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Champion Industries

CHMP
14
Specialty Business Services · Industrials
Price
$0.02
+0.00 (+0.00%)
Market Cap
$1,130
Winston Score
14
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

1.1% over 4y

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

Diluted shares outstanding: 57K (2012) → 56K (2016)

Champion Industries is a small printing and office products company based in Huntington, West Virginia. It provides commercial printing services, office supplies, and business forms to companies, schools, and government agencies across the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States. The company operates through printing plants and office products distribution, serving regional customers who need everyday business documents and supplies.

Champion makes money by selling printed materials and office products directly to businesses and institutions. It operates primarily in a regional footprint across states like West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky, keeping it a small-scale player in a shrinking industry. The core risk facing Champion is structural: demand for printed business forms and physical office supplies has been declining for years as companies shift to digital documents and online procurement, and the company's negative operating margin suggests it is currently spending more to run the business than it earns in revenue.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

-3.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

-301.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

5.6%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$279,779 cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Revenue declining

Champion Industries's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

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Quality

Gross Margin
22.4%
Thin — 22.4% gross margin
Operating Margin
-2.1%
Losing money on operations — -2.1%
ROCE
-2.4%
Weak — -2.4% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+1.5%
Nearly flat sales (1.5% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
0/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
FCF Margin
1.1%
Thin free cash flow (1.1%)

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

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Stability

Debt / Equity
3.05
Heavy debt load (3.05)
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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