Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or EME?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $34.8B for EMCOR Group, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or EME?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 7.7% for EME.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or EME?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, EME trades at a lower P/E — 24.2 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 EME?

Accepted Answer

CAT yields 0.76% vs 0.17% for EME.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or EME?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	EME
Price	$800.47	$789.45
Market cap	$368B	$34.8B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$18.6B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+15.3%
Net margin	14.5%	7.7%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$1.17B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	$637M
1-year price return	+60.0%	+16.0%
P/E	33.9	24.2
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	28%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.17%
Return on equity	54%	38%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	44,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs EMCOR Group, Inc.