OSK · Consumer discretionary(motor vehicles & passenger car bodies) · 10 years of annual accounts filed with the SEC · latest fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
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Oshkosh Corp reported revenue of $10.4 billion in fiscal 2025. Of the $4.7 billion its operations generated over 10 years, 30.2% went back into the business and 26.8% to acquisitions. On the accounting screens, it passes 5 of 9 Piotroski tests, its Altman Z'' of 4.70 is in the safe zone and its Beneish M-score is below the -1.78 line; 1 of the six cross-checks between its statements fires.
Revenue, fiscal 202510.4B
Operating margin9.0%gross margin 17.5%
Return on invested capital12.9%12.2% on average over 4 years
Free cash flow after stock pay580.0M5.6% of revenue
Net debt ÷ EBITDA0.5×net debt 621.1M
Piotroski F-score5/9tests of improvement passed
Is it growing?
Revenue and the operating income it turns into. Growth that does not reach operating income is growth bought with margin.
RevenueOperating income
05.0B10.0B15.0B
2018
2019Revenue 8.4BOperating income 797.0M
2019
2020Revenue 6.9BOperating income 484.8M
2021Revenue 7.7BOperating income 592.1M
2021
2022Revenue 8.3BOperating income 372.3M
2023Revenue 9.7BOperating income 837.6M
2024Revenue 10.7BOperating income 1.0B
2025Revenue 10.4BOperating income 939.5M
2018201920192020202120212022202320242025
Compound growth a year
3 yrs
5 yrs
9 yrs
Revenue
+8.0%
+6.1%
—
Operating income
+36.1%
+9.7%
—
Net income
+55.0%
+4.9%
—
Earnings per share
+56.2%
+6.4%
—
Free cash flow per share
+24.0%
-9.9%
—
Dividend per share
+11.1%
+9.1%
—
Shares
-0.8%
-1.4%
—
Falling shares are buybacks: each remaining share owns more of the company.
Does it earn more than its capital costs?
Margins say how much of each sale is kept; return on invested capital says how much the business earns on the money it needs to operate. Growth only creates value when that return is above the cost of the capital.
Return on invested capitalCost of capital today · 9.7%
0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%
2018
2019Return on invested capital 18.0%
2019
2020Return on invested capital 9.8%
2021Return on invested capital 13.2%
2021
2022Return on invested capital 6.3%
2023Return on invested capital 14.2%
2024Return on invested capital 15.2%
2025Return on invested capital 12.9%
2018201920192020202120212022202320242025
Economic profit
Economic profit
-200.0M0200.0M400.0M
2018
2019Economic profit 284.3M
2019
2020Economic profit 4.7M
2021Economic profit 148.5M
2021
2022Economic profit -126.2M
2023Economic profit 204.8M
2024Economic profit 280.8M
2025Economic profit 180.9M
2018201920192020202120212022202320242025
(return on capital − cost of capital) × capital invested: the profit left after paying for the money used. Today's cost of capital is applied to every year, since a past one cannot be rebuilt honestly.
Return on equity
14.3%
Return on assets
6.4%
Asset turnover
1.03×
Research & development
1.7% of revenue
Overheads (SG&A)
7.9% of revenue
Is the profit cash, and where does the cash go?
Net income is an accounting opinion; free cash flow is what was left in the bank after investing. Stock-based pay does not leave the bank — shareholders pay it through dilution — so it is shown taken off as well.
Net incomeFree cash flowAfter stock-based pay
0500.0M1.0B1.5B
2018
2019Net income 579.4MFree cash flow 420.7MAfter stock-based pay 391.7M
2019
2020Net income 321.5MFree cash flow 215.0MAfter stock-based pay 185.7M
2021Net income 508.9MFree cash flow 1.1BAfter stock-based pay 1.1B
2021
2022Net income 173.9MFree cash flow 331.8MAfter stock-based pay 303.2M
2023Net income 598.0MFree cash flow 274.3MAfter stock-based pay 242.4M
2024Net income 681.4MFree cash flow 269.1MAfter stock-based pay 231.0M
2025Net income 647.0MFree cash flow 618.0MAfter stock-based pay 580.0M
2018201920192020202120212022202320242025
Where 10 years of operating cash went, 2018–2025
4.7B generated by the business. Each band is its share of that total.
Reinvested in the business 30%1.4B
Acquisitions 27%1.2B
Dividends 15%702.6M
Share buybacks 23%1.1B
Kept, or used to pay down debt 5%217.7M
Over the same years it paid 222.1M in stock. 855.4M of the buybacks went beyond offsetting that dilution.
Per share
Earnings per shareFree cash flow per shareDividend per share
$0.00$5.00$10.00$15.00$20.00
2018
2019Earnings per share $8.21Free cash flow per share $5.96Dividend per share $1.07
2019
2020Earnings per share $4.67Free cash flow per share $3.13Dividend per share $1.19
2021Earnings per share $7.35Free cash flow per share $16.14Dividend per share $1.31
2021
2022Earnings per share $2.63Free cash flow per share $5.02Dividend per share $1.47
2023Earnings per share $9.08Free cash flow per share $4.16Dividend per share $1.63
2024Earnings per share $10.35Free cash flow per share $4.09Dividend per share $1.82
2025Earnings per share $10.02Free cash flow per share $9.57Dividend per share $2.02
2018201920192020202120212022202320242025
Shares outstanding
Diluted shares
64.0M66.0M68.0M70.0M72.0M
2018
2019Diluted shares 70.6M
2019
2020Diluted shares 68.8M
2021Diluted shares 69.2M
2021Diluted shares 66.8M
2022Diluted shares 66.1M
2023Diluted shares 65.9M
2024Diluted shares 65.8M
2025Diluted shares 64.6M
2018201920192020202120212022202320242025
How strong is the balance sheet?
Debt is not bad in itself; debt the business cannot service in a bad year is. Net debt is debt minus cash, and below zero the company holds more cash than it owes.
Net debt
-1.0B-500.0M0500.0M1.0B
2018
2019Net debt 370.6M
2019
2020Net debt 240.2M
2021Net debt -557.0M
2021Net debt -176.7M
2022Net debt -201.2M
2023Net debt 647.1M
2024Net debt 756.9M
2025Net debt 621.1M
2018201920192020202120212022202320242025
Net debt ÷ EBITDA
0.5×
Interest coverage
9× operating income ÷ interest
Current ratio
1.94 current assets ÷ current liabilities
Cash conversion cycle
106 days collects in 51d, stock 101d, pays in 46d
Three classic screens of the accounts
Each asks a different question of the same statements — is it improving, does it look like a company heading for distress, do the accounts resemble ones that were manipulated. None is a verdict; each shows what moves it.
Piotroski F-score
Is the business improving? Nine yes-or-no tests, this year against last.
5of 9 tests passed
✓ProfitableReturn on assets above zeropassed
✓Cash from operationsOperating cash flow above zeropassed
✕Profitability improvedReturn on assets higher than a year beforefailed
✓Profit backed by cashOperating cash flow above net income (low accruals)passed
✕Less long-term debtLong-term debt as a share of assets fellfailed
✓More liquidCurrent ratio higher than a year beforepassed
✓No new sharesShare count did not growpassed
✕Better gross marginGross margin higher than a year beforefailed
✕Sells more per assetAsset turnover higher than a year beforefailed
Where it misleads: it measures change, not level. An excellent business that stood still for a year scores low; a poor one recovering from a disaster scores high.
Altman Z''-score
Does the balance sheet look like those of companies that went bankrupt?
4.70safe zone
1.12.6
Working capital ÷ assets 0.25 × 6.56+1.63
Retained earnings ÷ assets 0.48 × 3.26+1.58
Operating income ÷ assets 0.09 × 6.72+0.63
Equity ÷ liabilities 0.82 × 1.05+0.86
Where it misleads: buybacks. A company that returns so much cash that its equity turns small or negative sinks the last two ratios without being anywhere near bankruptcy. Banks and insurers do not fit the model at all.
Beneish M-score
Do the accounts resemble those of companies that manipulated their earnings?
-2.39below the -1.78 line
-1.78
Receivables vs sales 1.19+1.10
Gross margin slipping 1.05+0.56
Soft assets 0.92+0.37
Sales growth 0.97+0.87
Slower depreciation 0.94+0.11
Overheads vs sales 0.99-0.17
Profit not in cash -0.01-0.06
Leverage rising 0.98-0.32
Where it misleads: fast growth and acquisitions. Sales growth carries a heavy weight, so a company growing 50% a year scores like a suspect without having done anything. It is a screen from a 1999 study, not an accusation.
Where the statements disagree
Cross-checks between the income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow for the latest year, each with the benign reading and the worrying one.
Receivables are growing 16% against revenue growing -3%.
Benign
A shift towards larger customers on longer terms, or sales concentrated at the end of the period.
Worrying
Sales are being made on looser credit, or revenue has been booked that may never be collected.
What is it worth, under which assumptions?
A company is worth the cash it will generate, brought back to today. This model projects revenue with growth that fades over the years, applies a free cash flow margin, and discounts the result at the cost of capital. Every assumption says where it came from, and all of them can be changed.
Value per share, with these assumptions$80.85discounted at 9.7% a year · 53% of it from after year 10
Type a share price on the left to ask the reverse questions: what growth, what margin or what discount rate that price implies.
What the value implies, in the usual multiples
At this model's value
Price ÷ earnings
8.1×
Enterprise value ÷ EBITDA
5.0×
Enterprise value ÷ revenue
0.6×
Free cash flow yield
11.1%
From cash flows to a value per share
10 years of cash flow, today2.8B
Everything after, today3.1B
The whole business5.8B
Minus net debt-621.1M
What belongs to shareholders5.2B
Divided among 64.6M shares: <strong>$80.85</strong> each.
The projection next to its history
Reported free cash flow after stock pay, then the model's. A projection that looks nothing like the past needs a reason.
ReportedProjected
0500.0M1.0B1.5B
2018
2019Reported 391.7M
2019
2020Reported 185.7M
2021Reported 1.1B
2021
2022Reported 303.2M
2023Reported 242.4M
2024Reported 231.0M
2025Reported 580.0M
2026Projected 358.4M
2027Projected 383.3M
2028Projected 407.8M
2029Projected 431.6M
2030Projected 454.4M
2031Projected 475.8M
2032Projected 495.7M
2033Projected 513.6M
2034Projected 529.2M
2035Projected 542.5M
2018201920212022202420262028203020322034
Year by year
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035
Revenue
11.2B
12.0B
12.7B
13.5B
14.2B
14.9B
15.5B
16.1B
16.5B
17.0B
Growth
7.5%
6.9%
6.4%
5.8%
5.3%
4.7%
4.2%
3.6%
3.1%
2.5%
Cash margin
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
Free cash flow
358.4M
383.3M
407.8M
431.6M
454.4M
475.8M
495.7M
513.6M
529.2M
542.5M
Worth today
326.8M
318.7M
309.1M
298.3M
286.3M
273.4M
259.7M
245.3M
230.5M
215.4M
If the least-known inputs move
Value per share as two inputs change at a time. Neighbouring cells that differ a lot are the conclusion: the value depends on numbers nobody knows to a point.
The discount rate and growth forever
discount ↓ · forever →
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
8.7%
84
89
96
104
113
9.2%
77
82
88
94
102
9.7%
72
76
81
86
93
10.2%
67
71
75
79
85
10.7%
63
66
69
73
78
Year-one growth and the final margin
margin ↓ · growth →
3.5%
5.5%
7.5%
9.5%
11.5%
2.6%
56
61
67
73
80
2.9%
61
67
74
81
88
3.2%
67
74
81
88
97
3.5%
73
80
88
96
105
3.8%
79
87
95
104
113
All the inputs moving at once
5,000 valuations, each with growth, final margin, discount rate and growth forever drawn at random around the values on the left (spreads of 3.0%, 2.0%, 1.0% and 0.5%). Not a probability — the spreads are assumptions too — but an honest picture of how wide the answer is.
10th percentile$25.46
Median$80.88
90th percentile$148.58
$0.00$100.00$200.00
Half of the simulations land between <b>$50.59</b> and <b>$113.60</b>; one in ten below $25.46, one in ten above $148.58.
Does the long run make sense?
4.1×The terminal value prices the business in year 10 at 4.1 times that year's EBITDA.
5%To grow 2.5% forever while reinvesting 54% of its after-tax operating profit, the business must earn 5% on the new capital — it has earned 12% on average over the last five years.
53%of the value comes from after year 10. The more of it, the more the answer depends on the part nobody can see.
Every Form 4 filed in the last twelve months, read line by line: 6 filings by 5 people. Open-market purchases and sales are counted apart from awards, option exercises and shares withheld for taxes.
Bought on the open market—none in the period
Sold on the open market$184,2992 sale(s) by 2 insider(s)
Under pre-arranged plans100%of the sales followed a 10b5-1 plan set months earlier
A Form 4 says what happened, when, how many shares and at what price. It does not say why: a sale can be diversification, a tax bill or a plan fixed months earlier, and an award is pay, not a purchase. Nothing here is a reason to buy or sell anything.
Which large funds report holding it
From the Form 13F of the 28 institutions followed on this site, as of the end of their last reported quarter. A 13F is filed up to 45 days later and shows only long positions in US-listed shares.
Accounts from the company's own SEC filings; lines some companies do not report are shown as a dash rather than estimated. The risk-free rate is the 10-year US Treasury yield. A DCF is a way of making assumptions explicit, not a forecast: it states what the company would be worth if the assumptions held. The scores are screens that point where to look, not verdicts. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.