Exhibit 99.1
Contact: Sheila Davis – PR/IR Mgr. – 641-585-6803 –sdavis@winnebagoind.com
WINNEBAGO INDUSTRIES REPORTS RESULTS
FOR FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2007
FOREST CITY, IOWA, December 14, 2006 – Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WGO), a leading United States motor home manufacturer, today reported financial results for the Company’s first quarter of fiscal 2007 ended November 25, 2006.
Net income for the first quarter was $7.9 million, compared to net income of $14.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2006. On a diluted per share basis, the Company earned 25 cents a share for the first quarter of fiscal 2007, compared to 44 cents a share for the first quarter last year.
Revenues for the first quarter ended November 25, 2006 were $201.8 million, a decrease of 13 percent, compared to revenues of $232.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2006.
“While we remained solidly profitable, the motor home market continues to be challenging,” said Winnebago Industries’ Chairman and CEO Bruce Hertzke. “The first quarter of fiscal 2007 was negatively impacted by lower motor home deliveries, particularly of higher priced models in all of our product classes.”
Other factors negatively impacting the quarter were increases in retail promotional programs, raw material commodities, health care costs, as well as general and administrative costs that resulted primarily from an increase in stock-based compensation in the first quarter of fiscal 2007. While stock-based compensation expense was higher in the first quarter as a result of accelerated vesting due to an increase of retirement eligible employees, it is anticipated to be lower for the full fiscal year 2007 than fiscal 2006. These increased expenses were partially offset by increased financial income and a reduction in the effective tax rate.
“We expect continued weakness in our seasonally slower second quarter due to a challenging market environment and reluctance on the part of our dealer partners to increase inventory during the winter months,” said Hertzke.
“Dealer reaction to Winnebago Industries’ new products introduced at the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association show in Louisville, Kentucky in late November was very positive,” said Winnebago Industries’ President Ed Barker. “The new value-priced Class A gas Winnebago Vista and Itasca Sunstar are in production now and will be arriving at our dealer locations in coming weeks. The exciting new 2008 Class A rear-engine, gas and diesel pusher Winnebago Destination and Itasca Latitude will begin arriving at our dealer locations in early spring.”
As of November 25, 2006, $22.2 million remains available under the April 12, 2006 Board of Directors common stock repurchase authorization.
Winnebago Industries will conduct a conference call in conjunction with this release at 9 a.m. Central Time today, Thursday, December 14, 2006. Members of the news media, investors and the general public are invited to access a live broadcast of the conference call via the Investor Relations page of the Company’s website athttp://www.winnebagoind.com/investor.html. The event will be archived and available for replay for the next 90 days.
About Winnebago Industries
Winnebago Industries, Inc. is a leading U.S. manufacturer of motor homes, self-contained recreation vehicles used primarily in leisure travel and outdoor recreation activities. The Company builds quality motor homes under the Winnebago and Itasca brand names with state-of-the-art computer-aided design and manufacturing systems on automotive-styled assembly lines. The Company’s common stock is listed on the New York, Chicago and NYSE Arca Stock Exchanges and traded under the symbol WGO. Options for the Company’s common stock are traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. For access to Winnebago Industries’ investor relations material, to add your name to an automatic email list for Company news releases or for information on a dollar-based stock investment service for the Company’s stock, visit,http://www.winnebagoind.com/investor.html.
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This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including, but not limited to the effect of global tensions, a decline in consumer confidence, availability and price of fuel, a significant increase in interest rates, a slowdown in the economy, availability of chassis and other key component parts, sales order cancellations, slower than anticipated sales of new or existing products, new product introductions by competitors and other factors. Additional information concerning certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from that projected or suggested is contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the last 12 months, copies of which are available from the SEC or from the Company upon request.
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Winnebago Industries, Inc.
Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income
(In thousands, except percent and per share data)
| Nov. 25, 2006 | Nov. 26, 2005 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | |||||||||||||
| Net revenues | $ | 201,765 | 100.0 | $ | 232,255 | 100.0 | ||||||||
| Cost of goods sold | 180,381 | 89.4 | 201,091 | 86.6 | ||||||||||
| Gross profit | 21,384 | 10.6 | 31,164 | 13.4 | ||||||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||||||||
| Selling | 4,727 | 2.4 | 4,673 | 2.0 | ||||||||||
| General and administrative | 6,517 | 3.2 | 5,049 | 2.2 | ||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 11,244 | 5.6 | 9,722 | 4.2 | ||||||||||
| Operating income | 10,140 | 5.0 | 21,442 | 9.2 | ||||||||||
| Financial income | 1,563 | .8 | 922 | .4 | ||||||||||
| Income before income taxes | 11,703 | 5.8 | 22,364 | 9.6 | ||||||||||
| Provision for taxes | 3,767 | 1.9 | 7,794 | 3.3 | ||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 7,936 | 3.9 | $ | 14,570 | 6.3 | ||||||||
| Income per common share: | ||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.44 | ||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.44 | ||||||||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding | ||||||||||||||
| Basic | 31,249 | 32,934 | ||||||||||||
| Diluted | 31,587 | 33,221 | ||||||||||||
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
| Nov. 25, 2006 | Aug. 26, 2006 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 12,954 | $ | 24,934 | ||||
| Short-term investments | 129,950 | 129,950 | ||||||
| Receivables, net | 23,517 | 20,859 | ||||||
| Inventories | 97,168 | 77,081 | ||||||
| Prepaid and other | 15,676 | 14,336 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 279,265 | 267,160 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 55,594 | 56,907 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 24,678 | 25,002 | ||||||
| Investment in life insurance | 19,669 | 20,814 | ||||||
| Other assets | 16,362 | 14,832 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 395,568 | $ | 384,715 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 26,675 | $ | 27,923 | ||||
| Income taxes payable | 9,799 | 7,876 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | 42,707 | 44,323 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 79,181 | 80,122 | ||||||
| Postretirement health care and deferred | ||||||||
| compensation benefits, net of current portion | 87,128 | 86,271 | ||||||
| Stockholders’ equity | 229,259 | 218,322 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 395,568 | $ | 384,715 | ||||
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Statement of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
| Quarter Ended | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 25, 2006 | Nov. 26, 2005 | |||||||
| Operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | 7,936 | $ | 14,570 | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash | ||||||||
| provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation | 2,654 | 2,662 | ||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 2,817 | 1,851 | ||||||
| Post retirement benefit income and deferred | ||||||||
| compensation expense | 419 | 362 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | (738 | ) | 276 | |||||
| Increase in cash surrender value of life insurance policies | (195 | ) | (260 | ) | ||||
| Excess tax benefit of stock options | (525 | ) | (7 | ) | ||||
| Other | 102 | 85 | ||||||
| Change in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Inventories | (20,087 | ) | 6,629 | |||||
| Receivables and prepaid assets | (3,034 | ) | 15,284 | |||||
| Income taxes payable | 2,440 | 7,432 | ||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | (3,112 | ) | (16,162 | ) | ||||
| Postretirement and deferred compensation benefits | (254 | ) | (333 | ) | ||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (11,577 | ) | 32,389 | |||||
| Investing activities: | ||||||||
| Purchases of short-term investments | (80,449 | ) | (49,500 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from the sale or maturity of short-term investments | 80,449 | 32,600 | ||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (1,176 | ) | (1,398 | ) | ||||
| Other | 564 | 162 | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (612 | ) | (18,136 | ) | ||||
| Financing activities: | ||||||||
| Payments for purchase of common stock | — | (5,184 | ) | |||||
| Payments of cash dividends | (3,114 | ) | (2,969 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 2,798 | 175 | ||||||
| Excess tax benefit of stock options | 525 | 7 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 209 | (7,971 | ) | |||||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | (11,980 | ) | 6,282 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 24,934 | 19,484 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 12,954 | $ | 25,766 | ||||
Certain prior year information has been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
Unaudited Motor Home Deliveries
| Quarter Ended | Change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 25, 2006 | Nov. 26, 2005 | Units | % | |||||||||||
| Motor home unit deliveries | ||||||||||||||
| Class A Gas | 772 | 901 | (129 | ) | (14.3 | ) | ||||||||
| Class A Diesel | 341 | 422 | (81 | ) | (19.2 | ) | ||||||||
| Total Class A | 1,113 | 1,323 | (210 | ) | (15.9 | ) | ||||||||
| Class C | 1,096 | 1,171 | (75 | ) | (6.4 | ) | ||||||||
| Total deliveries | 2,209 | 2,494 | (285 | ) | (11.4 | ) | ||||||||
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
Unaudited Backlog and Dealer Inventory
(Units)
| As of | Change | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 25, 2006 | Nov. 26, 2005 | Units/$ | % | |||||||||||
| Sales order backlog | ||||||||||||||
| Class A Gas | 552 | 494 | 58 | 11.7 | ||||||||||
| Class A Diesel | 466 | 495 | (29 | ) | (5.9 | ) | ||||||||
| Total Class A | 1,018 | 989 | 29 | 2.9 | ||||||||||
| Class C | 727 | 1,024 | (297 | ) | (29.0 | ) | ||||||||
| Total backlog* | 1,745 | 2,013 | (268 | ) | (13.3 | ) | ||||||||
| Total approximate revenue dollars (in thousands) | $ | 166,905 | $ | 184,500 | $ | (17,595 | ) | (9.5 | ) | |||||
| Dealer inventory | 4,551 | 5,036 | (485 | ) | (9.6 | ) | ||||||||
* The Company includes in its backlog all accepted orders from dealers to be shipped within the next six months. Orders in backlog can be cancelled or postponed at the option of the purchaser at any time without penalty and, therefore, backlog may not necessarily be an accurate measure of future sales.
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