In SCS and CHB here. Both of them have very attractive financial ratios and technical trend.
SCS,Steelcase, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of office furniture, primarily in United States and Canada, as well as internationally. SCS ranked 3 by valuengien.com and give and Timeliness 1 and Technical 1 (highest) from Valueline, and 3 starts from morningstar with a fairvalue of $15.00. Valuengien gives 6-Month 1.30% return. My target of SCS is $18.
The office furniture market has been showing signs of life recently. Given its leading market position, Steelcase is poised for a turnaround in its sales growth and profit margins, as its customer base tends to more sharply increase office furniture purchases during better economic environments (partially because of postponing purchases during lean times). Steelcase is the world's largest office furniture manufacturer, it will definately take advantage of this office furniture business booming.
CHB, Champion Enterprises, Inc. engages in the production and sale of factory-built homes. It produces a range of homes, including multisection, ranch-style homes, one-half story and two-story homes, single-section homes, cape cod style homes, and multifamily units, such as townhouses.CHB ranked 3 by valuengien.com and give and Timeliness 1 and Technical 2 from Valueline, Valuengien gives 6-Month 4.16% return. Hurricane Katrina relief and reconstruction will bring huge business to CHB in the short run. My target of CHB is $20.
The company should post a hefty year-over-year share-net advance in 2005. Champion reported a 58% jump in earnings for the September interim, on a considerably more modest 6.4% top-line advance. Notably, CHB's average selling price increased by 11% during the quarter, as the company passed on higher raw material and transportation costs to its customers. This, in conjunction with ongoing operational restructuring actions, augurs well for additional margin improvement over the balance of the year and into next. Moreover, the company recently received a $60 million order for 2,000 single-section manufactured homes from FEMA, in connection with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, which should lift CHB's top and bottom lines during the final stanza of 2005. Excluding the FEMA order, Champion's backlog at the end of the third quarter was up 47%, relative to the year-ago figure. However, with the FEMA request taken into account, third-quarter backlog jumped an impressive 97%. All told, we look for Champion to report 2005 earnings of about $0.52 a share, with a strong double-digit advance the following year.
Champion stock is a top selection for year-ahead relative price action. The company seems on track to post a significant rebound in share earnings this year with double-digit growth thereafter.