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.
Toro (NYSE:TTC) and Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Oshkosh received 245 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.72% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 64.72% of users gave Oshkosh an outperform vote.
Toro currently has a consensus target price of $96.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.03%. Oshkosh has a consensus target price of $126.94, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Given Oshkosh's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Oshkosh.
88.0% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Oshkosh shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Toro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Toro had 10 more articles in the media than Oshkosh. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Toro and 9 mentions for Oshkosh. Toro's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Oshkosh's score of 0.33 indicating that Oshkosh is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Oshkosh pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Toro pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oshkosh pays out 17.6% 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 increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Oshkosh has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Oshkosh has a net margin of 6.93% compared to Oshkosh's net margin of 6.53%. Oshkosh's return on equity of 26.66% beat Toro's return on equity.
Toro has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oshkosh has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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