Aug. 25, 2025 – The AVP Pulse Index this month rose 3.9% month-over-month, while increasing 6.8% year-over-year; and 14.6% over the past 36 months. The proprietary AVP Pulse Index – a joint effort between mergers and acquisition advisors Allen-Villere Partners and Rock Products – illustrates the health of the industry in one single trend line, using relevant data that is updated monthly or quarterly.
“In a remarkably positive turn of events, the AVP Pulse Index took a giant leap upwards on the heels of last month’s small gain, which was still a turnaround from a previous string of losses,” stated Pierre Villere of Allen-Villere partners. “It jumped to one of the highest gains in a single month ever, up +3.9% month-over-month, therefore adding just shy of 5% in the last two months. The turnaround was driven in part by big jumps in the Dodge Data Momentum Index, up a whopping +20.8%, coupled with the strong performance of the Industry Stocks Average Price, which was up an equally eye-watering +20.1%. Those two metrics alone offset minor losses in other indices that were each less than -1%, therefore bolstering the Pulse Index. It is worth repeating that the AVP Pulse Index is a trend measure, like an arrow, albeit a crooked one; it measures a rolling 36-month period that points up or down depending on the direction of the construction industry.”
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