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Oshkosh (Oshkosh) Graham Number

: $68.50 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-19), the stock price of Oshkosh is $117.72. Oshkosh's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $68.50. Therefore, Oshkosh's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 1.72.

The historical rank and industry rank for Oshkosh's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

OSK' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.34   Med: 1.89   Max: 2.79
Current: 1.72

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Oshkosh was 2.79. The lowest was 1.34. And the median was 1.89.

OSK's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
72.61% of 157 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 1.12 vs OSK: 1.72

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Oshkosh Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Oshkosh's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Oshkosh Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 56.43 46.84 66.87 39.60 70.73

Oshkosh Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 41.01 48.22 62.06 60.71 68.50

Competitive Comparison

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Oshkosh's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Oshkosh Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Oshkosh's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oshkosh's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Oshkosh Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Oshkosh's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*22.279*9.98)
=70.73

Oshkosh's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*22.279*9.36)
=68.50

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Oshkosh  (NYSE:OSK) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Oshkosh's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=117.72/68.50
=1.72

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Oshkosh (Oshkosh) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1917 Four Wheel Drive, Oshkosh, WI, USA, 54902
Oshkosh is the top producer of access equipment, specialty vehicles, and military trucks. It serves diverse end markets, where it is typically the market share leader in North America, or, in the case of JLG aerial work platforms, a global leader. In recent years, the company has manufactured joint light tactical vehicles, or JLTV, for the U.S. Department of Defense. However, Oshkosh recently lost the JLTV recompete, bringing its U.S. Postal Service contract into focus, which calls for the electrification of U.S. postal vehicles. The company reports four segments—access equipment (48% of revenue), defense (26%), fire and emergency (13%), and commercial (13%)—and generated $8.3 billion in revenue in 2022.
Executives
Bryan K Brandt officer: SVP & Chief Marketing Officer 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902
James W. Johnson officer: Exec. VP & Pres., Fire & Emerg C/O OSHKOSH CORPORATION, 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902
John S Verich officer: SVP and Treasurer 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902
Michael E Pack officer: Exec. VP and CFO 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902
Frank R. Nerenhausen officer: EVP & Pres. Commercial Segment C/O OSHKOSH CORPORATION, 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902
Jason P Baab officer: SVP, Corp. Develop. & Strategy 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Timothy S Bleck officer: SVP & Pres. Defense Segment 1917 FOUR WHEEL DR, OSHKOSH WI 54902
David G Perkins director 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902
Thomas P Hawkins officer: SVP, Government Relations 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902
Jayanthi Iyengar officer: EVP, Chief Tech & Strategic C/O ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 3901 MIDWAY PLACE NE, ALBUQUERQUE NM 87109
John J Bryant officer: SVP and Pres, Defense Segment 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902
Douglas Lee Davis director 1150 N. ALMA SCHOOL ROAD, MESA AZ 85201
James C Freeders officer: Senior VP and Controller 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902
Bradley M. Nelson officer: SVP & Pres. Commercial Segment C/O OSHKOSH CORPORATION, 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54903-2566
Anupam Khare officer: SVP/Chief Information Officer 1917 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, OSHKOSH WI 54902