RETO vs WCN vs OSK Stock Comparison

ReTo Eco-Solutions, Waste Connections and Oshkosh Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
WCN Waste Connections, Inc.
$181.95 +17.0% 1M +8.0% 1Y
Market cap
$45.88B
P/E
37.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.94B
Div. yield
0.77%
Solid Waste Industrials
4 wins
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
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

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

QuestionRETOWCNOSKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.38K $45.88B $8.28B WCN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 0.0x 37.2x 16.8x OSK
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 33.7x 13.5x OSK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +6.3% +4.2% WCN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 4.6% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 10.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 0.6x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.77% 1.64% OSK
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -97.0% +8.0% +8.2% OSK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -87.8%/yr +6.0%/yr +4.8%/yr WCN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 354.5% 25.6% 39.3% WCN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 45/100 67/100 OSK

Percentile Scorecard

RETOWCNOSK

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

AxisRETOWCNOSK
Valuation 67 #6 of 16 27 #12 of 16 91 #20 of 203
Growth – 69 #5 of 14 40 #113 of 188
Profitability – 69 #5 of 14 61 #72 of 183
Financial Health 71 #5 of 15 14 #13 of 15 52 #105 of 216
Shareholder Returns – – 92 #13 of 152
Overall – 45 67
  • RETO ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • WCN ranked among 16 companies in Waste Management
  • OSK ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodRETOWCNOSKSPY
1 month +588.9%+17.0%+2.7% +0.7%
3 months -77.5%+9.4%-5.4% +3.7%
6 months -74.2%+10.5%-13.6% +7.1%
Year to date -91.9%+3.8%+7.5% +12.8%
1 year -97.0%+8.0%+8.2% +11.9%
3 years -100.0%+40.1%+53.5% +85.2%
3 years, per year -92.4%+11.9%+15.4% +22.8%
5 years -100.0%+33.8%+26.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year -87.8%+6.0%+4.8% +10.9%
10 years —+263.0%+154.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year —+13.8%+9.8% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureRETOWCNOSKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 354.5%25.6%39.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 244.9%23.2%38.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.29-0.201.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.270.310.21 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -100.0%-25.5%-43.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -97.0%-2.5%-24.1% -1.2%
52-week high $20.40$186.62$177.94 $779.14
52-week low $0.09$149.02$118.59 $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.

MultipleRETOWCNOSK
P/E now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 30.9x 37.2xmedian 30.9x 16.8xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.1xmedian 3.2x 4.6xmedian 3.2x 0.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.0x —median 14.0x 9.0xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 17.3x 31.8xmedian 17.3x 8.8xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 2.8x 5.8xmedian 2.8x 1.8xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.44 —median 2.44 45.16median 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 monthsRETOWCNOSK
Revenue – $9.94B $10.76B
Gross profit – – $1.66B
Operating income – $1.76B $734.30M
Net income – $1.13B $498.50M
Free cash flow – – $942.10M
EPS (diluted) – – $8.01
Cash & equivalents $250.01K $95.69M $558.00M
Total debt $13.30M – $1.10B
Shares (diluted) 5.97K 253.86M 62.24M
Enterprise value -$1.36M $45.88B $6.59B

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
MetricRETOWCNOSK
P/E 0.0x 37.2x 16.8x
P/FCF 0.0x 31.8x 8.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 18.2x 7.3x
P/S 0.1x 4.6x 0.8x
P/B 0.0x 5.8x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 0.0x 7.8x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA – – 9.0x
EV/EBIT – – 12.0x
EV/Revenue – 4.6x 0.8x
EV/FCF – – 9.4x
EV/Operating cash flow – 18.2x 7.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 45.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricRETOWCNOSK
Revenue growth (1Y) – 6.3% 4.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 8.2% 4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – -10.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 2.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 61.8% -22.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 10.0% -1.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – 82.2% -25.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 10.9% -1.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – – -22.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – 0.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 4.2% 16.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 6.5% 36.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 26.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 69.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricRETOWCNOSK
Gross margin – – 15.4%
EBITDA margin – – 9.1%
Operating margin – – 6.8%
Pretax margin – – 5.9%
Net margin – – 4.6%
FCF margin – – 8.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 25.4% 10.5%
Return on equity – 14.3% 11.0%
Return on assets – 5.3% 4.9%
Return on invested capital – – 10.2%
Return on capital employed – – 10.5%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 1.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.2x 2.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricRETOWCNOSK
Debt / assets 7.0% – 10.7%
Debt / equity 0.1x – 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 0.6x
Debt / FCF – – 1.2x
Liabilities / assets 22.3% 63.3% 55.6%
Equity / assets 77.7% 36.7% 44.4%
Interest coverage – – 6.1x
Current ratio 0.2x 0.7x 1.7x
Quick ratio 24,122x – 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.0x – 0.2x
Altman Z-score – – 3.13

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricRETOWCNOSK
Dividend yield – 0.8% 1.6%
Net buyback yield – – 4.1%
Shareholder yield – 0.8% 5.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusRETOWCNOSK
Forward P/E – 33.7xFY2026 13.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $5.40FY2026 $10.00FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +5.9%FY2026 -7.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +18.7% +46.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $10.30BFY2026 $10.70BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +10.0%FY2026 +2.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – 0.0% +5.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersRETOWCNOSK
Held by institutions – 85.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding – 830 599
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.3% +5.1%
Institutions buying – 411 310
Institutions selling – 303 188
Buyers to sellers – 1.36 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.

RETOWCNOSK
RETO 1.00 0.08 0.04
WCN 0.08 1.00 0.06
OSK 0.04 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, RETO, WCN and OSK?

Waste Connections (WCN) is the largest by market capitalisation: ReTo Eco-Solutions (RETO) $22.38K, Waste Connections (WCN) $45.88B, Oshkosh (OSK) $8.28B.

Which stock is cheaper, RETO, WCN and OSK?

Oshkosh (OSK) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (ReTo Eco-Solutions (RETO) 0.0x, Waste Connections (WCN) 37.2x, Oshkosh (OSK) 16.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Oshkosh (OSK) is cheapest (Waste Connections (WCN) 33.7x, Oshkosh (OSK) 13.5x). 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: Waste Connections (WCN) +6.3%, Oshkosh (OSK) +4.2%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Oshkosh (OSK) returned the most: ReTo Eco-Solutions (RETO) -97.0%, Waste Connections (WCN) +8.0%, Oshkosh (OSK) +8.2%. Over five years, Waste Connections (WCN) compounded fastest (ReTo Eco-Solutions (RETO) -87.8%/yr, Waste Connections (WCN) +6.0%/yr, Oshkosh (OSK) +4.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Oshkosh (OSK) has the highest dividend yield: Waste Connections (WCN) 0.77%, Oshkosh (OSK) 1.64%. ReTo Eco-Solutions (RETO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Waste Connections (WCN) has been the steadiest (ReTo Eco-Solutions (RETO) 354.5%, Waste Connections (WCN) 25.6%, Oshkosh (OSK) 39.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 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.