CHMP (Champion Industries) Predictability Rank

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What is Champion Industries Predictability Rank?

Not Rated

Warren Buffett said many times that the companies he likes are:

1. Simple businesses that he understands
2. that have predictable and proven earnings and
3. with economic moat
4. those can be bought at a reasonable price.

It is hard to quantify "simple businesses that he (Buffett) understands", so we will focus on the other three characteristics instead. In GuruFocus Research: What worked in the market from 1998-2008? Part I: Introduction of Predictability Rank, we will show that the businesses that have predictable and proven earnings are usually also simple businesses that an average person could understand.

GuruFocus conducted a back test study of Warren Buffett's strategy of "buying good companies at fair prices" for the years from 1998-2008.

Champion Industries Predictability Rank Calculation

In our database there are 2403 stocks that have been traded from Jan. 2, 1998 to Aug. 31, 2008. We have the complete 10-year financial data and trading prices of these companies for this period. We rank the predictability of these companies based on the consistency of their revenue per share and EBITDA (earning before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) per share over the past ten fiscal years, and study the correlation between the stock performances and the predictability of the business.

Our study may be subject to these biases and assumptions:

Dividend yields are not counted for investment returns
Effects of price changes due to spin-offs may not be fully adjusted
Study is subjected to survivorship bias due to de-listing, bankruptcy, LBO, M&A, etc.

The correlation between business predictability and investment returns of a company is showed below.

Correlation Between Business Predictability and Investment Returns

	Predictables	Non-Predictable	All stocks
Total Number of stocks	570	1833	2403
Total Lost Money	61	830	891
Total Lost More Than 50%	18	412	430
Total Lost More Than 90%	4	86	90
Average Gain	260.6%	100.0%	138.1%
Median Gain	150.0%	13.0%	39.0%
Maximum Gain	2852.0%	11483.0%	11483.0%
Maximum Loss	-100.0%	-100.0%	-100.0%
Annualized Average Gain	12.7%	6.7%	8.4%
Annualized Median Gain	8.9%	1.1%	3.1%

For the 570 predictable companies, we have seen strong correlation between the predictability of businesses and the stock performances over the past 10 years, regardless of the valuation of business at 1998. Accordingly, we have ranked the business predictability from 5-star to 1-star, as shown in this table.

Predictability Rank	5-Star	4.5-Star	4-Star	3.5-Star	3-Star	2.5-Star	2-Star	1-Star (non-predictable)	Average among all
% Out of All 2403 Stocks	3.3%	2.9%	3.7%	3.3%	3.3%	3.7%	3.3%	76.3%	100%
% that are in Loss (10y)	3%	10%	8%	9%	11%	18%	16%	45%	37%
Average Gain (10y)	364.6%	330.9%	278.0%	235.1%	243.5%	227.8%	154.8%	100.0%	138.1%
Median Gain (10y)	238.5%	193.5%	171.0%	159.0%	132.5%	113.5%	87.0%	13.0%	39.0%
Maximum Gainer	2228.0%	2547.0%	2452.0%	2852.0%	2432.0%	1892.0%	1807.0%	11483.0%	11483.0%
Maximum Loser	-82.0%	-53.0%	-67.0%	-100.0%	-83.0%	-100.0%	-78.0%	-100.0%	-100.0%
Annualized Average Gain	15.4%	14.6%	13.2%	12.0%	12.2%	11.7%	9.1%	6.7%	8.4%
Annualized Median Gain	12.1%	10.6%	9.8%	9.3%	8.2%	7.3%	6.0%	1.1%	3.1%

For detailed information about each predictability rank, please go to GuruFocus Research: What worked in the market from 1998-2008? Part I: Introduction of Predictability Rank

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Champion Industries Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

N/A

Address

2450 First Avenue, P.O. Box 2968, Huntington, WV, USA, 25728

Website

http://www.champion-industries.com

Champion Industries Inc is a commercial printer, business form manufacturer, and supplier of office products and office furniture. The company operates principally in two industry segments organized on the basis of product lines: Printing segment and Office Products and Furniture segment. The Printing segment comprises the production, printing and sale, printed materials including brochures, pamphlets, reports, tags, continuous and other forms principally to commercial customers. The Office Product and Furniture segment are engaged in the sale of office products and office furniture including interior design services. Printing segment is the major revenue contributor to the company.

Executives

Philip E Cline	director	P O BOX 119 HUNTINGTON WV 25706-0119
Marshall T Reynolds	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman/Chief Exec. Officer	2450 FIRST AVENUE, HUNTINGTON WV 25704
Toney K Adkins	officer: President and COO	ROUTE 1 BOX 622 GENOA WV 25517
Todd R Fry	officer: Sen.Vice Pres./Chief Fin. Off.	CHAMPION INDUSTRIES, P O BOX 2968, HUNTINGTON WV 25728-2968
Mooney Harley F Jr	director	1673 WOODVALE DRIVE, CHARLESTON WV 25314
Neal Scaggs	director	302 CENTRAL AVENUE, LOGAN WV 25601
Wilcox Glenn W Sr	director	ONE WEST PACK SQUARE SUITE 1700, ASHEVILLE NC 28801