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The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Oshkosh's Buy -- Gosh! The truck maker reports fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 earnings results shortly. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool February 1, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Oshkosh Rolls On The truck maker is set to report its fiscal first-quarter 2007 earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Ron Vlieger	Oshkosh on the Road Again Truck manufacturer Oshkosh's merger with construction equipment maker JLG seems to be working; the company announced sales nearly double the previous year's pre-merger totals.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Armor Holdings Pattern This vehicle- and soldier-armorer is preparing to deliver its second-quarter 2006 earnings news tomorrow. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 6, 2007 Rich Smith	Force Protection's Shredded Storybook Second order for MRAP armored vehicles goes to a surprise winner. The 18,000 sales that investors had priced into the stock have been ripped from the pages of this storybook story. How the story will end, is anyone's guess.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2010 Seth Jayson	Where is Oshkosh's Bottom Line Headed? Here's the current margin snapshot for Oshkosh and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2008 Rich Smith	Oshkosh: Back Up the Truck Oshkosh has nothing to be embarrassed about with their Q1 2008 results. The company met profit projections, and management is holding firm on its full-year guidance.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Brian Gorman	Oshkosh Snags JLG Oshkosh's purchase of JLG should help keep the specialty truck maker firing on all cylinders. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2011	Oshkosh Earnings Preview Oshkosh will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, July 28.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Armor to Hold Earnings Steady After a slight third-quarter stumble, Armor Holdings returned to form with a slight earnings beat last quarter. Can the company hold steady on its latest winning streak when it reports its first-quarter 2007 numbers?
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Rich Smith	Oshkosh Waves Wand, Says "Debt, Begone!" But not all of it, nor fast enough. Military trucker Oshkosh continued to stay one step ahead of the competition this week.
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The Motley Fool August 9, 2011 Rich Smith	Another Defense Stock Bites the Dust The Wall Street Journal takes Oshkosh to the woodshed.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Oshkosh My Gosh Specialty vehicle maker Oshkosh Truck defies high materials costs with a great quarter. With strong returns on equity and assets and the ability to generate real free cash flow from the business, Oshkosh just might keep the sirens blowing for some time to come.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Armor Buy, Sell, or Holdings Armor Holdings, maker of body and vehicle protection, reports its first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow after the close of trading. Investors -- buy, sell or hold?
The Motley Fool October 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Armor Smashed The defense contractor's sales miss and resulting price drop create a potential bargain for investors.
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The Motley Fool May 2, 2008 Rich Smith	Let's Pop the Hood at Oshkosh Let's take a close look at truck- and construction equipment-maker Oshkosh.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Rusty Armor Holdings Delayed ship dates eat a hole in the company's earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Ceradyne's Slip Is Showing In advance of earnings, analysts expect ceramics maker Ceradyne to barely grow sales, but profits may suffer.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2007 Rich Smith	Oops, General Dynamics Does It Again Force Protection loses as General Dynamics wins the war over the contract for the military's MRAP program.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2008 Rich Smith	On Oshkosh and X-Files Sales weakness in the sector and higher input costs are factors that go right to the heart of Oshkosh's ability to generate cash.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2007 Rich Smith	Force Protection Dances a Jig A $1.2 billion Pentagon award to produce additional mine-resistant, ambush-protected armored vehicles is divided between Force Protection and two other defense contractors.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2011 Neha Chamaria	What to Do With Oshkosh Now? Defense-spending cuts remain a concern.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: On Hold for Armor Defense contractor Armor Holdings gets ready to report its third-quarter 2006 earnings. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2004 Seth Jayson	Armor for Your Portfolio Another defense highflier worth considering. Here are the positives as well as a few chinks in Armor Holdings' armor.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Defense Is Good Offense for Oshkosh A Marine vehicle order wasn't a major surprise, but it's still good news for Oshkosh Truck and its shareholders.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Is Oshkosh Still Posh? Company guidance suggests that analysts have more than caught up to the growth story at Oshkosh Truck. Is it time to sell?
The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 Rich Smith	No Love for Force Protection Despite another win, the armored vehicle maker's stock falls.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Under the Hood at Spartan Motors In advance of earnings, analysts expect truck chassis specialist Spartan Motors to post a huge quarterly sales jump.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Why I'm Staying Away From This Stock for Now Is Oshkosh a good investment for the future?
BusinessWeek December 4, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	Armor's Defenses Are Looking Formidable Although Armor Holdings missed its third-quarter earnings forecasts, driving the stock down, the Street remains upbeat.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2006 John S. McClenahen	Flexible Manufacturing: Doing Double Time Oshkosh Truck Corp. produces commercial and military trucks on one line - and can adjust for last-minute customer requests.
The Motley Fool August 1, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Oshkosh Keeps Trucking Strong commercial results offset relative weakness in defense. Oshkosh is not terribly expensive on its own, but it does carry a higher multiple than most other truck and truck-related companies.
The Motley Fool May 11, 2004 Rich Smith	Armor Holdings Holds Its Own As the war in Iraq drags on, Armor Holdings continues to crank out the equipment enabling our troops and their vehicles to come through it intact. And the company is turning a tidy profit in the process.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Defense the Best Offense at Oshkosh Returns on capital have improved, but the quarter-to-quarter volatility is a cause for concern at this specialized truck manufacturer.
National Defense September 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Truck Program a Test Case for Cutting Costs, And Profits A relatively small Army procurement -- the $3 billion family of medium tactical trucks -- is being watched closely by industry executives and investors as a harbinger of what might be in store for manufacturers of military equipment.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2007 Rich Smith	This Ain't Your Mama's Humvee The biggest names in armored warfare are gearing up to vie for the Pentagon's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, which could be worth between $10 billion to $70 billion to the winner.
The Motley Fool September 23, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	JLG Raises the Boom Construction companies are updating their fleets, driving strong sales for this equipment manufacturer. Investors should remember that cyclical stocks are like parties -- you don't want to show up too soon, nor stay too long.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2010 Jim Mueller	Rising Star Buy: Oshkosh A defense contractor, but so much more. There's the opportunity.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2009 Rich Smith	Force Protection Blasts Past Wall Street With a share price valuing the company at just 0.4 times last year's sales, Force deserves a future in your portfolio.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 Rich Duprey	Ceradyne Gives a One-Two Punch Defense contractor Ceradyne books two big contracts in one day. Investors take note; even better days may lie ahead.
The Motley Fool July 1, 2009 Rich Smith	And the Winner Is ... Oshkosh! (By Gosh!) The Pentagon awards the first $1 billion installment on the contract for off-road MRAP armored vehicles to Wisconsin-based heavy industrialist Oshkosh Corp.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Rich Smith	JLTV Me ASAP The Pentagon decides America's next Humvee is almost certainly going to be built by BAE/Lockheed, BAE/Navistar, and General Dynamics.
National Defense July 2008 Breanne Wagner	Marine Corps Ponders Latest MRAP Lessons As thousands of mine resistant, ambush protected vehicles are rushed to the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, military officials say that the enemy already has found ways to beat the heavily armored trucks, known as MRAPs.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2009 Rich Smith	Oshkosh B'Gone? The heavy truck maker's business is so bad that its bankers will soon be able to demand early payment on an unknown portion of Oshkosh's $2.6 billion in long-term debt.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2008 Rich Smith	Ceradyn-o-Mited Investors reacted with outrage and despair to an earnings report that the ceramics specialist Ceradyne underwhelmed on both performance and prospects.
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