Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market

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Shares of Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. /zigman2/quotes/202019304/composite FBHS +3.06% rose 4.58% to $77.33 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX +1.06% rising 2.99% to 4,300.17 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +1.05% rising 2.81% to 34,061.06. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. closed $36.68 short of its 52-week high ($114.01), which the company reached on May 10th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Masco Corp. /zigman2/quotes/202412472/composite MAS +2.00% rose 3.56% to $55.81, Armstrong World Industries Inc. /zigman2/quotes/205703431/composite AWI +1.20% rose 1.09% to $87.49, and American Woodmark Corp. /zigman2/quotes/209470000/composite AMWD +4.89% rose 3.97% to $50.80. Trading volume (1.9 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 1.7 M.

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Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 61.71

+1.83 +3.06%

Volume: 919,264

July 1, 2022 4:03p

P/E Ratio

10.99

Dividend Yield

1.81%

Market Cap

$8.07 billion

Rev. per Employee

$278,661

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S&P 500 Index

US : S&P US

3,825.33

+39.95 +1.06%

Volume: 2.20B

July 1, 2022 5:45p

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Dow Jones Industrial Average

US : Dow Jones Global

31,097.26

+321.83 +1.05%

Volume: 313.35M

July 1, 2022 5:45p

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Masco Corp.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 51.61

+1.01 +2.00%

Volume: 2.05M

July 1, 2022 4:05p

P/E Ratio

22.78

Dividend Yield

2.17%

Market Cap

$12.18 billion

Rev. per Employee

$430,300

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Armstrong World Industries Inc.

US : U.S.: NYSE

$ 75.86

+0.90 +1.20%

Volume: 427,185

July 1, 2022 4:00p

P/E Ratio

18.88

Dividend Yield

1.22%

Market Cap

$3.56 billion

Rev. per Employee

$406,179

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American Woodmark Corp.

US : U.S.: Nasdaq

$ 47.21

+2.20 +4.89%

Volume: 107,125

July 1, 2022 4:00p

P/E Ratio

N/A

Dividend Yield

N/A

Market Cap

$782.30 million

Rev. per Employee

$185,719