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Monday, June 20, 2011

Potential Takeover Candidate? (NYSE: OSK)

Shares of OSK fell by 1.90% or $-0.5/share to $25.85. Oshkosh Corporation is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.56. The PEG is 0.73 suggesting that the shares are trading at an excellent value relative to firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.3. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 1308970 shares of OSK exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 289584. These financial metrics combined make this company seem undervalued. Value investors may have an eye on this one, especially if the stock gets cheaper.

Oshkosh Corporation (Oshkosh) is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of a range of vehicles and vehicle bodies.