materials Holding Corp. |
BMHC |
NASD |
Services |
Retail (Home Improvement) |
03/17/05 |
$44.48 |
 Building
Materials Holding
Corp. (Ticker:
BMHC)
is a financial holding company providing
capital, management and administrative resources to its subsidiaries, BMC West
Corporation and BMC Construction Inc. BMHC's subsidiaries are the leading
providers of residential construction services and building materials to
professional homebuilders and contractors.
BMHC is a small cap value company. The Company
has a market capitalization of $652.20M with outstanding shares of 14.03M. The
Company's corporate headquarters is in
Four Embarcadero Center
Suite 3250,
San Francisco, CA
94111. The Company has 12,000 employees.
Sector: Services; Industry: Retail (Home
Improvement); Ticker:
BMHC; Exch:
NASD;
03/17/05 Price: $44.48.
STOCK GRADE
(ASG: 49.00)
BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SUMMARY
(YAHOO)
EXPANDED BUSINESS DESCRIPTION (MULTEX)
STOCK
INFO/RESEARCH (MSN)
COMPANY'S WEB SITE
STOCK'S CORE
STRENGTHS (BELOW)
| Management's Effectiveness (12 Mo.) |
. . . |
Return on Equity: |
18.38% |
| Profitability (12 Mo.) |
. . . |
Profit Margin: |
2.84% |
| Stock's Growth Record (12 Mo.) |
. . . |
Revenue: |
47.77% |
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. . . |
EPS: |
161.09% |
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. . . |
Price: |
171.60% |
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. . . |
Dividend: |
---% |
| PE & EPS (12 Mo.) |
. . . |
Price/Earnings: |
11.99 |
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. . . |
Earnings/Share: |
3.86 |
| Price
/ Share |
. . . |
As of 03/17/2005: |
$44.48 |
BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORP. (BMHC) - EVALUATION
Building Materials'
stock emerged as an ACE'S selection based on the evaluation results of the
criteria listed below. The evaluation results are encapsulated as one value in
ASG (short for ACE'S Stock Grade). ASG
is proprietary variable that was devised by ACE'S to measure the
quality of a stock for investment. BMHC's ASG value of 49.00 is
GOOD.
A. MANAGEMENTS EFFECTIVENESS - GOOD
B. PRODUCTS & SERVICES - GOOD LINE-UP
C. SALES - GOOD
D. (OPERATIONS) CASH FLOW - GOOD
E. PROFITABILITY - GOOD
F. PRICE-EARNINGS RATIO (P/E) - GOOD
G.
FINANCIAL HEALTH - DEBT HIGHER THAN (INDUSTRY) AVERAGE
H.
MARKET CAPITALIZATION - GOOD
I.
TRADED VOLUME - GOOD
J.
PRICE GROWTH - EXCELLENT
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