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Shares of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. ( APOG ) reached a new 52-week high of $45.16 on Nov 11 and eventually closed trade at $44.94. The stock price appreciation continues to be fueled by Apogee's robust backlog and strength in architectural markets that has set the momentum for improved results in 2015.

Apogee has delivered a solid one-year return of about 36.2% and year-to-date return of 26.7%, outperforming the S&P 500. Average volume of shares traded over the last three months is approximately 225K.

This Minneapolis-based leader in technologies for design and development of value-added glass products, services and systems has a market cap of $1.29 billion and long-term estimated earnings per share growth rate of 10%.

Strengths of Apogee

Shares of Apogee have started gaining since the company reported second-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Sep 16. Apogee's earnings per share in the quarter improved 67% year over year to 35 cents aided by a strong architectural market. Earnings also benefitted from an IRS 48C energy-efficiency investment tax credit, with startup and commercial production of coatings on the new architectural glass coater.

Backlog increased across the board and was at the highest level in the last 6 years at $480 million. Approximately 59% of the backlog or $285 million, is expected to be delivered in fiscal 2015 and the balance 41% or around $195 million in fiscal 2016 and beyond.

Apogee's architectural businesses are gaining share as revenues for all of them increased 34%. Organic growth at 25% was well above the expected 10% market growth this year. Moreover, based on the robust bidding activity, the company guided revenue growth of 20% (up from the previous 15% to 20% range) and earnings per share in the range of $1.62 to $1.72, for fiscal 2015.

Apogee has reopened its Architectural Glass facility in Utah. The facility, which has been closed since Apr 2013, will resume operations by Jan 2015. This will help the company to meet the growing demand for Architectural Glass. Apogee will also expand its Architectural Finishing facility in Wausau, WI by the second half of fiscal 2016. This will add more than 50% capacity to a critical growth operation.

The Viracon architectural glass fabrication business, in its Architectural Glass segment, continues to benefit from the U.S. tall-building sector, which is at its peak since 2007. The segment has also been gaining from improved operating leverage and pricing.

In the Architectural Framing Systems segment, the U.S. storefront business will benefit from price increases and will continue to be a profit driver for Apogee moving forward. Despite delivering a decline in revenues and profits in the second quarter, demand for the Large-Scale Optical segment is expected to pick up in the third quarter for holiday picture framing glass and acrylic requirements.

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Auburn Hills, MI (PRWEB) November 12, 2014

LEID Products, LLC., the leader of electronic locker and cabinet storage with biometric asset protection and control, today announced that it has been hired to upgrade electronic components and software for electronic mail lockers at the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) with its Access.it Asset Management System. Keeping locker hardware and just replacing electronic components will cost just a fraction of full electronic locker and control system replacement.

LEID Products Access.it Asset Management System equips the older electronic lockers with new electronic components, controls and software. The new Access.it tracking software will track all activity, validate entry codes and/or card (badge) and provides secure web-based reports. Users and admins are able to access and manage the lockers through an LCD-keypad and/or card reader interface, or remotely via a remote web-based administration platform. Beyond initial installation and warranty period, LEID Products offers ongoing service contracts for continued support throughout the newly extended life of the equipment.

There are many legacy electronic locker systems fielded in government agencies and in the private sector, when they begin failing, finding replacement parts and technical support is problematic, said Sam Hoff, president, LEID Products. When DTRA and DLA began experiencing problems they were proactive in finding a viable solution without having to replace everything, our Access.it technology will make their antiquated system function like a brand new installation with more advanced functionality.

LEID Products offers free consultations to users of legacy electronic lockers systems to review whether and an Access.it upgrade is possible. LEID also provides contracts for professional support services to maintain new and legacy electronic locker systems. For additional information, fill out the LEID Products request for information form: http://www.leidproducts.com/contact-us-for-more-information/

About LEID Products: Law Enforcement Intelligent Devices (LEID), LLC is the manufacturing leader of electronic locker and cabinet storage with biometric asset protection and control. Originally founded to assist police departments in securing guns, weapons, radios, etc. through an electronic tracking and fingerprinting system, LEID products are also utilized to track books within a library system, medical supplies, laptops and even business documents to selected personnel. Their Biometric Access Control Systems (BACS) streamlines operations and provides full accountability for critical business assets. For more information and demonstrations of our products, visit http://www.leidproducts.com.

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