BWA vs OSK vs WCN Stock Comparison

Borgwarner, Oshkosh and Waste Connections Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BWA Borgwarner Inc
$47.54 -24.9% 1M +5.9% 1Y
Market cap
$9.55B
P/E
20.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.24B
Div. yield
1.43%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
1 win
OSK Oshkosh Corp
$136.79 +3.5% 1M +9.4% 1Y
Market cap
$8.38B
P/E
17.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.76B
Div. yield
1.62%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
5 wins
WCN Waste Connections, Inc.
$191.63 +23.9% 1M +15.5% 1Y
Market cap
$47.95B
P/E
42.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.94B
Div. yield
0.75%
Solid Waste Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Waste Connections leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Waste Connections 6, Oshkosh 5, Borgwarner 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBWAOSKWCNLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $9.55B $8.38B $47.95B WCN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.0x 17.0x 42.5x OSK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.7x 15.4x 35.4x BWA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.4% +4.2% +6.3% WCN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.4% 4.6% 11.4% WCN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.9% 10.2% 7.9% OSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.6x 2.9x OSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.43% 1.62% 0.75% OSK
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +5.9% +9.4% +15.5% WCN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +0.3%/yr +3.5%/yr +7.4%/yr WCN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.4% 39.8% 25.6% WCN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 66/100 56/100 OSK

Percentile Scorecard

BWAOSKWCN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBWAOSKWCN
Valuation 96 #10 of 204 89 #23 of 204 25 #13 of 17
Growth 51 #94 of 191 40 #115 of 191 71 #5 of 15
Profitability 47 #100 of 189 58 #80 of 189 79 #4 of 15
Financial Health 43 #127 of 221 51 #108 of 221 19 #14 of 17
Shareholder Returns 84 #27 of 159 91 #16 of 159 86 #2 of 8
Overall 64 66 56
  • BWA ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • OSK ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • WCN ranked among 17 companies in Waste Management

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBWAOSKWCNSPY
1 month -24.9%+3.5%+23.9% -5.9%
3 months -27.7%-10.9%+14.5% -4.6%
6 months -18.3%-10.6%+24.8% +0.2%
Year to date +5.5%+8.9%+9.3% +7.5%
1 year +5.9%+9.4%+15.5% +8.2%
3 years +44.8%+48.6%+44.7% +68.3%
3 years, per year +13.1%+14.1%+13.1% +19.0%
5 years +1.4%+18.8%+42.6% +56.5%
5 years, per year +0.3%+3.5%+7.4% +9.4%
10 years +39.5%+147.7%+288.1% +251.5%
10 years, per year +3.4%+9.5%+14.5% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureBWAOSKWCNSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.4%39.8%25.6% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.5%39.0%22.9% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.321.29-0.13 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.140.240.60 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.1%-43.5%-25.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.3%-23.1%-0.2% -5.9%
52-week high $77.03$177.94$191.94 $779.14
52-week low $40.96$118.59$149.02 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBWAOSKWCN
P/E now vs peer median 20.0xmedian 23.4x 17.0xmedian 23.4x 42.5xmedian 31.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 1.7x 0.8xmedian 1.7x 4.8xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 13.4x 9.1xmedian 13.4x 17.5xmedian 15.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.3xmedian 21.9x 8.9xmedian 21.9x 38.4xmedian 17.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 2.1x 1.8xmedian 2.1x 6.1xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median -2.27median 1.02 45.72median 1.02 3.58median 2.86

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBWAOSKWCN
Revenue $14.24B $10.76B $9.94B
Gross profit $2.79B $1.66B $4.24B
Operating income $770.00M $734.30M $1.76B
Net income $538.00M $498.50M $1.13B
Free cash flow $1.15B $942.10M $1.25B
EPS (diluted) $2.34 $8.01 $4.50
Cash & equivalents $1.58B $558.00M $95.69M
Total debt $3.01B $1.10B $9.45B
Shares (diluted) 204.60M 62.24M 251.87M
Enterprise value $1.29B $6.69B $47.60B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBWAOSKWCN
P/E 20.0x 17.0x 42.5x
P/FCF 8.3x 8.9x 38.4x
P/Operating cash flow 5.7x 7.4x 19.0x
P/S 0.7x 0.8x 4.8x
P/B 1.6x 1.8x 6.1x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 2.2x 8.1x
EV/EBITDA – 9.1x 17.5x
EV/EBIT 14.2x 12.2x 32.5x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 0.8x 5.8x
EV/FCF 9.5x 9.5x 45.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.5x 7.9x 22.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.27 45.72 3.58

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBWAOSKWCN
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.4% 4.2% 6.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 4.6% 8.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.3% -10.1% 7.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.1% 2.4% 10.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 68.1% -22.8% 61.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -12.4% -1.5% 10.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 186.2% -25.2% 82.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -10.5% -1.5% 10.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 277.5% -22.4% 86.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -8.8% 0.4% 11.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -2.0% 16.3% 4.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.8% 36.2% 6.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -7.4% 26.0% 1.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 53.4% 69.7% 1.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBWAOSKWCN
Gross margin 19.6% 15.4% 42.6%
EBITDA margin – 9.1% 32.9%
Operating margin 5.4% 6.8% 17.7%
Pretax margin 5.3% 5.9% 14.7%
Net margin 3.4% 4.6% 11.4%
FCF margin 8.1% 8.8% 12.6%
Operating cash flow margin 11.8% 10.5% 25.4%
Return on equity 9.2% 11.0% 14.3%
Return on assets 4.0% 4.9% 5.3%
Return on invested capital 5.9% 10.2% 7.9%
Return on capital employed 8.5% 10.5% 9.1%
Asset turnover 1.0x 1.1x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.1x 2.3x 2.2x
Stock comp / revenue 1.0% 0.4% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBWAOSKWCN
Debt / assets 22.8% 10.7% 43.9%
Debt / equity 0.5x 0.2x 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.6x 2.9x
Debt / FCF 2.6x 1.2x 7.6x
Liabilities / assets 55.6% 55.6% 63.3%
Equity / assets 44.4% 44.4% 36.7%
Interest coverage – 6.1x 4.9x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.7x 0.7x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.7x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.2x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 2.98 3.14 3.18

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBWAOSKWCN
Dividend yield 1.4% 1.6% 0.8%
Net buyback yield 7.6% 4.1% 2.1%
Shareholder yield 9.0% 5.7% 2.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 25.8% – 31.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) 12.1% – 28.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) 28.7% – 9.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -1.4% – 10.7%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBWAOSKWCN
Forward P/E 8.7xFY2026 15.4xFY2026 35.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.44FY2026 $8.91FY2026 $5.41FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +10.8%FY2026 -17.4%FY2026 +6.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.3% +52.9% +18.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.64BFY2026 $10.52BFY2026 $10.30BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -4.8%FY2026 +1.0%FY2026 +10.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.2% +6.1% 0.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBWAOSKWCN
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 85.2%
Institutions holding 817 601 832
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.7% +5.1% +1.3%
Institutions buying 420 309 412
Institutions selling 296 188 303
Buyers to sellers 1.42 1.64 1.36

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BWAOSKWCN
BWA 1.00 0.35 -0.16
OSK 0.35 1.00 0.08
WCN -0.16 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BWA, OSK and WCN?

Waste Connections (WCN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Borgwarner (BWA) $9.55B, Oshkosh (OSK) $8.38B, Waste Connections (WCN) $47.95B.

Which stock is cheaper, BWA, OSK and WCN?

Oshkosh (OSK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Borgwarner (BWA) 20.0x, Oshkosh (OSK) 17.0x, Waste Connections (WCN) 42.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Borgwarner (BWA) is cheapest (Borgwarner (BWA) 8.7x, Oshkosh (OSK) 15.4x, Waste Connections (WCN) 35.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Waste Connections (WCN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Borgwarner (BWA) +0.4%, Oshkosh (OSK) +4.2%, Waste Connections (WCN) +6.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Waste Connections (WCN) has the highest net margin (Borgwarner (BWA) 3.4%, Oshkosh (OSK) 4.6%, Waste Connections (WCN) 11.4%). On return on invested capital, Oshkosh (OSK) leads (Borgwarner (BWA) 5.9%, Oshkosh (OSK) 10.2%, Waste Connections (WCN) 7.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Waste Connections (WCN) returned the most: Borgwarner (BWA) +5.9%, Oshkosh (OSK) +9.4%, Waste Connections (WCN) +15.5%. Over five years, Waste Connections (WCN) compounded fastest (Borgwarner (BWA) +0.3%/yr, Oshkosh (OSK) +3.5%/yr, Waste Connections (WCN) +7.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Oshkosh (OSK) has the highest dividend yield: Borgwarner (BWA) 1.43%, Oshkosh (OSK) 1.62%, Waste Connections (WCN) 0.75%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Connections (WCN) has been the steadiest (Borgwarner (BWA) 41.4%, Oshkosh (OSK) 39.8%, Waste Connections (WCN) 25.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BWA, OSK and WCN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Waste Connections (WCN) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.