ASML HOLDING NV vs CATERPILLAR INC, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ASML and CAT diverge most: on debt / equity, ASML reads 0.22 and CAT reads 0.00; on p/s, ASML reads 19.50 and CAT reads 4.96. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CAT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ASML | CAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1780.30 | $800.63 |
| Market cap | $692.4B | $370.3B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 66.3 | 34.5 |
| P/B | 32.48 | 19.09 |
| P/S | 19.50 | 4.96 |
| EV/EBITDA | 51.0 | 23.5 |
| Revenue growth | +15.5% | +18.4% |
| Gross margin | 52.8% | — |
| Operating margin | 34.6% | 20.9% |
| Net margin | 29.4% | 14.5% |
| Return on equity | 49.0% | 55.9% |
| Return on assets | 19.0% | 10.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 37.2% | 53.3% |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.22 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.37 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.02 | 4.66 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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