Quikete Industry Dashboard

A pair of companies listed on the HBSDealer Stock Watch have demonstrated solid year-over-year when it comes to their stock prices.

On Oct. 12, shares of Builders FirstSource (BLDR) closed at $116.43. On a year-over-year basis, that's an increase of nearly 87% from when BLDR traded at about $62 per share in mid-October of 2022.

Beacon (BECN) has also demonstrated strong growth compard to a year ago. Shares of the roofing and building product distributor's closed at $74.53 on Oct. 12. That marks a 29% increase from a price of $57.84 a year ago. 

There was good news at the gas pumps as well this week.

The national average price for a gallon of regular fuel is down to about $3.63 as of Oct. 13. That's a drop of about 22 cents from where gas sold a month ago and an average of $3.85. The latest average is also below the average price of $3.91 for the same period a year ago.

For the week of Oct.16 - Oct. 20, big industry metrics will be released including: housing starts and permits, builder confidence, and existing-home sales.