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Is the Slump in Oshkosh's Shares Over?

Posted Oct 25th 2010 4:30PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Stocks to Buy

The shares of specialty vehicle maker Oshkosh Corp. (OSK), first discussed here on July 6, 2009 at a price of $21.48, totally misbehaved this summer -- forming a bear-hug pattern, during a swoon from about $45 to about $25.

Talk about haircuts. Since then, the shares have rebounded to about $31, and even though the bears will argue the rise is short-covering, the calculation here is that it's not, and OSK will continue to head north. And the reasons are obvious enough.

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Boeing's earnings report lifts shares off the runway, despite lower guidance

Posted Oct 24th 2007 9:06AM by Peter Cohan (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Press Releases, Boeing Co (BA)

Bloomberg News reports that Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) beat and lowered. But the market is applauding -- lifting its shares 1.6% in pre-market action.

The market likes nothing more than a company that beats earnings estimates and raises its sales and profit guidance. But Boeing seems to have exceeded expectations while lowering guidance -- albeit less than expected. Boeing reported that its earnings rose 61% in the third quarter as it increased production to deliver nine more jetliners than a year earlier.

Its earnings and sales exceeded expectations. Net income increased to $1.11 billion, or $1.44 a share, from $694 million, or 89 cents, a year earlier. This was 18 cents a share about the $1.26 a share that 11 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg expected. Revenue of $16.5 billion exceeded the analysts' $16 billion forecast.

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