Oshkosh (OSK) Competitors

Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) and CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (NYSE:CNH) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OSK or CNH?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has higher revenue and earnings than Oshkosh. Oshkosh is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oshkosh	$10.50B	0.68	$681.40M	$9.36	11.84
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	$18.85B	0.86	$1.25B	$0.82	15.77

Is OSK or CNH more profitable?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a net margin of 6.62% compared to Oshkosh's net margin of 6.34%. Oshkosh's return on equity of 19.31% beat CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oshkosh	6.34%	19.31%	8.02%
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	6.62%	18.00%	3.13%

Which has more risk & volatility, OSK or CNH?

Oshkosh has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OSK or CNH?

Oshkosh received 608 more outperform votes than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.02% of users gave Oshkosh an outperform vote while only 60.39% of users gave CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Oshkosh	Outperform Votes 733 64.02%	Underperform Votes 412 35.98%
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	Outperform Votes 125 60.39%	Underperform Votes 82 39.61%

Is OSK or CNH a better dividend stock?

Oshkosh pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Oshkosh pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Oshkosh has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to OSK or CNH?

In the previous week, Oshkosh had 14 more articles in the media than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Oshkosh and 8 mentions for CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Oshkosh's score of 0.80 indicating that CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Oshkosh	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate OSK or CNH?

Oshkosh presently has a consensus price target of $120.29, indicating a potential upside of 8.52%. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a consensus price target of $15.08, indicating a potential upside of 16.66%. Given CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign is more favorable than Oshkosh.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oshkosh	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do institutionals & insiders believe in OSK or CNH?

92.4% of Oshkosh shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign beats Oshkosh on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.