Oshkosh (OSK) Competitors

Toro (NYSE:TTC) and Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Is TTC or OSK a better dividend stock?

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 1.7%. Toro pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oshkosh pays out 17.9% 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. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, TTC or OSK?

Toro has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oshkosh has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TTC or OSK?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Toro	$4.55B	1.85	$329.70M	$3.81	21.49
Oshkosh	$9.66B	0.73	$598M	$10.30	10.49

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TTC or OSK?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TTC or OSK more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 8.89% compared to Oshkosh's net margin of 6.41%. Toro's return on equity of 25.94% beat Oshkosh's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toro	8.89%	25.94%	10.95%
Oshkosh	6.41%	19.87%	8.09%

Does the media refer more to TTC or OSK?

In the previous week, Oshkosh had 1 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Oshkosh and 6 mentions for Toro. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Oshkosh's score of 1.04 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toro	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Oshkosh	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate TTC or OSK?

Toro presently has a consensus price target of $93.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.99%. Oshkosh has a consensus price target of $123.14, suggesting a potential upside of 13.99%. Given Oshkosh's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oshkosh is more favorable than Toro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Oshkosh	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TTC or OSK?

Oshkosh received 250 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.24% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 64.56% of users gave Oshkosh an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toro	Outperform Votes 466 69.24%	Underperform Votes 207 30.76%
Oshkosh	Outperform Votes 716 64.56%	Underperform Votes 393 35.44%

Summary

Oshkosh beats Toro on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.