Financial Review: U Power (NASDAQ:UCAR) & Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK)

Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) and U Power (NASDAQ:UCAR) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

92.4% of Oshkosh shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of U Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Oshkosh and U Power, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Oshkosh	1	5	13	0	2.63
U Power	1	0	1	0	2.00

Oshkosh currently has a consensus price target of $149.56, indicating a potential upside of 14.23%. U Power has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 197.62%. Given U Power’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe U Power is more favorable than Oshkosh.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Oshkosh and U Power”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Oshkosh	$10.76 billion	0.77	$681.40 million	$10.25	12.77
U Power	$6.07 million	1.27	-$6.57 million	N/A	N/A

Oshkosh has higher revenue and earnings than U Power.

Risk and Volatility

Oshkosh has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, U Power has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Oshkosh and U Power’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Oshkosh	6.43%	16.60%	7.39%
U Power	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Oshkosh beats U Power on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Oshkosh

Oshkosh Corporation provides purpose-built vehicles and equipment worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Access, Defense, and Vocational segment. Its Access Equipment segment design and manufacture aerial work platform and telehandlers for use in construction, industrial, and maintenance applications; offers financing and leasing solutions including rental fleet loans, leases, and floor plan and retail financing; and towing and recovery equipment, which includes carriers, wreckers, and rotators, as well as provides equipment installation and sale of chassis and service parts. The Defense segment engages in the manufacture and sale of heavy, medium, and light tactical wheeled vehicles and related services for department of defense. Its Vocational segment offers custom and commercial firefighting equipment, fire apparatus, and emergency vehicles, including pumpers, aerial platform, ladder and tiller trucks, and tankers; light, medium, and heavy-duty rescue vehicles; and wildland rough terrain response, bomb squad, hazardous materials control vehicles, mobile command and control centers, and other emergency response vehicles. Additionally, this segment produces and sells custom and commercial firefighting vehicles, as well as command vehicles, ARFF vehicles; design and manufacture refuse collection vehicles for waste services industry; front discharge concrete mixers for the concrete ready-mix industry; and field service vehicles and truck-mounted cranes for construction, equipment dealer, building supply, utility, tire service, railroad, and mining industries. Further, the company provides its products through direct sales representatives, dealers, and distributors. Oshkosh Corporation was formerly known as Oshkosh Truck Corporation. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

About U Power

U Power Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of new energy vehicles and battery swapping stations in the People's Republic of China. It also offers battery swapping and sourcing, as well as technical and consultation services. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Wuhu, the People's Republic of China.