CATERPILLAR INC vs ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC, two Industrial Machinery stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CAT and ITW diverge most: on debt / equity, CAT reads 0.00 and ITW reads 2.83; on revenue growth, CAT reads +12.3% and ITW reads +2.9%. 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 ITW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CAT | ITW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $814.55 | $287.00 |
| Market cap | $379.4B | $83.0B |
| Sector | Industrial Machinery | Industrial Machinery |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +11.7% |
| P/E | 40.6 | 26.6 |
| P/B | 20.33 | 25.69 |
| P/S | 5.36 | 5.12 |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.9 | 20.9 |
| Revenue growth | +12.3% | +2.9% |
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 25.4% |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 19.3% |
| Return on equity | 50.5% | 97.0% |
| Return on assets | 9.9% | 19.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 49.4% | 27.4% |
| FCF yield | 2.5% | 3.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 2.83 |
| Current ratio | 1.35 | 1.19 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.96 | 9.90 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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