CATERPILLAR INC vs GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, 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 1.07; on ev/ebitda, CAT reads 23.5 and GE reads 373.5. 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 GE'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 | GE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $800.63 | $308.25 |
| Market cap | $370.3B | $322.7B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 34.5 | 36.3 |
| P/B | 19.09 | 18.06 |
| P/S | 4.96 | 6.37 |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.5 | 373.5 |
| Revenue growth | +18.4% | +21.8% |
| Operating margin | 20.9% | — |
| Net margin | 14.5% | 17.7% |
| Return on equity | 55.9% | 50.2% |
| Return on assets | 10.6% | 7.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 53.3% | — |
| FCF yield | 2.9% | 2.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.07 |
| Current ratio | 1.37 | 0.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.66 | 3.15 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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