Comparing QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) & Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK)

QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) and Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QuantumScape	N/A	-39.90%	-35.31%
Oshkosh	5.54%	13.90%	6.27%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for QuantumScape and Oshkosh, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QuantumScape	1	6	0	0	1.86
Oshkosh	0	8	10	0	2.56

QuantumScape presently has a consensus price target of $11.13, indicating a potential upside of 56.15%. Oshkosh has a consensus price target of $165.38, indicating a potential upside of 9.59%. Given QuantumScape’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QuantumScape is more favorable than Oshkosh.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares QuantumScape and Oshkosh”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QuantumScape	N/A	N/A	-$477.86 million	($0.71)	-10.04
Oshkosh	$10.42 billion	0.90	$647.00 million	$8.98	16.81

Oshkosh has higher revenue and earnings than QuantumScape. QuantumScape is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oshkosh, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

QuantumScape has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oshkosh has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

29.9% of QuantumScape shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Oshkosh shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.9% of QuantumScape shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Oshkosh beats QuantumScape on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About QuantumScape

QuantumScape Corporation, a research and development stage company, focuses on the development and commercialization of solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles and other applications. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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.