Head to Head Contrast: Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) and ECD Automotive Design (NASDAQ:ECDA)

ECD Automotive Design (NASDAQ:ECDA) and Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ECD Automotive Design and Oshkosh”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ECD Automotive Design	$25.73 million	1.50	-$1.60 million	N/A	N/A
Oshkosh	$9.66 billion	0.68	$598.00 million	$10.45	9.59

Oshkosh has higher revenue and earnings than ECD Automotive Design.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.8% of ECD Automotive Design shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Oshkosh shares are held by institutional investors. 16.3% of ECD Automotive Design shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Oshkosh shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for ECD Automotive Design and Oshkosh, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ECD Automotive Design	0	0	1	0	3.00
Oshkosh	1	6	7	0	2.43

ECD Automotive Design currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 643.80%. Oshkosh has a consensus target price of $125.79, suggesting a potential upside of 25.55%. Given ECD Automotive Design’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ECD Automotive Design is more favorable than Oshkosh.

Risk & Volatility

ECD Automotive Design has a beta of -1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 258% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oshkosh has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares ECD Automotive Design and Oshkosh’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ECD Automotive Design	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oshkosh	6.58%	20.83%	8.40%

Summary

Oshkosh beats ECD Automotive Design on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ECD Automotive Design

ECD Automotive Design, Inc. engages in the production and sale of customized Land Rover vehicles in the United States. The company also provides repair or upgrade services and extended warranties to customers. It restores various vehicles, including Land Rovers Defenders, Land Rover Series IIA and III, the Range Rover Classic, and Jaguar E-Type. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Kissimmee, Florida.

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.