Contrasting Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) & Adient (NYSE:ADNT)

Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) and Adient (NYSE:ADNT) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Oshkosh and Adient”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oshkosh	$10.76 billion	0.74	$681.40 million	$9.36	13.17
Adient	$14.69 billion	0.13	$18.00 million	($3.20)	-6.99

Oshkosh has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Adient. Adient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oshkosh, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.4% of Oshkosh shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Adient shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Adient shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Oshkosh and Adient’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oshkosh	5.84%	17.22%	7.29%
Adient	-1.86%	7.70%	1.90%

Risk & Volatility

Oshkosh has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adient has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Oshkosh and Adient, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oshkosh	1	3	10	0	2.64
Adient	2	7	0	0	1.78

Oshkosh presently has a consensus price target of $126.85, indicating a potential upside of 2.92%. Adient has a consensus price target of $20.06, indicating a potential downside of 10.27%. Given Oshkosh’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Oshkosh is more favorable than Adient.

Summary

Oshkosh beats Adient on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oshkosh

Oshkosh Corporation provides purpose-built vehicles and equipment worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Access, Defense, and Vocational segment. Its Access Equipment segment design and manufacture aerial work platform and telehandlers for use in construction, industrial, and maintenance applications; offers financing and leasing solutions including rental fleet loans, leases, and floor plan and retail financing; and towing and recovery equipment, which includes carriers, wreckers, and rotators, as well as provides equipment installation and sale of chassis and service parts. The Defense segment engages in the manufacture and sale of heavy, medium, and light tactical wheeled vehicles and related services for department of defense. Its Vocational segment offers custom and commercial firefighting equipment, fire apparatus, and emergency vehicles, including pumpers, aerial platform, ladder and tiller trucks, and tankers; light, medium, and heavy-duty rescue vehicles; and wildland rough terrain response, bomb squad, hazardous materials control vehicles, mobile command and control centers, and other emergency response vehicles. Additionally, this segment produces and sells custom and commercial firefighting vehicles, as well as command vehicles, ARFF vehicles; design and manufacture refuse collection vehicles for waste services industry; front discharge concrete mixers for the concrete ready-mix industry; and field service vehicles and truck-mounted cranes for construction, equipment dealer, building supply, utility, tire service, railroad, and mining industries. Further, the company provides its products through direct sales representatives, dealers, and distributors. Oshkosh Corporation was formerly known as Oshkosh Truck Corporation. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

About Adient

Adient plc engages in the design, development, manufacture, and market of seating systems and components for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and light trucks. The company's automotive seating solutions include complete seating systems, frames, mechanisms, foams, head restraints, armrests, and trim covers. It serves automotive original equipment manufacturers in North America and South America; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and the Asia Pacific/China. Adient plc was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.