Slow progress for AMWD

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AMERICAN WOODMARK $16.51 (Nasdaq symbol AMWD; SI Rating: Speculative) (540-665-9100; www.americanwoodmark.com; Shares outstanding: 14.2 million; Market cap: $235.1 million; Dividend yield: 2.2%) lost $0.24 a share in the latest quarter. Still, that’s a lot better than the $0.34 a share it lost a year earlier. Sales rose 8.4%, to $109.3 million from $100.8 million. Savings from last year’s restructuring offset higher costs for raw materials and fuel. Both new construction and remodelling sales rose in the latest quarter. The improved results are encouraging, but the company needs a sustained recovery in housing markets to show substantial sales and earnings increases. American Woodmark is still a hold. hold…