What does the company do?
Champion Enterprises, Inc. (Champion) is a producer of factory-built housing in the United States and Canada. The Company is also a producer of steel-framed modular buildings in the United Kingdom for uses, such as prisons, military accommodations, hotels and residential units, among other applications. As of January 3, 2009, its North American manufacturing operations (the manufacturing segment) consisted of 26 homebuilding facilities in 14 states and three provinces in western Canada. As of January 3, 2009, its homes were sold through approximately 1,600 independent sales centers, builders and developers across the United States and western Canada and also through its retail segment that operates 14 sales offices in California. On February 29, 2008, it acquired ModularUK Building Systems Limited. In November 2009, the Company announced that it and its domestic operating subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Champion Enters one-year sales: 682.08 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Manufactured Housing group: 453.71% - Champion Enters one-year income: -213.28 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Manufactured Housing group: -1740.04%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales | 682.08 Mil | 123.18 Mil | | Income | -213.28 Mil | -11.59 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Champion Enters one-year sales growth: -59.90%.
Difference from the average for the Manufactured Housing group: -20.40 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -59.90% | -39.50% | | Income Growth | NA | NA |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Champion Enters one-year net profit margin: -31.3%
Difference from the average for the Manufactured Housing group: -24.7 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | -31.3% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 0.2% | | Industry | -6.6% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Champion Enters debt/equity ratio: 5.09.
Difference from the average for the Manufactured Housing group: 1596.67%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 5.09 | 0.30 |
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