OSK vs. TTC, AGCO, FSS, TEX, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, and ASTE
Should you be buying Oshkosh stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oshkosh include Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), and Astec Industries (ASTE). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Oshkosh pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Oshkosh pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 56.9% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Oshkosh has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Toro had 5 more articles in the media than Oshkosh. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Toro and 6 mentions for Oshkosh. Toro's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Oshkosh's score of 0.80 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oshkosh received 248 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.61% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 64.64% of users gave Oshkosh an outperform vote.
92.4% of Oshkosh shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Toro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Oshkosh has a net margin of 6.93% compared to Toro's net margin of 6.00%. Toro's return on equity of 25.04% beat Oshkosh's return on equity.
Oshkosh currently has a consensus price target of $124.82, suggesting a potential upside of 7.59%. Toro has a consensus price target of $98.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.07%. Given Oshkosh's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Oshkosh is more favorable than Toro.
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.
Summary
Oshkosh beats Toro on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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