Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or CCK?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $11.8B for Crown Holdings Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or CCK?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 5.9% for CCK.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or CCK?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, CCK trades at a lower P/E — 15.0 vs 33.9 for CAT. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, CAT or CCK?

Accepted Answer

CCK yields 1.16% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or CCK?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 7 of 11 comparable metrics and CCK leads 4. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and CCK “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	CCK
Price	$800.47	$108.26
Market cap	$368B	$11.8B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$13.3B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-1.5%
Net margin	14.5%	5.9%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$1.20B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($4.72B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+18.5%
P/E	33.9	15.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	85%
Dividend yield	0.76%	1.16%
Return on equity	54%	27%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	23,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Crown Holdings Inc.