CATERPILLAR INC vs EATON CORPORATION plc, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CAT and ETN diverge most: on debt / equity, CAT reads 0.00 and ETN reads 1.02; on ev/ebitda, CAT reads 23.5 and ETN reads 289.8. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CAT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What ETN'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 | ETN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $800.63 | $429.68 |
| Market cap | $370.3B | $167.4B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 34.5 | 43.8 |
| P/B | 19.09 | 8.24 |
| P/S | 4.96 | 5.57 |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.5 | 289.8 |
| Revenue growth | +18.4% | +15.4% |
| Operating margin | 20.9% | — |
| Net margin | 14.5% | 12.8% |
| Return on equity | 55.9% | 18.9% |
| Return on assets | 10.6% | 6.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 53.3% | — |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 2.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.02 |
| Current ratio | 1.37 | 1.24 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.66 | 6.88 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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