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Thor Industries, Inc is a recreational vehicles business based in the US. Thor Industries shares (THO) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Thor Industries employs 22,250 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$8.2 billion.

How to buy shares in Thor Industries

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Thor Industries. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: THO. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Thor Industries reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$88.91, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Thor Industries, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Thor Industries. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Thor Industries's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Thor Industries's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$88.91, which is 3.30% up on its pre-crash value of USD$85.98 and 175.26% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$32.3.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Thor Industries shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$427.15 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,082.92.

Thor Industries share price

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Thor Industries shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-19.

Latest market close	USD$88.91
52-week range	USD$31.7286 - USD$120.7788
50-day moving average	USD$91.7478
200-day moving average	USD$97.3089
Wall St. target price	USD$117.25
PE ratio	21.5821
Dividend yield	USD$1.64 (1.79%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$4.02

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Thor Industries price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $88.91 from 2020-11-16

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1 month (2020-10-26)	1.36%
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Is Thor Industries under- or over-valued?

Valuing Thor Industries stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Thor Industries's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Thor Industries's P/E ratio

Thor Industries's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Thor Industries shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Thor Industries's PEG ratio

Thor Industries's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.8. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Thor Industries's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Thor Industries's EBITDA

Thor Industries's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$583 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Thor Industries's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Thor Industries financials

Revenue TTM	USD$8.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	4.74%
Gross profit TTM	USD$1.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.23%
Return on equity TTM	9.97%
Profit margin	2.73%
Book value	$42.026
Market capitalisation	USD$5.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Thor Industries shares

There are currently 6.8 million Thor Industries shares held short by investors – that's known as Thor Industries's "short interest". This figure is 3.5% up from 6.6 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Thor Industries shares can be evaluated.

Thor Industries's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Thor Industries's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Thor Industries shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Thor Industries shares traded daily (recently around 847751.18601748). Thor Industries's SIR currently stands at 8.01. In other words for every 100,000 Thor Industries shares traded daily on the market, roughly 8010 shares are currently held short.

However Thor Industries's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Thor Industries shares, or, against the total number of tradable Thor Industries shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Thor Industries's short interest could be expressed as 0.12% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Thor Industries shares in existence, roughly 120 shares are currently held short) or 0.1455% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Thor Industries shares, roughly 146 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Thor Industries.

Find out more about how you can short Thor Industries stock.

Thor Industries's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Thor Industries.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Thor Industries's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 32.65

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Thor Industries's overall score of 32.65 (as at 01/01/2019) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 55th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Thor Industries is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Thor Industries's environmental score

Environmental score: 12.37/100

Thor Industries's environmental score of 12.37 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Thor Industries is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Thor Industries's social score

Social score: 19.51/100

Thor Industries's social score of 19.51 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Thor Industries is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Thor Industries's governance score

Governance score: 9.77/100

Thor Industries's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Thor Industries is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Thor Industries, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	32.65
Total ESG percentile	54.52
Environmental score	12.37
Environmental score percentile	7
Social score	19.51
Social score percentile	7
Governance score	9.77
Governance score percentile	7

Thor Industries share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 38.8% of net profits

Recently Thor Industries has paid out, on average, around 38.8% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.79% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Thor Industries shareholders could enjoy a 1.79% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Thor Industries's case, that would currently equate to about $1.64 per share.

While Thor Industries's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Thor Industries may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Thor Industries's most recent dividend payout was on 6 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 22 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Thor Industries's shares ever split?

Thor Industries's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 27 January 2004. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Thor Industries shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Thor Industries shares which in turn could have impacted Thor Industries's share price.

Thor Industries share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Thor Industries's shares have ranged in value from as little as $31.7286 up to $120.7788. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Thor Industries's is 2.5519. This would suggest that Thor Industries's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Thor Industries overview

Thor Industries, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells recreational vehicles (RVs), and related parts and accessories in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It offers travel trailers under the Airstream Classic, Globetrotter, International, Flying Cloud, Caravel, Bambi, and Basecamp trade names; Class B motorhomes under the Interstate and Atlas series, and Sequence and Tellaro trade names; and gasoline and diesel Class A and Class C motorhomes under the Four Winds, Freedom Elite, Majestic, Hurricane, Chateau, Windsport, Axis, Vegas, Tuscany, Palazzo, Aria, Quantum, Compass, Gemini, and A.C.E trade names. It also provides conventional travel trailers and fifth wheels under the Montana, Springdale, Hideout, Sprinter, Outback, Laredo, Bullet, Fuzion, Raptor, Passport, Cougar, Coleman, Kodiak, Aspen Trail, Aerolite, Voltage, Cruiser, Volante, Sunset Trail, Zinger, Landmark, Bighorn, Elkridge, Trail Runner, North Trail, Cyclone, Torque, Prowler, Milestone, Shadow Cruiser, Lithium, MPG, Radiance, Sundance, Stryker, Escape, Sportsmen, Connect, Venom, Gold, Durango, Sportster, Stratus, SportTrek, Sonic, Jay Flight, Jay Feather, Eagle, Pinnacle, Talon, Autumn Ridge, Telluride, Highlander, Mesa Ridge, and Open Range trade names; and luxury fifth wheels under the Redwood and DRV Mobile Suites trade names. It offers Class A and Class C motorhomes under the Alante, Precept, Greyhawk, Redhawk, Odyssey, Esteem, Emblem, Insignia, Aspire, Anthem, and Cornerstone trade names. It also provides motorcaravans, caravans, campervans, and urban vehicles under the Buccaneer, Buerstner, Carado, Compass, CrossCamp, Dethleffs, Elddis, Eriba, Etrusco, Hymer, Laika, LMC, Niesmann+Bischoff, Sunlight, and Xplore brands. It offers aluminum extrusion and specialized component products to RV and other manufacturers; and digital products and services for RVs. It provides its products through independent and non-franchise dealers. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Elkhart, Indiana.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Thor Industries is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 4.125% of Thor Industries shares are held by insiders and 96.982% by institutions.

• How many people work for Thor Industries?

  Latest data suggests 22,250 work at Thor Industries.

• When does the fiscal year end for Thor Industries?

  Thor Industries's fiscal year ends in July.

• Where is Thor Industries based?

  Thor Industries's address is: 601 East Beardsley Avenue, Elkhart, IN, United States, 46514-3305

• What is Thor Industries's ISIN number?

  Thor Industries's international securities identification number is: US8851601018

• What is Thor Industries's CUSIP number?

  Thor Industries's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 885160101