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Champion Homes

SKY
49
Residential Construction · Consumer Cyclical
Price
$90.25
+0.30 (+0.33%)
Market Cap
$4.95B
Winston Score
49
Winston is serious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 27, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Mixed
Cash Flow
Strong
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Mixed
Dividends
Strong

Share count falling — buybacks

1.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 57.3M (2022) → 56.5M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Champion Homes builds factory-made houses that are sold at lower prices than traditional site-built homes. The company makes manufactured homes and modular homes, selling them through a network of independent retailers, company-owned stores, and community operators across the United States. It is one of the largest manufactured housing producers in the country, competing mainly with Clayton Homes and Cavco Industries.

Champion makes money by selling completed homes to dealers and directly to buyers, with some additional revenue from its own retail locations. The company operates primarily in the U.S., with dozens of manufacturing plants spread across multiple regions. Its main competitive advantage is its scale and established dealer network, which are hard for smaller rivals to replicate quickly. The biggest growth driver is ongoing demand for affordable housing, but the main risk is that rising interest rates make financing a manufactured home more expensive, which can quickly reduce buyer demand.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+1.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-20.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$785M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Champion Homes is growing revenue at 1% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
25.2%
Modest — 25.2% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
8.5%
Modest — 8.5% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
13.8%
Good — 13.8% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+4.5%
Slow sales growth (+4.5% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-9.0%
Earnings shrinking (-9.0% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
157%
Turns 157% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
10.0%
Modest free cash flow (10.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.08
Conservative — low debt load (0.08)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
29.60x
Comfortably covers interest (29.6x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
26.2x
Growth-priced — P/E 26.2

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-0.1
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.76%
Moderate income — 2.76% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+98.3%
Dividend growing fast (98.3% YoY)

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