Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?Before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage, let's see what these Wall Street heavyweights think about Builders FirstSource (BLDR) .Builders FirstSource currently has an average ...

Builders FirstSource (BLDR) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock.Over the past month, shares of this construction supply company have returned +12.1%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.3% change. During this period, the Zacks Building Products - Retail industry, which Builders FirstSource falls in, has gained 10.5%. The key question now is: What could be th ...

With the S&P 500 up more than 30% over the past year, you don’t hear much about there being any more value stocks to buy. July was the last time I even wrote about value stocks. In 3 Stocks to Snag for Less Than Book Value, I selected three attractive companies based on book value. They’re up an average of 39% since then. With the index up nearly 18% since last July, it won’t be as easy to find value names to bet on, so I’ve enlisted the help of veteran stock picker Larry Pitkowsky, who runs the GoodHaven F ...

Investors with an interest in Building Products - Retail stocks have likely encountered both Builders FirstSource (BLDR) and Fastenal (FAST) . But which of these two companies is the best option for those looking for undervalued stocks? Let's take a closer look.There are plenty of strategies for discovering value stocks, but we have found that pairing a strong Zacks Rank with an impressive grade in the Value category of our Style Scores system produces the best returns. The Zacks Rank is a proven strategy t ...

In the latest trading session, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) closed at $201.14, marking a +0.74% move from the previous day. The stock's performance was ahead of the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.19%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw an upswing of 0.1%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq depreciated by 0.54%.The construction supply company's shares have seen an increase of 9.59% over the last month, surpassing the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 2.94% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.18%.Investors will be eagerly watching for the pe ...

Have you been paying attention to shares of Builders FirstSource (BLDR) ? Shares have been on the move with the stock up 7.8% over the past month. The stock hit a new 52-week high of $208.16 in the previous session. Builders FirstSource has gained 19.7% since the start of the year compared to the 8.1% move for the Zacks Retail-Wholesale sector and the 9.5% return for the Zacks Building Products - Retail industry.What's Driving the Outperformance?The stock has an impressive record of positive earnings surpri ...

In the latest market close, Builders FirstSource (BLDR) reached $204.13, with a +1.93% movement compared to the previous day. The stock's performance was ahead of the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.03%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.34%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 1.51%.Prior to today's trading, shares of the construction supply company had gained 10.7% over the past month. This has outpaced the Retail-Wholesale sector's gain of 3.93% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.21% in that time.The investment commu ...

Investors interested in Retail-Wholesale stocks should always be looking to find the best-performing companies in the group. Is Builders FirstSource (BLDR) one of those stocks right now? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Retail-Wholesale sector should help us answer this question.Builders FirstSource is one of 219 individual stocks in the Retail-Wholesale sector. Collectively, these companies sit at #10 in the Zacks Sector Rank. The Zacks Sector Rank i ...

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.Of these, perhaps no stock market trend is more popular than value investing, which is a strategy that has proven to be successful in all sorts of market environments. Value investors rely on traditional forms of analysis on key valuation metrics to ...

The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock's price. Do they really matter, though?Before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage, let's see what these Wall Street heavyweights think about Builders FirstSource (BLDR) .Builders FirstSource currently has a ...