Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or EXPD?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $25.1B for Expeditors International of Washington, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or EXPD?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 7.6% for EXPD.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or EXPD?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, EXPD trades at a lower P/E — 27.3 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 EXPD?

Accepted Answer

EXPD yields 0.83% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or EXPD?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	EXPD
Price	$800.47	$193.24
Market cap	$368B	$25.1B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$12.0B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-13.4%
Net margin	14.5%	7.6%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$924M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	$744M
1-year price return	+60.0%	+66.3%
P/E	33.9	27.3
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	1%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.83%
Return on equity	54%	41%
Altman Z-score	4.42	7.71
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	19,800

Caterpillar Inc. vs Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.