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Subject: Companies In The Leading Industry
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 12:51:16 EST
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11/18/92


TITLE Companies In The Leading Industry #m#gm#m#Home Depot A
Leader

In Building Products The Building Products - Retail/Wholesale
group has been a solid performer this year, led by such stars as
the Home Depot Inc. and newcomer Eagle Hardware & Garden Inc.
The 20-stock group has gained 25% since Jan. 1, while the Stan-
dard & Poor's 500-stock index has barely budged.  Eagle Hardware,
which split 3-for-2 this week, has tripled since its debut in
July. In the past two quarters, Eagle Hardware has pumped out
triple-digit earnings gains of at least 233%.  The Tukwila,
Wash.-based company operates four hardware home centers in the
Pacific Northwest. Each store carries some 50,000 items for do-
it-yourself home improvement enthusiasts and professional con-
tractors. Eagle plans to open three additional stores in fiscal
1992 and four to six stores in both 1993 and 1994.  Home Depot
has been a quintessential growth stock for many years, having
made a nearly 12-fold move since the fall of 1988. Earnings
growth has been in the double digits for years at the home im-
provement store operator, based in Atlanta. In May, the company
said it plans to have 522 stores in the U.S. by the end of 1996,
up from 182 currently.

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