Oshkosh Truck Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Nov 19, 2012
Oshkosh Truck Corp. (OSK, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2012-09-30.

Oshkosh Corporation has a market cap of $2.5 billion; its shares were traded at around $28.51 with a P/E ratio of 12.3 and P/S ratio of 0.3.

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Oshkosh Corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies. The Company partners with customers to deliver superior solutions that safely and efficiently move people and materials at work, around the globe, and around the clock. The Company began business in 1917 as an early pioneer of four-wheel drive technology, and off road mobility technology remains one of its core competencies. The Company maintains four reportable segments for financial reporting purposes: access equipment, defense, fire & emergency and commercial, which comprised 34%, 48%, 10% and 8%, respectively, of the Company s consolidated net sales in fiscal 2012. These segments, in some way, all share common customers and distribution channels, leverage common components and suppliers, utilize common technologies and manufacturing processes and share manufacturing and distribution facilities, which results in the Company being an integrated specialty vehicle manufacturer. The Company made approximately 45%, 56% and 72% of its net sales for fiscal 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, to the U.S. government, a substantial majority of which were under multi-year contracts and programs in the defense vehicle market. See Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for financial information related to the Company s business segments.

Access equipment segment net sales decreased $959.8 million, or 31.9%, to $2.05 billion in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010. Sales in fiscal 2011 included $0.11 billion in intersegment M-ATV related sales compared to $1.73 billion in fiscal 2010. Sales to external customers totaled $1.94 billion in fiscal 2011, a 53.5% increase compared to fiscal 2010. The increase in sales to external customers compared with the prior year period was primarily a result of higher replacement of aged equipment in North America (up 88%) and parts of Europe (up 44%).

Access equipment segment operating income increased 251.1% to $229.2 million, or 7.9% of sales, in fiscal 2012 compared to $65.3 million, or 3.2% of sales, in fiscal 2011. The improvement in operating income was primarily the result of higher sales volumes and improved price realization ($101.7 million), offset in part by higher material costs ($94.1 million) and increased product development spending ($20.7 million).

Access equipment segment operating income decreased 32.9% to $65.3 million, or 3.2% of sales, in fiscal 2011 compared to $97.3 million, or 3.2% of sales, in fiscal 2010. The decline in operating results was due to the decrease in intersegment M-ATV related sales and higher material costs ($37.0 million), offset in part by higher sales to external customers and the reversal of provisions for credit losses of $11.2 million, primarily related to a customer settlement of a credit exposure compared to a provision for credit losses of $13.3 million in the prior year. In the prior year, the access equipment segment recognized $1.73 billion of intersegment M-ATV related sales at mid single-digit margins compared to intersegment M-ATV related sales of $0.11 billion at similar margins in fiscal 2011.

Consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses increased 5.2% to $509.0 million, or 6.7% of sales, in fiscal 2011 compared to $483.9 million, or 4.9% of sales, in fiscal 2010. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was due primarily to higher salaries and fringe benefits in part due to elimination of certain employee furloughs and restoration of employee benefits ($21.1 million), outside services ($20.3 million) and travel ($6.8 million), offset in part by a lower provision for credit losses ($25.3 million). Consolidated selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales increased largely due to lower sales in fiscal 2011.

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