Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or CRS?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $19.2B for Carpenter Technology Corp.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or CRS?

Accepted Answer

CRS keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 17.0% vs 14.5% for CAT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or CRS?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, CAT trades at a lower P/E — 33.9 vs 36.1 for CRS. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, CAT or CRS?

Accepted Answer

CAT yields 0.76% vs 0.21% for CRS.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or CRS?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 6 of 11 comparable metrics and CRS leads 5. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and CRS “Strong”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	CRS
Price	$800.47	$387.71
Market cap	$368B	$19.2B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$3.12B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+7.0%
Net margin	14.5%	17.0%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$362M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($334M)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+54.6%
P/E	33.9	36.1
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	47%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.21%
Return on equity	54%	26%
Altman Z-score	4.42	9.94
CV checks passed	11 of 11	11 of 11
Employees	118,000	4,500

Caterpillar Inc. vs Carpenter Technology Corp