Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or CR?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or CR?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 13.0% for CR.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or CR?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, CAT trades at a lower P/E — 33.9 vs 35.2 for CR. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, CAT or CR?

Accepted Answer

CAT yields 0.76% vs 0.47% for CR.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or CR?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 9 of 11 comparable metrics and CR leads 2. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and CR “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	CR
Price	$800.47	$204.75
Market cap	$368B	$11.8B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$2.59B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+4.2%
Net margin	14.5%	13.0%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$380M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($642M)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+14.3%
P/E	33.9	35.2
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	14%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.47%
Return on equity	54%	16%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	7,100

Caterpillar Inc. vs Crane Company