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Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (BECN)

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Distributor of residential and non-residential roofing materials in the United States and Canada. The company also distributes other building materials, including siding, windows, lumber products and waterproofing systems, for building exteriors.

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Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $16.48
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:00 PM
Open: $16.89
Previous Close: $16.66
Daily Range: $16.37 - $16.93
52-Week Range: $10.38 - $18.12
Volume: 559,439
Market Cap: $747.62M
P/E Ratio: 18.31
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Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (BECN)

Avatar zacatecas71 (35.83) Submitted: 1/30/08 11:48 PM

Buildings need maintenance too, it's not entirely tied to new construction.

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Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (BECN)

Avatar dexion10 (28.76) Submitted: 12/05/08 10:36 PM

I am amazed by how this horrible little stock mocks me with my biggest active CAPS POINT LOSS.

Why isn't BECN a $5 stock yet.... dive you pig dive.

BECN has too much debt, too little demand, falling earnings, rising accounts receivable (that must be questionable given the state of the constructi...More

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Avatar 00101 (27.82) Submitted: 11/29/09 3:54 PM : Outperform Start Price: $15.47 BECN Score: 8.64

Upthumb. Excellent cash flow. 25% sales growth (5yr). Nominal debt ratio. Good quick ratio. Good margins.

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Avatar dexion10 (28.76) Submitted: 12/05/08 10:36 PM : Underperform Start Price: $8.10 BECN Score: -126.50

I am amazed by how this horrible little stock mocks me with my biggest active CAPS POINT LOSS.

Why isn't BECN a $5 stock yet.... dive you pig dive.

BECN has too much debt, too little demand, falling earnings, rising accounts receivable (that must be questionable given the state of the construction industry).

DIVE YOU PIG DIVE!

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Avatar InformedFools (98.40) Submitted: 12/04/08 4:31 PM : Underperform Start Price: $10.88 BECN Score: -19.86

Declining sales, narrowing margins, and lots of debt. AR is increasing disproportionately to NI. But what's worse, is that management keeps "hyping" the stocks with statements about increased demand for their roofs.

They had a recent earnings quarter that exceeded expectations, but this was primarily attributed to the pass-through of manufacturer price increases in residential shingles, and re-roofing in storm affected areas.

A tightening cash position coupled with mounting debt will prove fatal in an environment where building materials won't be needed on the same scale for at least a couple more years.

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Avatar SwordAgain (46.05) Submitted: 11/22/08 10:48 PM : Underperform Start Price: $10.21 BECN Score: -27.47

12/2/08, 10:00 AM Still too high a P/E in this environment. No moat.

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Avatar cubanstockpicker (75.78) Submitted: 7/22/08 11:32 AM : Underperform Start Price: $12.08 BECN Score: -48.75

High costs of oil get into their profits. They are a roofing supply company that uses oil for the petroleum based roofing products. In debt and just had a losing quarter.

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