Quikrete Industry Dashboard - (Week 43, 2024)

The Week 43 edition of the Quikrete Industry Dashboard shows U.S. average gas prices are down ($3.14) again from last month ($3.21). Pump prices have dropped considerably compared with last year's nationwide average of $3.54 in late-October 2023, per AAA.

The Quikrete Industry Dashboard also shows a dip in the latest figures of U.S. existing home sales. September's clip of 3,840,000 was down slightly from August's 3,860,000 and also down compared to September 2023's total of 3,980,000. 

In industry stock news, Masco (+74.4 percent), Builders FirstSource (+71 percent) and Sherwin-Williams (+52.9 percent) have experienced the biggest bumps so far in 2024. Beacon, Lowe's and Home Depot, meanwhile, are the only stocks on our list that saw monthly gains rather than losing ground.