• BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC Profile

    If you're a new home builder, these guys want to be your first, well, source. Builders FirstSource sells hardware and doors, windows, lumber, and other structural building products to professional homebuilders. Customers include Centex, D.R. Horton, and Hovnanian Enterprises. Builders FirstSource has grown through about 25 acquisitions to operate some 65 distribution centers and 60-plus manufacturing plants in about a dozen states. The company was founded in 1998 as BSL Holdings by a management team headed by former CEO John Roach and private investment firm JLL Partners. Affiliates of JLL and private equity firm Warburg Pincus own about 50% of Builders FirstSource's stock.
    Floyd F. Sherman
    CEO
    2001 Bryan St., Ste. 1600

    Dallas, TX 75201

    http://www.buildersfirstsource.com

    Phone: 214-880-3500

    Fax: 214-880-3599
    Sector: Services Industry: Retail
  • 2007 Sales 2007 Sales Growth 2007 Net Income 2006 Employees
    $1,592,500,000 -28.9% $-23,800,000 5,900
  • Key Executives: BLDR

    Name Title Officer Since
    Floyd F. Sherman CEO 1/1/01
    Charles L. Horn CFO -
    M. Chad Crow Chief Accounting Officer -
    Donald F. McAleenan General Counsel -
    Kevin J. Kruse Director 2/27/06
    Paul S. Levy Chairman of the Board/Director 1/1/98
    Ramsey A. Frank Director 1/1/01
    Brett N. Milgrim Director 1/1/99
  • Top Competitors: BLDR

  • Insider Trends: BLDR

    Sentiment for BLDR is POSITIVE

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    • Market Value of Insider Sales
    • Market Value of Insider Purchases
    Total dollar value of all insider purchases and sales over 12 months
  • Insider Transactions: BLDR

    Date Name Shares Transaction Type Market Value
    08/01/08 STEINKE CRAIG ARTHUR 6,622 Award of Stock Options $0.00
    08/01/08 CHRISTOPHE CLEVELAND A 11,037 Award of Stock Options $0.00
    06/04/08 SHERMAN FLOYD F 100,000 Planned Sale $737,000.00
  • Ownership Breakdown : BLDR

    Large Block Holder Type Number  
    Institutions 83.00
     
    Mutual Fund 128.00
    Other Major 9.00
  • Short Interest Volume: BLDR

    Data as of 7/28/08
    Current Short Interest Shares 4.64 M
    Current Short Interest Ratio 50.50
    Float 35.01 M
    Short Interest as % of Float 13.20
    Average Daily Volume 98,000.00
    Outstanding Shares 36.08 M