CATERPILLAR INC vs EMERSON ELECTRIC CO., two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CAT and EMR diverge most: on debt / equity, CAT reads 0.00 and EMR reads 0.64; on return on equity, CAT reads 55.9% and EMR reads 12.6%. 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 | CAT | EMR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $800.63 | $161.84 |
| Market cap | $370.3B | $90.8B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 34.5 | — |
| P/B | 19.09 | 4.45 |
| P/S | 4.96 | 4.87 |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.5 | 68.6 |
| Revenue growth | +18.4% | +4.8% |
| Operating margin | 20.9% | — |
| Net margin | 14.5% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 55.9% | 12.6% |
| Return on assets | 10.6% | 6.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 53.3% | — |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 3.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 1.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.64 |
| Current ratio | 1.37 | 0.90 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.66 | 7.79 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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