OSK vs TEX vs CAT Stock Comparison

Oshkosh, Terex and Caterpillar Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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OSK Oshkosh Corp
$135.10 +2.7% 1M +8.2% 1Y
Market cap
$8.28B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.76B
Div. yield
1.64%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
7 wins
TEX Terex Corp
$56.54 +6.0% 1M +1.0% 1Y
Market cap
$6.36B
P/E
32.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.49B
Div. yield
1.20%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
2 wins
CAT Caterpillar Inc
$647.25 -21.7% 1M +10.5% 1Y
Market cap
$297.54B
P/E
25.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$77.77B
Div. yield
0.97%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Oshkosh leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Oshkosh 7, Caterpillar 3, Terex 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionOSKTEXCATLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.28B $6.36B $297.54B CAT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.8x 32.4x 25.2x OSK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.5x 10.7x 25.1x TEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +4.2% +40.1% +20.3% TEX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.6% 2.6% — OSK
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.2% 4.7% — OSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 3.0x — OSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.64% 1.20% 0.97% OSK
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.2% +1.0% +10.5% CAT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.8%/yr +4.8%/yr +26.0%/yr CAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 39.3% 49.8% 40.3% OSK
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 67/100 55/100 44/100 OSK

Percentile Scorecard

OSKTEXCAT

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

AxisOSKTEXCAT
Valuation 91 #20 of 203 85 #31 of 203 29 #144 of 203
Growth 40 #113 of 188 55 #86 of 188 74 #49 of 188
Profitability 61 #72 of 183 34 #122 of 183 77 #43 of 183
Financial Health 52 #105 of 216 27 #157 of 216 8 #199 of 216
Shareholder Returns 92 #13 of 152 77 #36 of 152 31 #105 of 152
Overall 67 55 44
  • OSK ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TEX ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • CAT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodOSKTEXCATSPY
1 month +2.7%+6.0%-21.7% +0.7%
3 months -5.4%-9.2%-20.0% +3.7%
6 months -13.6%-9.1%-27.3% +7.1%
Year to date +7.5%+5.9%+13.0% +12.8%
1 year +8.2%+1.0%+10.5% +11.9%
3 years +53.5%+23.4%+167.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +15.4%+7.3%+38.8% +22.8%
5 years +26.3%+26.2%+217.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year +4.8%+4.8%+26.0% +10.9%
10 years +154.3%+137.5%+671.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year +9.8%+9.0%+22.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureOSKTEXCATSPY
Volatility, 1Y 39.3%49.8%40.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.3%48.8%42.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.411.891.88 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.210.020.26 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.5%-51.8%-39.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.1%-24.2%-39.2% -1.2%
52-week high $177.94$74.58$1,064.90 $779.14
52-week low $118.59$41.78$546.13 $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.

MultipleOSKTEXCAT
P/E now vs peer median 16.8xmedian 25.8x 32.4xmedian 25.8x 25.2xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.9x 0.8xmedian 1.9x 3.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 9.0xmedian 14.6x 11.9xmedian 14.6x —median 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.8xmedian 22.2x 15.2xmedian 22.2x 42.3xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.2x 1.3xmedian 2.2x 13.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 45.16median 1.45 -0.86median 1.45 1.95median 1.45

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 monthsOSKTEXCAT
Revenue $10.76B $7.49B $77.77B
Gross profit $1.66B $1.28B –
Operating income $734.30M $425.00M $14.25B
Net income $498.50M $198.00M $11.83B
Free cash flow $942.10M $419.00M –
R&D – – $2.31B
EPS (diluted) $8.01 $1.74 $25.58
Cash & equivalents $558.00M $407.00M $7.93B
Total debt $1.10B $2.58B –
Shares (diluted) 62.24M 114.00M 462.50M
Enterprise value $6.59B $4.38B $297.54B

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
MetricOSKTEXCAT
P/E 16.8x 32.4x 25.2x
P/FCF 8.8x 15.2x 42.3x
P/Operating cash flow 7.3x 11.7x 21.0x
P/S 0.8x 0.8x 3.8x
P/B 1.8x 1.3x 13.9x
P/Tangible book 2.1x 3.1x 14.1x
EV/EBITDA 9.0x 11.9x –
EV/EBIT 12.0x 20.1x –
EV/Revenue 0.8x 1.1x 3.8x
EV/FCF 9.4x 20.3x –
EV/Operating cash flow 7.8x 15.7x 21.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 45.16 -0.86 1.95

Growth

14 metrics
MetricOSKTEXCAT
Revenue growth (1Y) 4.2% 40.1% 20.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.6% 13.3% 5.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -10.1% 21.9% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.4% 3.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -22.8% 8.7% 24.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -1.5% -12.8% 7.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -25.2% 26.9% 27.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -1.5% -25.7% 9.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -22.4% -26.3% 29.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 0.4% -37.4% 12.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 16.3% 31.8% 22.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 36.2% 8.4% 6.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 26.0% 50.2% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 69.7% 9.1% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricOSKTEXCAT
Gross margin 15.4% 17.1% –
EBITDA margin 9.1% 9.6% –
Operating margin 6.8% 5.7% –
Pretax margin 5.9% 3.1% –
Net margin 4.6% 2.6% –
FCF margin 8.8% 5.6% –
Operating cash flow margin 10.5% 7.3% 18.2%
Return on equity 11.0% 3.9% 57.9%
Return on assets 4.9% 1.9% 11.3%
Return on invested capital 10.2% 4.7% –
Return on capital employed 10.5% 5.1% –
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 2.7x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.9% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricOSKTEXCAT
Debt / assets 10.7% 25.0% –
Debt / equity 0.2x 0.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 3.0x –
Debt / FCF 1.2x 6.2x –
Liabilities / assets 55.6% 51.8% 79.9%
Equity / assets 44.4% 48.2% 20.1%
Interest coverage 6.1x 2.2x –
Current ratio 1.7x 1.8x 1.4x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.8x –
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 3.13 2.05 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricOSKTEXCAT
Dividend yield 1.6% 1.2% 1.0%
Net buyback yield 4.1% 1.2% –
Shareholder yield 5.7% 2.4% 1.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 34.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 16.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 50.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 18.8% –

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.

ConsensusOSKTEXCAT
Forward P/E 13.5xFY2026 10.7xFY2026 25.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.00FY2026 $5.26FY2026 $25.79FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -7.3%FY2026 +6.7%FY2026 +35.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +46.4% +9.9% +31.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.70BFY2026 $8.62BFY2026 $84.12BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.6%FY2026 +59.1%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.3% +8.2% +1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersOSKTEXCAT
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 72.3%
Institutions holding 599 482 4,059
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.1% +5.5% +0.5%
Institutions buying 310 240 1,890
Institutions selling 188 164 1,595
Buyers to sellers 1.65 1.46 1.18

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.

OSKTEXCAT
OSK 1.00 0.68 0.63
TEX 0.68 1.00 0.58
CAT 0.63 0.58 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, OSK, TEX and CAT?

Caterpillar (CAT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Oshkosh (OSK) $8.28B, Terex (TEX) $6.36B, Caterpillar (CAT) $297.54B.

Which stock is cheaper, OSK, TEX and CAT?

Oshkosh (OSK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Oshkosh (OSK) 16.8x, Terex (TEX) 32.4x, Caterpillar (CAT) 25.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Terex (TEX) is cheapest (Oshkosh (OSK) 13.5x, Terex (TEX) 10.7x, Caterpillar (CAT) 25.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Terex (TEX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Oshkosh (OSK) +4.2%, Terex (TEX) +40.1%, Caterpillar (CAT) +20.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Oshkosh (OSK) has the highest net margin (Oshkosh (OSK) 4.6%, Terex (TEX) 2.6%). On return on invested capital, Oshkosh (OSK) leads (Oshkosh (OSK) 10.2%, Terex (TEX) 4.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Caterpillar (CAT) returned the most: Oshkosh (OSK) +8.2%, Terex (TEX) +1.0%, Caterpillar (CAT) +10.5%. Over five years, Caterpillar (CAT) compounded fastest (Oshkosh (OSK) +4.8%/yr, Terex (TEX) +4.8%/yr, Caterpillar (CAT) +26.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Oshkosh (OSK) has the highest dividend yield: Oshkosh (OSK) 1.64%, Terex (TEX) 1.20%, Caterpillar (CAT) 0.97%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Oshkosh (OSK) has been the steadiest (Oshkosh (OSK) 39.3%, Terex (TEX) 49.8%, Caterpillar (CAT) 40.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, OSK, TEX and CAT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Oshkosh (OSK) leads on 7. 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.