Issuer Ranking: U.S. Building Materials, Strongest To Weakest Apr 07
Standard & Poors, April 2007
Abstract
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services expects the outlook for credit quality is stable to slightly weaker, with little room for any credit upgrades. Most of the 42 rated companies in this sector have stable outlooks and should retain them. But because these companies are involved a wide array of markets and products the effects of the housing downturn will not be uniform. The following list ranks all the rated companies in this industry from strongest to weakest based on rating and outlook. Companies with the same rating and outlook are further ranked by our opinion of credit quality based primarily on business risks for investment-grade companies and primarily on financial risks for speculative-grade companies. Ratings are displayed as long-term rating/outlook...
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- Trane U.S. Inc.
- Armstrong World Industries Inc.
- Black & Decker Corp.
- Guardian Industries Corp.
- Holcim (U.S.) Inc.
- Masco Corp.
- Nortek Inc.
- Owens Corning
- Stanley Black & Decker Inc.
- Legacy Vulcan Corp.
- USG Corp.
- Wolverine Tube Inc.
- Associated Materials LLC
- Building Materials Corp. of America
- Contech Construction Products Inc.
- Martin Marietta Materials Inc.
- Atrium Cos. Inc.
- Axia Inc.
- Texas Industries Inc.
- BGF Industries Inc.
- Builders FirstSource Inc.
- NCI Building Systems Inc.
- Building Materials Holding Corp.
- Dayton Superior Corp.
- Interline Brands Inc.
- Lennox International Inc.
- Headwaters Inc.
- Goodman Global Holdings Inc.
- Ply Gem Industries Inc.
- WII Components Inc.
- CPG International Inc.
- U.S. Concrete Inc.
- ThermaClime Inc.
- Norcraft Holdings LP
- United Subcontractors Inc.
- The Tensar Corp.
- Gibraltar Industries Inc.
- Formica Bermuda Holdings Ltd.
- Pro-Build Holdings Inc.
- IPS Corp.
- Jacuzzi Brands Corp.
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