BNET Industries
Market Cap:$3.7B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.2B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Walter Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides a line of products and services, including coal and natural gas, furnace and foundry coke, slag fiber, mortgage financing, and home construction worldwide. It extracts metallurgical coal primarily from two underground mines in Alabama, as well as natural gas from the coal seams. The company also manufactures foundry coke that is marketed to ductile iron pipe plants and foundries producing castings, such as for the automotive and agricultural equipment industries; furnace coke, which is sold to the domestic steel industry for producing steel in blast furnaces; and slag fiber, an insulating fiber used principally by acoustical ceiling tile manufacturers. In addition, it offers financing to homebuyers secured by first lien mortgages and purchases mortgage loans from third parties; operates as an agency that provides fire and extended insurance coverage for homeowners; and offers reinsurance and provides captive coverage for various other company risks, including workers' compensation for homebuilding. Further, Walter Industries builds detached and single-family residential homes, as well as modular homes. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
Number of Employees 1,200
Contact Information
44211 W. Boy Scout Boulevard
Tampa, Florida 33607
1 813 871 4811
Peer Companies
NAICS Code New Multifamily Housing Construction (except Operative Builders): 236116
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Walter Energy, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-10-21
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Meredith Bandy with BMO Capital Markets. Meredith Bandy - BMO Capital Markets You say that 2012 could be up to 9.5 million tons and my understanding from last quarters call was that 9 million tons was sort of your...
When the Chinese Sneeze, Commodities Catch a Cold
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-08-27
Trader Mark submits: Metallurgical coal stocks have been big outperformers of late based on the strength of China. Ironic that China is now admitting it has overcapacity in this area... and is 'studying' how to address it. This adds to the mosaic of potential issues facing the global economy in...
Walter Industries: Glory Days Are Over
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-08-13
Scott Shen submits: It’s amazing how people can easily forget the nature of cyclical industries and the risk of using the earnings of glory days to predict the future. Walter Industries WLT experienced its most glorious days in Q4 2008, with metallurgical coal prices surging to $169/short ton...
Walter Industries Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-07-23
Walter Industries Inc. WLT Q2 2009 Earnings Call July 23, 2009; 10:00 am ET
Walter Industries Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-07-23
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jim Rollyson - Raymond James - Raymond James. Jim Rollyson - Raymond James George, you talked about the $315 coal and obviously it is not fully resolved, but you are working on it, but any sense of whether or...
Walter Industries Is Smoking out Its Peers
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-07-03
Trader Mark submits: Long-time readers will know I made a lot of outperformance in the coal space in late 2007 through mid 2008. While everyone was in oil, I was pounding the table in the stealth rally in coal. [Dec 6, 2007: Coal Stocks Quietly in a Bull Market]One name...
Walter Industries Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-02-17
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. And our first question comes from Gary Nelson. You may ask your question. Unidentified Analyst Hi. We are just wondering about the mix of shipments during the quarter at the two prices of roughly 135 and 315, and hoping you could provide a breakdown or...
Walter Industries, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-11-03
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. Your first question today comes from James Rollyson – Raymond James. James Rollyson – Raymond James George, you talked a little bit about costs and kind of why they were up this quarter, obviously part of that was the lack...
Analyst Reports for Activision Blizzard Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Intel Corporation and Walter Industries Inc.
- 2008-10-17
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Walter Industries, Inc. Business Update Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-10-01
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from James Rollyson - Raymond James. James Rollyson - Raymond James George, just going back to where you were talking about I think what you’re saying is you’re making up the tons in the first quarter. Does that imply...
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