OSK vs WM vs DAN Stock Comparison

Oshkosh, Waste Management and Dana Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
OSK Oshkosh Corp
$131.73 -2.8% 1M -5.8% 1Y
Market cap
$8.32B
P/E
14.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.61B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
4 wins
WM Waste Management Inc
$239.38 +15.1% 1M +10.8% 1Y
Market cap
$96.86B
P/E
34.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.67B
Div. yield
0.01%
Solid Waste Industrials
4 wins
DAN DANA Inc
$26.80 -9.8% 1M +35.0% 1Y
Market cap
$2.92B
P/E
2.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.66B
Div. yield
0.02%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Waste Management leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Waste Management 4, Dana 4, Oshkosh 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionOSKWMDANLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $8.32B $96.86B $2.92B WM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 14.9x 34.0x 2.6x DAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.2x 27.7x 14.1x OSK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.2% +7.2% +3.7% WM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.2% 11.1% 14.6% DAN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.4% 10.7% 0.0% OSK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 3.0x 1.8x OSK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.02% DAN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -5.8% +10.8% +35.0% DAN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.5%/yr +7.8%/yr +1.9%/yr WM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.4% 21.3% 44.1% WM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 72/100 54/100 62/100 OSK

Percentile Scorecard

OSKWMDAN

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

AxisOSKWMDAN
Valuation 95 #11 of 203 47 #9 of 16 96 #10 of 203
Growth 59 #78 of 188 77 #4 of 14 82 #35 of 188
Profitability 63 #69 of 187 92 #2 of 14 47 #99 of 187
Financial Health 51 #110 of 222 13 #14 of 16 20 #177 of 222
Shareholder Returns 91 #14 of 153 43 #5 of 8 64 #56 of 153
Overall 72 54 62
  • OSK ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WM ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • DAN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodOSKWMDANSPY
1 month -2.8%+15.1%-9.8% -1.0%
3 months -15.1%+0.2%-0.9% +2.9%
6 months -12.4%+4.3%-31.2% +6.4%
Year to date +4.9%+9.0%+12.8% +11.4%
1 year -5.8%+10.8%+35.0% +13.1%
3 years +48.4%+54.8%+112.2% +79.4%
3 years, per year +14.1%+15.7%+28.5% +21.5%
5 years +24.7%+45.6%+9.7% +67.7%
5 years, per year +4.5%+7.8%+1.9% +10.9%
10 years +146.1%+284.8%+79.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year +9.4%+14.4%+6.0% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureOSKWMDANSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.4%21.3%44.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.2%20.5%45.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.38-0.421.28 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.140.510.79 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.5%-18.7%-69.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.0%-2.9%-31.2% -2.5%
52-week high $177.94$246.51$38.93 $779.14
52-week low $118.59$196.77$19.47 $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.

MultipleOSKWMDAN
P/E now vs peer median 14.8xmedian 25.9x 33.7xmedian 33.8x 2.6xmedian 25.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.9x 3.7xmedian 3.4x 0.4xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.5xmedian 13.7x 15.8xmedian 15.8x 6.9xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 7.3xmedian 21.1x 26.8xmedian 18.4x 20.2xmedian 21.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.3x 9.6xmedian 3.1x 1.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.15median 1.19 4.14median 4.14 0.02median 1.19

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 monthsOSKWMDAN
Revenue $10.61B $25.67B $7.66B
Gross profit $1.69B $10.49B $725.00M
Operating income $797.60M $4.51B $210.00M
Net income $556.30M $2.85B $1.13B
Free cash flow $1.12B $3.57B $143.00M
EPS (diluted) $8.87 $7.09 $10.18
Cash & equivalents $403.60M $557.00M $331.00M
Total debt $4.56B $93.65B $1.34B
Shares (diluted) 62.75M 402.40M 109.50M
Enterprise value $6.97B $95.77B $1.23B

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
MetricOSKWMDAN
P/E 14.8x 33.7x 2.6x
P/FCF 7.3x 26.8x 20.2x
P/Operating cash flow 6.3x 14.7x 6.3x
P/S 0.8x 3.7x 0.4x
P/B 1.8x 9.6x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 2.1x 15.2x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 8.5x 15.8x 6.9x
EV/EBIT 11.1x 26.3x 18.6x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 4.6x 0.5x
EV/FCF 7.9x 33.2x 27.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.8x 18.2x 8.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.15 4.14 0.02

Growth

14 metrics
MetricOSKWMDAN
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.2% 7.2% 3.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.8% 8.6% -9.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -10.2% -18.6% 79.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.4% 11.8% -6.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -16.7% 7.3% 307.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.2% 9.1% 6.3%
Net income growth (1Y) -14.5% 4.8% 28,400%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 11.1% 7.7% 83.0%
EPS growth (1Y) -11.7% 5.3% 6,201%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 8.1% 108.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 60.6% 15.9% 49.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 57.0% 14.8% -8.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 99.4% 65.2% 180.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 49.8% 33.4% 5.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricOSKWMDAN
Gross margin 15.9% 40.9% 9.5%
EBITDA margin 9.8% 29.3% 7.3%
Operating margin 7.5% 17.6% 2.7%
Pretax margin 6.5% 14.1% 1.0%
Net margin 5.2% 11.1% 14.6%
FCF margin 10.6% 13.9% 1.9%
Operating cash flow margin 12.3% 25.4% 6.0%
Return on equity 12.4% 28.6% 56.6%
Return on assets 5.6% 6.2% 18.6%
Return on invested capital 11.4% 10.7% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 11.5% 11.2% 5.3%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.6x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.3x 2.3x 0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.7% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricOSKWMDAN
Debt / assets 11.0% 50.3% 22.0%
Debt / equity 0.2x 2.4x 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.7x 3.0x 1.8x
Debt / FCF 1.0x 6.5x 9.4x
Liabilities / assets 55.0% 78.6% 67.6%
Equity / assets 45.0% 21.4% 32.4%
Interest coverage 6.6x – 1.5x
Current ratio 1.7x 0.9x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.8x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.1x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 3.17 2.97 2.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricOSKWMDAN
Dividend yield 1.7% 1.5% 1.7%
Net buyback yield 4.3% 1.0% 19.5%
Shareholder yield 6.0% 2.5% 21.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 50.1% 4.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 40.0% 35.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 12.4% -12.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 8.9% -4.2%

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.

ConsensusOSKWMDAN
Forward P/E 13.2xFY2026 27.7xFY2026 14.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.00FY2026 $8.65FY2026 $1.90FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -7.3%FY2026 +15.3%FY2026 +413.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +46.4% +9.5% +128.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.70BFY2026 $25.84BFY2026 $8.05BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.6%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026 +7.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +5.3% +12.0% +34.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersOSKWMDAN
Held by institutions 100.0% 82.3% 99.2%
Institutions holding 598 2,348 342
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.1% +0.8% +1.8%
Institutions buying 309 1,094 168
Institutions selling 188 901 126
Buyers to sellers 1.64 1.21 1.33

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.

OSKWMDAN
OSK 1.00 0.08 0.38
WM 0.08 1.00 -0.11
DAN 0.38 -0.11 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, OSK, WM and DAN?

Waste Management (WM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Oshkosh (OSK) $8.32B, Waste Management (WM) $96.86B, Dana (DAN) $2.92B.

Which stock is cheaper, OSK, WM and DAN?

Dana (DAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Oshkosh (OSK) 14.9x, Waste Management (WM) 34.0x, Dana (DAN) 2.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oshkosh (OSK) is cheapest (Oshkosh (OSK) 13.2x, Waste Management (WM) 27.7x, Dana (DAN) 14.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Waste Management (WM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Oshkosh (OSK) +2.2%, Waste Management (WM) +7.2%, Dana (DAN) +3.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Dana (DAN) has the highest net margin (Oshkosh (OSK) 5.2%, Waste Management (WM) 11.1%, Dana (DAN) 14.6%). On return on invested capital, Oshkosh (OSK) leads (Oshkosh (OSK) 11.4%, Waste Management (WM) 10.7%, Dana (DAN) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dana (DAN) returned the most: Oshkosh (OSK) -5.8%, Waste Management (WM) +10.8%, Dana (DAN) +35.0%. Over five years, Waste Management (WM) compounded fastest (Oshkosh (OSK) +4.5%/yr, Waste Management (WM) +7.8%/yr, Dana (DAN) +1.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Dana (DAN) has the highest dividend yield: Oshkosh (OSK) 0.00%, Waste Management (WM) 0.01%, Dana (DAN) 0.02%. Oshkosh (OSK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Management (WM) has been the steadiest (Oshkosh (OSK) 40.4%, Waste Management (WM) 21.3%, Dana (DAN) 44.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, OSK, WM and DAN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Waste Management (WM) leads on 4. 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.