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LOL- A few BTS folks also played it. I think KP still has shares. I'll have to dig up an old post for ya-

Posted by: KauaiPI
In reply to: None Date:3/25/2003 3:19:41 PM
Post #of 12339

AMEX:DHB~I hate chasing stocks but this one I figured was better late than never!

Picked up some today on the run... wish I had the time to research it when I was looking at it on the 3rd when it was around 2.07 <g>

Here is my DD should anyone be interested in a company producing "body armour", Military and contracts with NY, successfully defended their patents, insiders own 48%, institutions own 32% and 31.03% return on assets and 123.59% return on equity... read on!
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DHB Industries Incorporated

up 3/24/03 (2.13 ^ $ .04 ~ +1.91%) on an overall down market

Statistics at a Glance -- AMEX:DHB

DHB Industries Inc.'s Armor Group is the market leader in the rapidly growing protective body armor industry. Its highly recognized subsidiaries, Point Blank Body Armor Inc. and Protective Apparel Corporation of America (PACA) are focused on the design, manufacture, and distribution of bullet resistant and protective body armor for military, law enforcement, and corrections in the US and worldwide. DHB Armor Group's customers include the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Secret Service, FBI, DEA, INS, ATF, NATO, U.S. Marshals, the NYC Police Department, the LA Police Department, and the California Highway Patrol.

DHB Sports Group produces and markets a comprehensive line of athletic supports and braces which are merchandised through national superstore chains including Target and Wal-Mart, as well as private label distributors such as Meijer, Amerisource, Cardinal Health, and CDMA.

DHB maintains facilities in Carle Place, NY, Oakland Park, FL, Jacksboro, TN, and Arlington, VA. To learn more about DHB Industries Inc.,

visit the website at <http://www.dhbindustries.com>.

Location 555 Westbury Avenue
Carle Place, NY 11514 Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Employees (last reported count): 491

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Financial Summary

DHB Industries, Inc. is a holding company for two divisions that develop, manufacture and distribute bullet and projectile resistant garments, protective athletic apparel and equipment, and orthopedic products. For the nine months ended 9/30/02, revenues rose 44% to $97.8 million. Net income increased 71% to $10.5 million. Revenues reflect higher demand for the Company's ballistic apparel. Earnings also reflect improved gross profits. More from Multex: Significant Developments

<http://yahoo.multexinvestor.com/KeyDevelopments.aspx?tar.." target="_blank">http://rd.yahoo.com/finance/profile/multex/*http://yahoo.multexinvestor.com/KeyDevelopments.aspx?tar....
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Top Institutional Holders Shares %Out* Value** Reported

Strong Capital Management, Inc. 1,485,370 3.68 $3,104,423 31-Dec-02
Heartland Advisors Inc. 1,050,000 2.6 $2,194,500 31-Dec-02
Bear Stearns Asset Management, Inc. 616,100 1.52 $1,287,649 31-Dec-02
Legg Mason Inc. 556,000 1.38 $1,162,040 31-Dec-02
Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 339,807 0.84 $710,196 31-Dec-02
Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. 295,800 0.73 $618,222 31-Dec-02
White Pine Capital, LLC 228,050 0.56 $476,624 31-Dec-02
Mesirow Asset Management, Inc. 187,882 0.46 $392,673 31-Dec-02
Perkins Capital Management, Inc. 180,750 0.45 $377,767 31-Dec-02
State Street Corporation 163,488 0.4 $341,689 31-Dec-02

Top Mutual Fund Holders Shares %Out* Value** Reported
Strong Advisor Small Cap Value Fund 1,435,900 3.55 $3,001,031 31-Dec-02
Heartland Value Fund 1,000,000 2.47 $2,090,000 31-Dec-02
Scudder Micro Cap Fd 352,400 0.87 $736,516 30-Sep-02
Vanguard Index-Total Stock Market Index Portfolio 133,400 0.33 $278,806 30-Jun-02
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund 92,100 0.23 $192,489 30-Jun-02
Legg Mason U.S. Small-Capitalization Value Trust 73,000 0.18 $152,570 31-Dec-02
Ishares Russell 2000 Index Fd 70,631 0.17 $147,618 30-Sep-02
Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund 68,700 0.17 $143,583 30-Jun-02
College Retirement Equities Fund-Stock Account 65,000 0.16 $135,850 30-Jun-02
SBL Fund 'Q' Series (Small Cap Value) 62,700 0.16 $131,043 30-Jun-02

*Institutional holdings as a percentage of the current shares outstanding.
**Hypothetical value based on price of $2.09 as of 21-Mar-03. Position may have increased or decreased since the report date.
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Ownership

· Insider and 5%+ Owners: 48%
· Institutional: 17% (32% of float) (91 institutions </hd/d/dhb.html>)
· Net Inst. Selling: 1.98M shares (+42.13%) (prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Chart with 50/200 Moving Average

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=dhb&d=c&k=c2&p=m50,m200
(above 50 and approaching 200 day!)

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Price and Volume

52-Week Low on 18-Dec-2002 $1.26
Recent Price $2.09
52-Week High on 19-Apr-2002 $7.40
Beta 0.30

Historical pricing last 90 days;

Date Open High Low Close Volume Adj. Close*
Mar-21-03 2.10 2.11 1.95 2.09 295,800 2.09
Mar-20-03 2.16 2.19 2.11 2.18 62,900 2.18
Mar-19-03 2.17 2.20 2.15 2.19 91,100 2.19
Mar-18-03 2.30 2.30 2.11 2.19 160,900 2.19
Mar-17-03 2.18 2.25 2.14 2.22 180,200 2.22
Mar-14-03 2.14 2.18 2.05 2.17 125,800 2.17
Mar-13-03 2.07 2.15 2.07 2.12 91,800 2.12
Mar-12-03 2.09 2.09 1.95 2.07 74,700 2.07
Mar-11-03 2.00 2.08 1.97 2.08 40,500 2.08
Mar-10-03 2.01 2.05 1.95 2.00 63,200 2.00
Mar-07-03 2.10 2.11 1.95 2.09 116,500 2.09
Mar-06-03 2.11 2.12 2.01 2.11 87,000 2.11
Mar-05-03 2.17 2.19 2.10 2.14 119,800 2.14
Mar-04-03 2.14 2.19 2.10 2.18 75,200 2.18
Mar-03-03 2.05 2.13 2.03 2.13 100,700 2.13
Feb-28-03 2.06 2.09 2.05 2.05 56,800 2.05
Feb-27-03 2.01 2.09 2.00 2.08 84,600 2.08
Feb-26-03 2.00 2.09 1.91 2.04 88,300 2.04
Feb-25-03 1.89 2.00 1.85 2.00 203,200 2.00
Feb-24-03 1.88 1.89 1.83 1.89 62,500 1.89
Feb-21-03 1.80 1.88 1.78 1.88 105,300 1.88
Feb-20-03 1.79 1.86 1.75 1.80 55,100 1.80
Feb-19-03 1.70 1.79 1.70 1.75 44,800 1.75
Feb-18-03 1.79 1.89 1.70 1.72 109,300 1.72
Feb-14-03 1.80 1.85 1.75 1.79 93,300 1.79
Feb-13-03 1.90 1.90 1.75 1.79 135,600 1.79
Feb-12-03 1.92 1.95 1.90 1.90 70,800 1.90
Feb-11-03 1.94 1.99 1.90 1.96 97,400 1.96
Feb-10-03 1.95 1.99 1.85 1.97 136,200 1.97
Feb-07-03 2.01 2.04 1.81 1.92 285,100 1.92
Feb-06-03 2.37 2.44 1.85 2.01 1,096,800 2.01
Feb-05-03 2.30 2.49 2.26 2.35 295,100 2.35
Feb-04-03 2.60 2.70 2.23 2.33 714,700 2.33
Feb-03-03 2.15 2.50 2.10 2.48 1,044,600 2.48
Jan-31-03 1.86 2.05 1.75 2.02 603,000 2.02
Jan-30-03 1.60 1.95 1.58 1.90 759,800 1.90
Jan-29-03 1.54 1.60 1.45 1.59 135,900 1.59
Jan-28-03 1.49 1.55 1.44 1.54 58,600 1.54
Jan-27-03 1.55 1.55 1.46 1.49 204,000 1.49
Jan-24-03 1.49 1.56 1.45 1.52 225,000 1.52
Jan-23-03 1.39 1.48 1.36 1.45 107,900 1.45
Jan-22-03 1.43 1.45 1.35 1.39 203,900 1.39
Jan-21-03 1.50 1.53 1.41 1.43 94,300 1.43
Jan-17-03 1.59 1.59 1.45 1.48 79,700 1.48
Jan-16-03 1.64 1.64 1.56 1.59 92,000 1.59
Jan-15-03 1.60 1.63 1.57 1.63 128,700 1.63
Jan-14-03 1.57 1.57 1.50 1.56 84,800 1.56
Jan-13-03 1.45 1.53 1.43 1.50 114,900 1.50
Jan-10-03 1.40 1.45 1.39 1.45 112,200 1.45
Jan-09-03 1.50 1.50 1.39 1.41 129,800 1.41
Jan-08-03 1.52 1.53 1.45 1.47 79,300 1.47
Jan-07-03 1.56 1.58 1.44 1.48 118,800 1.48
Jan-06-03 1.60 1.61 1.53 1.58 76,200 1.58
Jan-03-03 1.64 1.65 1.54 1.57 51,200 1.57
Jan-02-03 1.68 1.70 1.61 1.61 170,600 1.61
Dec-31-02 1.56 1.68 1.51 1.66 159,700 1.66
Dec-30-02 1.65 1.69 1.55 1.56 265,400 1.56
Dec-27-02 1.57 1.64 1.55 1.62 227,900 1.62
Dec-26-02 1.43 1.55 1.40 1.53 279,600 1.53
Dec-24-02 1.39 1.44 1.36 1.39 231,800 1.39
Dec-23-02 1.38 1.39 1.35 1.39 119,400 1.39

Daily Volume (3-month avg) 173.6K
Daily Volume (10-day avg) 119.0K
3/25/03 volume over 400K!

52-Week Change -70.1%
52-Week Change relative to S&P500 -61.7%

Share-Related Items

Market Capitalization $84.5M
Shares Outstanding 40.4M
Float 21.1M

Per-Share Data

Book Value (mrq) $0.54
Earnings (ttm) $0.35
Earnings (mrq) $0.03
Sales (ttm) $3.09
Cash (mrq) $0.07

Valuation Ratios

Price/Book (mrq) 3.87
Price/Earnings (ttm) 5.92
Price/Sales (ttm) 0.68

Income Statements

Sales (ttm) $128.1M
EBITDA (ttm) $17.1M
Income available to common (ttm) $14.5M

Profitability

Profit Margin (ttm) 11.3%
Operating Margin (ttm) 13.0%

Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year Ends Dec 31
Most recent quarter 30-Sep-2002

Management Effectiveness

Return on Assets (ttm) 31.03%
Return on Equity (ttm) 123.59%

Financial Strength

Current Ratio (mrq) 4.00
Debt/Equity (mrq) 0.66
Total Cash (mrq) $2.66M

Short Interest As of 10-Feb-2003

Shares Short 865.0K
Percent of Float 4.1%
Shares Short
(Prior Month) 0
Short Ratio 2.78
Daily Volume 311.0K


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NEWS; http://biz.yahoo.com/n/d/dhb.html
(all times are US Eastern)
Tuesday March 18, 2003
Correction -- DHB Industries Inc. (Amex: DHB) <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030318/nytu098a_1.html>
12:03 pm - PR Newswire
DHB Industries Announces Third Quarter Earnings Date <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030318/nytu098_1.html>
11:03 am - PR Newswire
Thursday March 13, 2003
DHB Industries Says Lawsuit Dismissed <http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030313/1526000982_1.html>
3:26 pm - Dow Jones Business News
DHB Industries Shareholder Derivative Action Dismissed <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030313/nyth145_1.html>
2:20 pm - PR Newswire
Wednesday February 26, 2003
DHB Indus Amends Loan Pact To Meet Working Capital Needs <http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030226/1349000763_1.html>
1:49 pm - Dow Jones Business News
Tuesday February 25, 2003
DHB INDUSTRIES INC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Financial Statements and Exhibits <http://biz.yahoo.com/e/030225/dhb8-k.html>
5:28 pm - EDGAR Online
Wednesday February 19, 2003
DHB Industries Announces New Board Member <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030219/nyw034_1.html>
8:02 am - PR Newswire
Thursday February 6, 2003
DHB Industries Responds to Letter of Complaint Filed by UNITE Union <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030206/nyth133_1.html>
2:27 pm - PR Newswire
Friday January 31, 2003
DHB Industries Expanding Operations <http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030131/nyf066_2.html>
11:58 am - PR Newswire
Tuesday November 26, 2002
DHB INDUSTRIES INC Financials <http://biz.yahoo.com/fin/l/d/dhb.html>
6:00 am - EDGAR Online Financials
Thursday November 14, 2002
DHB INDUSTRIES INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) <http://biz.yahoo.com/e/021114/dhb10-q.html>
1:05 pm - EDGAR Online
Monday January 28, 2002
DHB CAPITAL GROUP INC /DE/ FILES (8-K) Disclosing Other Events <http://biz.yahoo.com/e/020128/dhbt.ob.html>
11:01 am - EDGAR Online

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DHB Industries Inc
filed on 11/14/2002

Company Filings:
http://www.gonow.com/filing.php?repo=tenk&ipage=1914069&doc=1&total=&back=2&g=&a....

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AND...

plans to release its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2002 after the market close on Tuesday, March 25, 2003. Subsequent to the release, DHB will discuss its results during a conference call to be broadcast live over the Internet starting at 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time.

Conference call particulars are as follows:

* Date - Tuesday, March 25, 2003
* Time - 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time/1:30 p.m. pacific standard time
* Dial in number - [phone]
* Analysts and Fund Managers - call the Company by 2:00 p.m. eastern
standard time on Tuesday, March 25, 2003 for an access code, which
will enable you to ask questions during the Question and Answer
section of the conference call
* Live Internet broadcast - can be accessed at http://www.dhbt.com


Those choosing to listen via telephone are encouraged to call in at least ten minutes prior to the start of the call to allow time to register with the operator.