Quikrete Industry Dashboard

The latest edition of the Quikrete Industry Dashboard shows very little movement among any of the Consumer Watch dials – the unemployment rate, the Consumer Confidence Index and gasoline prices barely changed from the previous month.

Elsewhere, BLDR and BMC continue to dominate the HBSDealer Stock Roundup. Shares of BLDR are up more 112% compared to a year ago, and BMCH shares are up almost 80%.

As momentum appears to be building for residential construction, housing starts for December are expected to be released Jan. 17 – just in time to become a talking point for the NAHB’s International Builders’ Show.