Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or FERG?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $42.6B for Ferguson Enterprises Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or FERG?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 6.8% for FERG.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or FERG?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, FERG trades at a lower P/E — 17.5 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 FERG?

Accepted Answer

FERG yields 1.58% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or FERG?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 8 of 12 comparable metrics and FERG leads 4. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and FERG “Solid”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	FERG
Price	$800.47	$220.04
Market cap	$368B	$42.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$32.3B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+1.7%
Net margin	14.5%	6.8%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$1.56B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($3.48B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	-6.3%
P/E	33.9	17.5
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	71%
Dividend yield	0.76%	1.58%
Return on equity	54%	41%
Altman Z-score	4.42	3.92
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	36,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Ferguson Enterprises Inc.