Fleetwood Reports Preliminary Sales for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007
03 Maio 2007 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
RIVERSIDE, Calif., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fleetwood
Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:FLE) announced today preliminary sales for
its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 29, 2007. Sales for
the 2007 fiscal fourth quarter were approximately $505 million,
down 16 percent from $603 million last year. Non-FEMA sales to
independent dealers, which exclude sales of $33 million for
disaster relief from last year, were down 11 percent quarter over
quarter. On a segment basis, quarterly sales for the RV Group
declined 12 percent to $379 million while the Housing Group's
revenues dropped 25 percent to $117 million. For the full fiscal
year, consolidated sales were off 18 percent to $2.00 billion from
$2.43 billion last year, with recreational vehicles 11 percent
lower and manufactured housing down 35 percent. Non-FEMA sales to
independent dealers, which exclude sales of $222 million for
disaster relief in fiscal 2006, were down 9 percent. The 12 percent
decline in the fourth quarter recreational vehicle sales reflects
difficult market conditions that particularly impacted both travel
trailers and folding trailers. Travel trailer revenues fell 49
percent to $81 million, or by 35 percent excluding last year's FEMA
sales of $33 million. Folding trailer revenues were down by 13
percent to $20 million. Backlogs for both towable divisions
continue to be down significantly from last year. Motor home
revenues increased by 12 percent to $278 million and backlogs for
this division are currently 35 percent higher than at this time
last year. For the full fiscal year, preliminary sales of
recreational vehicles totaled approximately $1.44 billion, down 11
percent from $1.61 billion in the prior year. Motor home sales
declined 2 percent to $962 million, travel trailer sales were off
30 percent to $389 million, and folding trailers increased 5
percent to $88 million. In the prior fiscal year, the travel
trailer division sold approximately $135 million of FEMA units.
Non-FEMA sales to independent dealers were down 7 percent in travel
trailers and 3 percent for the RV Group as a whole. "The beginning
of the spring selling season in the RV industry has been softer
than we had expected," said Elden Smith, Fleetwood's president and
chief executive officer. "For the first three calendar months of
the year, industry motor home shipments were down slightly, with
Class A shipments up 3 percent and Class C shipments down 13
percent. Our overall 12 percent increase for the fiscal quarter
compares favorably, although it is not a direct comparison with the
calendar quarter. "The fourth-quarter decline in our folding
trailer sales was also slightly better than industry shipment
trends, but the reverse is true in travel trailers," Smith
continued. "We have taken additional steps to reduce our travel
trailer manufacturing capacity. Yesterday, we notified our
associates of the impending closure of our Canadian travel trailer
manufacturing facility in Lindsay, Ontario, and the immediate
closure of our facility in Campbellsville, Kentucky. Previous moves
to rationalize production allow us to produce a simplified array of
products in our remaining five plants, with each specializing in a
specific market segment. We are also producing fewer floor plans,
which will further improve efficiencies and reduce costs. These
actions will put additional short-term pressure on our national
market share, but we believe that this manufacturing footprint will
enable us to compete more effectively in important geographic and
market segments." Manufactured housing preliminary fourth quarter
sales were $117 million, a reduction of 25 percent from $157
million in the same period of the prior year. For the full fiscal
year, manufactured housing sales were $518 million, down 35 percent
from $796 million in the prior year. Fiscal 2006 included $87
million from disaster relief sales in the second and third
quarters. "We are optimistic going into the first quarter of fiscal
2008 due to increased backlogs, which are 58 percent above last
year's level, and our modular housing initiatives," Smith said.
"Although these positive factors did little to affect our fourth
quarter revenues, we believe that we may have finally seen the
bottom of the prolonged manufactured housing industry slump. Major
lenders to our industry are reporting higher application volume
with better quality of credit and higher approval rates. It appears
that the tightening of loan pricing and more stringent underwriting
in the site-built industry may be restoring some of our industry's
competitive advantage. "Despite lower-than-anticipated revenues and
considerable restructuring charges related to five plant closures,
we are reaffirming the expectation expressed in our third quarter
results release that we will sustain a significant operating loss
in the fourth quarter, although we anticipate it will be less than
the third quarter loss," Smith concluded. "We continue to work
toward consistent profitability, although the headwinds in both of
our industries during the past two years have caused some delays in
realizing our goals. While the first quarter will still be impacted
by some of these factors, particularly in the travel trailer
division, we expect the Company to report year-over-year
improvement in revenues and operating results." About Fleetwood
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a leading
producer of recreational vehicles and manufactured homes. This
Fortune 1000 company, headquartered in Riverside, Calif., is
dedicated to providing quality, innovative products that offer
exceptional value to its customers. Fleetwood operates facilities
strategically located throughout the nation, including recreational
vehicle, factory-built housing and supply subsidiary plants. For
more information, visit the Company's website at
http://www.fleetwood.com/. This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements and information based on the beliefs of
Fleetwood's management as well as assumptions made by, and
information currently available to, Fleetwood's management. Such
statements reflect the current views of Fleetwood with respect to
future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and
assumptions, including risk factors identified in Fleetwood's 10-K
and other SEC filings. These risks and uncertainties include,
without limitation, the timing of improvements in the Company's
primary markets; the lack of assurance that the Company will regain
sustainable profitability in the foreseeable future; the Company's
ability to comply with financial tests and covenants on existing
debt obligations and to obtain future financing needed in order to
execute its business strategies; the volatility of the Company's
stock price; the impact of ongoing weakness in the manufactured
housing market and more recent weakness in the recreational vehicle
market; the effect of global tensions, fuel prices, interest rates,
and other factors on consumer confidence, which in turn may reduce
demand for Fleetwood's products, particularly RV products; the
availability and cost of wholesale and retail financing for the
Company's products, especially manufactured housing; the cyclical
and seasonal nature of both the manufactured housing and
recreational vehicle industries; expenses and uncertainties
associated with the entry into new business segments or the
manufacturing, development and introduction of new products; the
potential for excessive retail inventory levels in the Company's
industries, especially the recreational vehicle business; potential
increases in the frequency of product liability, wrongful death,
class action, and other legal or regulatory actions; the highly
competitive nature of our industries; lack of acceptance of
Fleetwood's products; and repurchase agreements with floorplan
lenders, which could result in increased costs. Contact: Lyle
Larkin, Vice President-Treasurer (951) 351-3535 Kathy A. Munson,
Director-Investor Relations (951) 351-3650 DATASOURCE: Fleetwood
Enterprises, Inc. CONTACT: Lyle Larkin, Vice President-Treasurer,
+1-951-351-3535, or Kathy A. Munson, Director-Investor Relations,
+1-951-351-3650, both of Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. Web site:
http://www.fleetwood.com/
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