Thor Announces Q3 Preliminary Sales of $925.35M vs $899.88M Est

Thor Industries, Inc. THO announced today preliminary sales, backlog, and cash, cash equivalents and investments for the third quarter and nine months ended April 30, 2012. Preliminary consolidated sales in the third quarter were $925,351,000, up 9% from $852,059,000 in the third quarter last year. RV sales in the quarter were $806,460,000, up 9% from $742,797,000 in the third quarter of 2011. Bus sales in the quarter were $118,891,000, up 9% from $109,262,000 in the third quarter last year. Consolidated sales in the nine months ended April 30, 2012 were $2,195,321,000, up 11% from $1,984,970,000 in the prior year period. RV sales in the nine months ended April 30, 2012 were $1,869,115,000, up 11% from $1,686,471,000 in the prior year period. Bus sales in the nine months ended April 30, 2012 were $326,206,000, up 9% from $298,499,000 in the prior year period. Cash, cash equivalents and investments on April 30, 2012 were $149 million. Consolidated backlog on April 30, 2012 was $684 million, compared to $633 million last year. RV backlog was $448 million, up 5% from $427 million last year. Bus backlog was $236 million, up 15% from $206 million last year.