Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or DHI?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $37.7B for D.R. Horton Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or DHI?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 9.2% for DHI.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or DHI?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, DHI trades at a lower P/E — 12.4 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 DHI?

Accepted Answer

DHI yields 1.34% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or DHI?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 7 of 12 comparable metrics and DHI leads 5. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and DHI “Strong”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	DHI
Price	$800.47	$134.88
Market cap	$368B	$37.7B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$33.4B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+0.8%
Net margin	14.5%	9.2%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$3.20B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($3.08B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	-10.9%
P/E	33.9	12.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	21%
Dividend yield	0.76%	1.34%
Return on equity	54%	13%
Altman Z-score	4.42	5.06
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	14,341

Caterpillar Inc. vs D.R. Horton Inc.