OSK vs. TTC, AGCO, FSS, TRN, TEX, ALG, GBX, LNN, ASTE, and MLR
Should you be buying Oshkosh stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oshkosh include Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Federal Signal (FSS), Trinity Industries (TRN), Terex (TEX), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), and Miller Industries (MLR). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Oshkosh vs.
Toro (NYSE:TTC) and Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Oshkosh has higher revenue and earnings than Toro. Oshkosh is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.0% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Oshkosh shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Toro shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Oshkosh had 9 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Oshkosh and 8 mentions for Toro. Toro's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Oshkosh's score of 0.71 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Toro has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oshkosh has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Toro has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Oshkosh's net margin of 6.34%. Toro's return on equity of 27.25% beat Oshkosh's return on equity.
Oshkosh received 255 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.29% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 64.35% of users gave Oshkosh an outperform vote.
Toro presently has a consensus target price of $93.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.93%. Oshkosh has a consensus target price of $124.85, indicating a potential upside of 15.01%. Given Toro's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Toro is more favorable than Oshkosh.
Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Oshkosh pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Toro pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oshkosh pays out 17.8% 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. Toro has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Oshkosh has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Toro beats Oshkosh on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OSK) was last updated on 2/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
