Oshkosh (OSK) Competitors

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

Is CNH or OSK a better dividend stock?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Oshkosh pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oshkosh pays out 21.8% 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer CNH or OSK?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign presently has a consensus target price of $14.92, indicating a potential upside of 15.10%. Oshkosh has a consensus target price of $114.93, indicating a potential upside of 16.93%. Given Oshkosh's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oshkosh is more favorable than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Oshkosh	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNH or OSK?

Oshkosh received 607 more outperform votes than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.18% of users gave Oshkosh an outperform vote while only 60.19% of users gave CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	Outperform Votes 124 60.19%	Underperform Votes 82 39.81%
Oshkosh	Outperform Votes 731 64.18%	Underperform Votes 408 35.82%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CNH or OSK?

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
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	$18.85B	0.86	$1.25B	$0.82	15.80
Oshkosh	$10.50B	0.60	$681.40M	$9.36	10.50

Does the media favor CNH or OSK?

In the previous week, CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign had 4 more articles in the media than Oshkosh. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign and 17 mentions for Oshkosh. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Oshkosh's score of 1.15 indicating that CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	19 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oshkosh	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CNH or OSK?

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

Is CNH or OSK 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
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	6.62%	18.00%	3.13%
Oshkosh	6.34%	19.31%	8.02%

Which has more risk & volatility, CNH or OSK?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oshkosh has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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