Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) versus U Power (NASDAQ:UCAR) Financial Review

U Power (NASDAQ:UCAR) and Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares U Power and Oshkosh”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
U Power	$6.07 million	1.26	-$6.57 million	N/A	N/A
Oshkosh	$10.76 billion	0.77	$681.40 million	$10.25	12.72

Oshkosh has higher revenue and earnings than U Power.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
U Power	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oshkosh	6.43%	16.60%	7.39%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for U Power and Oshkosh, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
U Power	1	0	1	0	2.00
Oshkosh	1	5	13	0	2.63

U Power currently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 200.30%. Oshkosh has a consensus price target of $149.56, suggesting a potential upside of 14.67%. Given U Power’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe U Power is more favorable than Oshkosh.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

13.2% of U Power shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Oshkosh shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

U Power has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oshkosh has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Oshkosh beats U Power on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About U Power

U Power Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of new energy vehicles and battery swapping stations in the People's Republic of China. It also offers battery swapping and sourcing, as well as technical and consultation services. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Wuhu, the People's Republic of China.

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.