Oshkosh Corporation (OSK) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Oshkosh Corporation

OSK in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Oshkosh Corporation designs and builds purpose-built vehicles and equipment, organised into three segments. Access makes aerial work platforms, telehandlers and towing recovery equipment for construction and industrial sites. Transport manufactures tactical wheeled vehicles and support trucks for defence customers. Vocational covers fire apparatus, emergency and rescue vehicles, airport ground support equipment, refuse trucks and concrete mixers. It sells through direct sales staff, dealers and distributors, and is based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Where it sits in the stack
Oshkosh sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the farm and heavy construction machinery sleeve of our universe, alongside other heavy-equipment and defence-vehicle makers.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for Oshkosh has not been set; the market compares it with other heavy-equipment and specialty-vehicle makers, such as Terex, which competes in aerial platforms and access equipment.
Why Closelook tracks it
Oshkosh holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook index seat, no score and no quotes in our editions; coverage here rests on the chart reading alone.
What the diary watches
Whether the balance between defence orders, construction demand and municipal fleet spending shifts enough across its three segments to change how the diary reads its chart moves.

Oshkosh Corporation (OSK) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for OSK, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against OSK on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.53%, quarterly · last 0.57 USD on 2026-08-13

Dividends and capital return

What OSK pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.22 USD per share · a 1.53% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +11.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.99 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.57 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-13
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.41 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.84 USD · 2025: 2.04 USD · 2026: 1.71 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-10

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Oshkosh Corporation (OSK)?

Oshkosh Corporation trades as OSK on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is OSK in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Oshkosh Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does OSK trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -3.6% vs the 50-day and -0.8% vs the 200-day average, 19.1% below the 52-week high and +24.6% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 29 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Oshkosh Corporation do?

Oshkosh Corporation designs and builds purpose-built vehicles and equipment, organised into three segments. Access makes aerial work platforms, telehandlers and towing recovery equipment for construction and industrial sites. Transport manufactures tactical wheeled vehicles and support trucks for defence customers. Closelook's peer group for Oshkosh has not been set; the market compares it with other heavy-equipment and specialty-vehicle makers, such as Terex, which competes in aerial platforms and access equipment.

Where does Oshkosh Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Oshkosh sits outside our AI build-out index; it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the farm and heavy construction machinery sleeve of our universe, alongside other heavy-equipment and defence-vehicle makers. Oshkosh holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but carries no Closelook index seat, no score and no quotes in our editions; coverage here rests on the chart reading alone.

Does Oshkosh Corporation pay a dividend?

Oshkosh Corporation has paid 2.22 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.53% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.57 USD on 2026-08-13. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for OSK, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.