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The Motley Fool October 27, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Black & Decker Nails It This leading toolmaker crafts strong results yet again. Investors, here's a fine company offered at a decent price.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Black & Decker Flexes Its Leverage Sales growth was hurt by retailer ordering patterns, but tight expense control preserved profits. It's time to put this stock on your watch list.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	Stanley Hammers Away Stanley Works powers ahead with record earnings and sales. Assuming it can improve margins a bit, this stock has a lot to offer investors.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Lowe's and the Multimillion-Dollar Question Just how much will a new-housing slowdown hurt hardware retailers? Investors willing to ignore today's press clippings and hold for better returns down the road might just want to look at Home Depot and Lowe's shares.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	Stanley Works Acquires Its Way to Growth The nation's leading toolmaker continues to build solid growth. The company projects full-year earnings of $3.20 to $3.30 per diluted share, which would represent an increase of 12% to 16% over last year's earnings.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2004 Seth Jayson	Stanley Swaps Doors for Locks Stanley Works announced plans to focus its business on security. The incoming businesses, Security Group and Cal-Door Specialties, are expected to add 8% to revenues and $0.03-$0.04 per share in earnings. Stanley ponied up roughly one times sales to make the buys, at $56 million.
The Motley Fool February 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Lowe's Still Up Investors, forget the Lowe's-vs.-Home Depot garbage. Both retailers are great, but different.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy	The Giant Lumberjack Lumbers On While Lowe's and Home Depot duke it out, investors might be wondering which one to bet on. You probably can't go wrong by investing in both.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2008 Ryan Fuhrmann	Rebuilding at Home Improvement Stores? Second-quarter results suggest sunnier days may be ahead for some retailers. Read on to see who.
The Motley Fool April 17, 2008 Rich Smith	Stanley Stumbles Reduced profitability on declining sales dropped earnings per share for the furniture manufacturer.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Slower Going at Lowe's Does short-term pain at Lowe's open the doorway to long-term opportunities for investors?
The Motley Fool August 21, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	A Buy-It-Yourself Opportunity Lowe's presents a promising pick for investors during the DIY doldrums.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2010 Rich Smith	Picture of the Day: Will We Have a Merry Christmas? It's beginning to look like it. Pockets of potential peril persist in an overall ebullient market. Maybe this explains why merchants have become a little aggressive recently with stocking inventories pre-Christmas.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Can Home Improvement's Improvement Last? Hardware retailers are no safe haven for investors.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Home Stocks Aren't Hospitable Investors should seek better stock shelters than Home Depot and Lowe's.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Black & Decker Black & Blue Whether housing is to blame or not, growth is decidedly lacking. The stock looks cheap enough to be interesting, but this is an idea that will probably take some time to work out.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2011	A Brief History of Home Depot's Returns Home Depot shares returned just 10% over the past decade. How'd they get there?
The Motley Fool November 16, 2004 Seth Jayson	Homely But Lovable Home Depot delivers yet again, but the stock stagnates.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2008 James Brumley	Home Retailers Getting Closer to Good Home Depot and Lowe's quarterly earnings show they've handled the tough economy better than most.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2010 Jeremy Myers	Industry Smackdown: Home Improvement A chance to nibble at home improvement retailers.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2011	A Brief History of Stanley Black & Decker's Returns Stanley Black & Decker shares returned 101% over the past decade. How'd they get there?
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Back to Religion for Some Retailers The one cardinal rule in retail is that everything you buy, you have to sell. But when times get tight, retailers lose sight of this "religious" principle and get caught in a catch-22. Read on to see which retailers have found this religion, and which haven't.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Rich Smith	Home Depot Suffers Lowe's Blows Let's compare the most recent quarters of home improvement giants Home Depot and Lowe's.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Black & Decker Nails Quarter The toolmaker's great fourth quarter adds to an impressive run of earnings per share growth.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 W.D. Crotty	A Do-It-Yourself Analysis Home Depot turns in another fine operating performance. At 18 times earnings, and a double-digit percentage increase in earnings on the way, the stock is value-priced.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2011 Shubh Datta	It's Buyback Time at Lowe's The home-improvement retailer plans to buy back $5 billion worth of its shares.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Rich Duprey	Home-Improvement Retailers Still Under Construction Spring cleaning helped results at Lowe's and Home Depot, but the paint is still peeling on housing.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Home Depot Drinks the Recovery Kool-Aid Home Depot calls a bottom, but let's just say that might be wishful thinking.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Will Housing Retailers Ever Turn Around? Home-improvement stores face a tough trek ahead.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Home Retailers Still Haunted by Risk Fickle consumers fill home-improvement retail stocks with fear.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Ilan Moscovitz	Stanley Black & Decker May Be Cheaper Than You Think On a P/E basis, Stanley Black & Decker looks a bit pricey. However, its free cash flow multiple is considerably less expensive than its earnings multiple, suggesting that the stock might be much cheaper than many investors realize.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Still Fixing Up Lowe's In advance of earnings reports, analysts and investors alike wonder if Lowe's will fare any better than arch-rival Home Depot.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2008 Ryan Fuhrmann	Home Depot Bleeds Orange Home Depot's woes appear to be more daunting than those faced by its competitor Lowe's.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2009 Alyce Lomax	When Will Consumer Spending Really Recover? Recent quarterly earnings from several big-box retailers seem to confirm that spending money is no longer the national pastime, news that's bound to spook anyone worried about the health of the consumer sector of our economy.
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	Lowe's Is Not Riding High Lowe's has always been No. 2 to Home Depot, but it is tops on Wall Street.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Black & Decker Still in the Pink Reported growth at this toolmaker remains robust, but acquisitions are increasingly important. Given that the company will find it increasingly difficult to maintain its current rate of profit growth, the shares look fairly valued today.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Retailers Sweeten the Deal More retailers are offering candy at the checkout. Is this sweet success or a lack of focus?
The Motley Fool May 16, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Investors Low About Lowe's Bad weather hollows out the home improvement retailer's first quarter.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2004 Seth Jayson	Don't Doubt Home Depot Earnings growth outpaces sales increases, and there's a surplus of cash. There's plenty to love.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Home Depot Has Work to Do Home Depot has a little renovation to do, but don't hang up the big-box retailer yet. Look at the big picture, where there is some optimism for the future.
BusinessWeek January 15, 2007 Hindo & Byrnes	A Sharper Edge At Lowe's A new CEO will have to execute just as Home Depot's archrival Lowe's Companies ramps up its assault on the Atlanta company's bread-and-butter business.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Housing Hits Home for These Retailers Even the big names in home improvement aren't safe havens anymore.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Rich Duprey	The Best Retail Stock for 2007: Home Depot In 2007, the DIY king can reclaim its crown as top retailer. The overall economy remains strong with low inflation, fuel prices are easing, and international growth possibilities abound in Canada, Mexico, and now China.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Home Depot Keeps Building The hardware warehouse still has plenty of avenues to profitable growth. As long as Home Depot keeps delivering the goods in terms of cash flow, investors shouldn't mind if Wall Street wants to keep building a wall of worry around the stock.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Foolish Face-Off: Home-Improvement Giants One of the biggest questions on investors' minds is what will happen to the homebuilding market in 2007. Home Depot wins the face-off, with three wins to Lowe's two, but the best strategy may be to consider a weighting in both.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Lowe's Grows Despite Housing Woes The company is struggling, but not as much as its larger rival. Lowe's second-quarter earnings handily beat analyst projections, and the stock traded up around 6% as a result.
The Motley Fool June 25, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Home Depot's Bright Idea Home Depot has come up with a bright idea: offering recycling drop-offs for compact fluorescent light bulbs at all of its stores.
The Motley Fool January 3, 2008 Rich Duprey	Home Depot's No Stock of the Year Home Depot didn't have what it took to be Stock of the Year last year (and it probably won't this year, either), but it may be showing the beginnings of being a runner-up in the works.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2010 Alyce Lomax	These Stocks Could Be Homewreckers Home Depot and Lowe's most recent quarterly results should prompt caution, not bullishness, among investors.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Bed Bath & Beyond for Now Could this great home retailer be on the verge of a Home Depot-like slump? Investors, take note.