CATERPILLAR INC vs GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CAT and GE diverge most: on debt / equity, CAT reads 0.00 and GE reads 0.11; on revenue growth, CAT reads +12.3% and GE reads +21.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CAT's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). What GE's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CAT | GE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $951.67 | $359.28 |
| Market cap | $443.3B | $378.7B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 47.4 | 44.3 |
| P/B | 23.76 | 20.70 |
| P/S | 6.27 | 7.84 |
| EV/EBITDA | 31.4 | — |
| Revenue growth | +12.3% | +21.8% |
| Operating margin | 17.7% | — |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 17.9% |
| Return on equity | 50.5% | 47.2% |
| Return on assets | 9.9% | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 49.4% | — |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 2.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.11 |
| Current ratio | 1.35 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.46 | 3.41 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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