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Encore Wire Reports Fourth Quarter Results

February 16, 2017 4:05 PM EST

MCKINNEY, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Encore Wire Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: WIRE) today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2016.

Net sales for the fourth quarter of 2016 were $239.2 million compared to $250.9 million during the fourth quarter of 2015. Unit volume, measured in copper pounds contained in the wire sold, decreased 8.7%, offset somewhat by a 4.4% increase in the average selling price per copper pound sold in the fourth quarter of 2016 versus the same period in 2015. Sales prices increased primarily due to higher copper prices, which increased 3.3% versus the fourth quarter of 2015. Aluminum... More