Marc F. Yes, if I can get near my price on DCI, I'll buy and put it in a DRIP (IRA account, so I won't have to keep track of various cost bases.)
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DCI vs. PLL. I'm in a similar conundrum (if that is the correct word) as regards Masco vs. U.S. Industries. MAS by far, is the dominant, powerful, well-respected player - a sometime growth company that's made its investors lots of money over the years. MAS just looks to me to be the better company.
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MAS aggressively pursues the opportunities it sees (lots of acquisitions, imo), and it's big and strong enough to get institutional interest. OTOH, USI is selling at a low p/e, and they are making efforts to divest themselves of non-core assets.
I am guessing that both companies are down because of similar reasons (building suppliers out of favor, recession fears), but it's possible, maybe likely, that MAS will see a rebound before 2nd tier (imo) USI does.
Still, USI sells below stated book with a low pe (for now anyway--I assume there will be an earnings decline which will jack up that pe ratio). I'll follow Bill Nygren of Oakmark Select Fund into USI now, and if MAS drops a bit to near its lows, I'll consider it also.
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