Quikrete Industry Dashboard

It may be too late to cash in, but it’s still worth pointing out: one year ago would have been a great time to invest in hardware and building supply stocks.

Ten out of ten stocks tracked on the HBSDealer Stock Roundup are ahead of their adjusted share prices from a year ago, and nine out of ten are beating the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

There’s more. Six out of the ten stocks are up more than 30% from a year ago, and BLDR and BMCH are up more than 60% on an annual basis.

Elsewhere on the latest version of the Quikrete Industry Dashboard, the national unemployment rate for October stands at an ultra-low 3.6%, compared to a super-low 3.5% in September.