OSK vs RSG vs FSS Stock Comparison

Oshkosh, Republic Services and Federal Signal Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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OSK Oshkosh Corp
$136.79 +3.5% 1M +9.4% 1Y
Market cap
$8.33B
P/E
16.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.76B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
RSG Republic Services, Inc.
$249.41 +16.1% 1M +20.8% 1Y
Market cap
$75.14B
P/E
33.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$17.24B
Div. yield
0.01%
Solid Waste Industrials
5 wins
FSS Federal Signal Corp /De/
$112.03 -5.2% 1M -0.9% 1Y
Market cap
$6.89B
P/E
23.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.55B
Div. yield
0.01%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Republic Services leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Republic Services 5, Federal Signal 4, Oshkosh 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionOSKRSGFSSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.33B $75.14B $6.89B RSG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.7x 33.7x 23.2x OSK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 15.4x 33.5x 22.7x OSK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.2% +4.5% +24.0% FSS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.6% 12.9% 11.7% RSG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.2% 11.1% 16.0% FSS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 2.6x 0.7x OSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.01% RSG
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +9.4% +20.8% -0.9% RSG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.5%/yr +13.5%/yr +19.3%/yr FSS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.8% 20.3% 33.6% RSG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 52/100 77/100 FSS

Percentile Scorecard

OSKRSGFSS

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

AxisOSKRSGFSS
Valuation 89 #23 of 204 44 #10 of 17 56 #91 of 204
Growth 40 #115 of 191 36 #10 of 15 93 #15 of 191
Profitability 58 #80 of 189 100 #1 of 15 89 #22 of 189
Financial Health 51 #108 of 221 25 #13 of 17 79 #48 of 221
Shareholder Returns 91 #16 of 159 57 #4 of 8 67 #53 of 159
Overall 66 52 77
  • OSK ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • RSG ranked among 17 companies in Waste Management
  • FSS ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodOSKRSGFSSSPY
1 month +3.5%+16.1%-5.2% -5.9%
3 months -10.9%+19.0%-12.3% -4.6%
6 months -10.6%+23.7%-7.0% +0.2%
Year to date +8.9%+17.7%+3.2% +7.5%
1 year +9.4%+20.8%-0.9% +8.2%
3 years +48.6%+61.3%+73.7% +68.3%
3 years, per year +14.1%+17.3%+20.2% +19.0%
5 years +18.8%+87.9%+142.0% +56.5%
5 years, per year +3.5%+13.5%+19.3% +9.4%
10 years +147.7%+386.8%+810.8% +251.5%
10 years, per year +9.5%+17.2%+24.7% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureOSKRSGFSSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.8%20.3%33.6% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.0%18.6%33.1% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.29-0.431.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.241.02-0.03 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.5%-23.4%-33.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.1%0.0%-16.2% -5.9%
52-week high $177.94$249.41$133.73 $779.14
52-week low $118.59$197.73$104.77 $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.

MultipleOSKRSGFSS
P/E now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 23.4x 34.3xmedian 31.3x 23.0xmedian 23.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.7x 4.4xmedian 3.2x 2.7xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.1xmedian 13.4x 16.4xmedian 15.3x 14.1xmedian 13.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.9xmedian 21.9x 29.7xmedian 17.7x 18.7xmedian 21.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.1x 6.2xmedian 2.0x 4.3xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 45.72median 1.02 2.86median 2.86 0.86median 1.02

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 monthsOSKRSGFSS
Revenue $10.76B $17.24B $2.55B
Gross profit $1.66B $7.24B $741.70M
Operating income $734.30M $3.45B $412.80M
Net income $498.50M $2.23B $296.90M
Free cash flow $942.10M $2.56B $365.10M
EPS (diluted) $8.01 $7.27 $4.83
Cash & equivalents $558.00M $92.00M $73.70M
Total debt $1.10B $14.06B $420.30M
Shares (diluted) 62.24M 306.50M 61.50M
Enterprise value $6.64B $74.75B $6.62B

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
MetricOSKRSGFSS
P/E 17.0x 34.3x 23.0x
P/FCF 8.9x 29.7x 18.7x
P/Operating cash flow 7.4x 16.9x 17.0x
P/S 0.8x 4.4x 2.7x
P/B 1.8x 6.2x 4.3x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 6.6x 5.7x
EV/EBITDA 9.1x 16.4x 14.1x
EV/EBIT 12.2x 26.1x 17.4x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 5.2x 2.8x
EV/FCF 9.5x 35.1x 19.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 7.9x 20.0x 17.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 45.72 2.86 0.86

Growth

14 metrics
MetricOSKRSGFSS
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.2% 4.5% 24.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.6% 5.5% 15.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -10.1% 4.1% 24.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.4% 7.7% 20.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -22.8% 4.5% 26.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -1.5% 9.1% 25.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -25.2% 5.7% 25.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -1.5% 10.8% 26.8%
EPS growth (1Y) -22.4% 7.6% 25.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 0.4% 12.0% 26.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 16.3% 3.8% 62.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.2% 8.4% 45.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 26.0% 1.2% 66.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 69.7% 10.1% 53.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricOSKRSGFSS
Gross margin 15.4% 42.0% 29.1%
EBITDA margin 9.1% 31.7% 19.9%
Operating margin 6.8% 20.0% 16.2%
Pretax margin 5.9% 15.3% 15.2%
Net margin 4.6% 12.9% 11.7%
FCF margin 8.8% 14.9% 14.3%
Operating cash flow margin 10.5% 26.1% 15.8%
Return on equity 11.0% 18.4% 19.2%
Return on assets 4.9% 6.3% 12.1%
Return on invested capital 10.2% 11.1% 16.0%
Return on capital employed 10.5% 10.9% 19.2%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.5x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 2.0x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% – 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricOSKRSGFSS
Debt / assets 10.7% 39.6% 17.1%
Debt / equity 0.2x 1.1x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 2.6x 0.7x
Debt / FCF 1.2x 5.5x 1.2x
Liabilities / assets 55.6% 65.5% 35.7%
Equity / assets 44.4% 34.5% 64.3%
Interest coverage 6.1x 5.7x 17.9x
Current ratio 1.7x 0.7x 3.0x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.6x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.0x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 3.14 3.22 7.43

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricOSKRSGFSS
Dividend yield 1.6% 1.0% 0.5%
Net buyback yield 4.1% 1.5% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 5.7% 2.5% 0.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 34.6% 12.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 30.1% 9.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.2% 9.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 7.2% 15.9%

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.

ConsensusOSKRSGFSS
Forward P/E 15.4xFY2026 33.5xFY2026 22.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.91FY2026 $7.45FY2026 $4.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -17.4%FY2026 +6.1%FY2026 +16.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +52.9% +5.0% +9.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.52BFY2026 $16.74BFY2026 $2.78BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.0%FY2026 +0.9%FY2026 +27.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +6.1% +15.8% -4.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersOSKRSGFSS
Held by institutions 100.0% 58.9% 100.0%
Institutions holding 601 1,304 476
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.1% +0.5% +3.9%
Institutions buying 309 622 251
Institutions selling 188 486 152
Buyers to sellers 1.64 1.28 1.65

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.

OSKRSGFSS
OSK 1.00 -0.05 0.51
RSG -0.05 1.00 -0.12
FSS 0.51 -0.12 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, OSK, RSG and FSS?

Republic Services (RSG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Oshkosh (OSK) $8.33B, Republic Services (RSG) $75.14B, Federal Signal (FSS) $6.89B.

Which stock is cheaper, OSK, RSG and FSS?

Oshkosh (OSK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Oshkosh (OSK) 16.7x, Republic Services (RSG) 33.7x, Federal Signal (FSS) 23.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oshkosh (OSK) is cheapest (Oshkosh (OSK) 15.4x, Republic Services (RSG) 33.5x, Federal Signal (FSS) 22.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Federal Signal (FSS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Oshkosh (OSK) +4.2%, Republic Services (RSG) +4.5%, Federal Signal (FSS) +24.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Republic Services (RSG) has the highest net margin (Oshkosh (OSK) 4.6%, Republic Services (RSG) 12.9%, Federal Signal (FSS) 11.7%). On return on invested capital, Federal Signal (FSS) leads (Oshkosh (OSK) 10.2%, Republic Services (RSG) 11.1%, Federal Signal (FSS) 16.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Republic Services (RSG) returned the most: Oshkosh (OSK) +9.4%, Republic Services (RSG) +20.8%, Federal Signal (FSS) -0.9%. Over five years, Federal Signal (FSS) compounded fastest (Oshkosh (OSK) +3.5%/yr, Republic Services (RSG) +13.5%/yr, Federal Signal (FSS) +19.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Republic Services (RSG) has the highest dividend yield: Oshkosh (OSK) 0.00%, Republic Services (RSG) 0.01%, Federal Signal (FSS) 0.01%. Oshkosh (OSK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Republic Services (RSG) has been the steadiest (Oshkosh (OSK) 39.8%, Republic Services (RSG) 20.3%, Federal Signal (FSS) 33.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, OSK, RSG and FSS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Republic Services (RSG) leads on 5. 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.