Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or DOV?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $25.4B for Dover Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or DOV?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 13.5% for DOV.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or DOV?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, DOV trades at a lower P/E — 22.4 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 DOV?

Accepted Answer

DOV yields 1.11% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or DOV?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	DOV
Price	$800.47	$188.83
Market cap	$368B	$25.4B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$8.42B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-1.7%
Net margin	14.5%	13.5%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$1.18B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($1.65B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+16.3%
P/E	33.9	22.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	22%
Dividend yield	0.76%	1.11%
Return on equity	54%	15%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	24,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Dover Corporation