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EUR 348.10 For Business Accounts Only

Backlog up 95% Organically Should Support Strong Growth

  • BACKLOG JUMPED 95% ORGANICALLY to $2.3 billion on July 31, 2017, auguring well for continued growth.
  • Thor is the clear RV market leader with an approximate 48% share (vs #2 Forest River at 35%) in an industry seeing new life from younger/first-time buyers.
  • Consensus earnings expectations have been exceeded every quarter for the last two years.
  • Thor has an excellent balance sheet ($1.48 per share in cash net of debt) and compounded its regular dividend at a 16% CAGR over the past five years, even excluding special payments in November 2013 and 2012.
Underlying
Thor Industries Inc.

Thor Industries is a manufacturer of recreational vehicles. The company has three segments: North American Towable Recreational Vehicles, which consists of: Airstream (towable), Heartland (including Bison, Cruiser RV and DRV), Jayco (including Jayco towable, Starcraft and Highland Ridge), Keystone (including CrossRoads and Dutchmen) and KZ (including Venture RV); North American Motorized Recreational Vehicle, which consists of: Airstream (motorized), Jayco (including Jayco motorized and Entegra Coach) and Thor Motor Coach; and European Recreational Vehicles, which consists of the Erwin Hymer Group business.

Provider
Great Lakes Review, a division of Wellington Shields & Co. LLC
Great Lakes Review, a division of Wellington Shields & Co. LLC

Great Lakes Review is located in Cleveland, Ohio, was founded in 1981 and became a division of Wellington Shields & Co. LLC in 2011. Great Lakes Review is a research boutique focused on the fundamentally-oriented investor seeking companies that dominate their respective specialty niche regardless of industry. The objective is to make money for the long-term by gradually accumulating a diversified portfolio from a universe of no more than 30 companies.  Although short-term-oriented accounts will be alerted to trading opportunities, aggressive sell recommendations are triggered only by a deterioration in long-term fundamentals, not by short-term blips or investor fancy. Coverage of those names that lose their earnings momentum or earnings predictability may be dropped and replaced with more vital candidates. 

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