Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or GGG?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $12.7B for Graco Inc.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or GGG?

Accepted Answer

GGG keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 23.5% vs 14.5% for CAT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or GGG?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, GGG trades at a lower P/E — 23.7 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 GGG?

Accepted Answer

GGG yields 1.49% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or GGG?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 5 of 11 comparable metrics and GGG leads 6. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and GGG “Strong”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	GGG
Price	$800.47	$78.21
Market cap	$368B	$12.7B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$2.27B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+1.4%
Net margin	14.5%	23.5%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$629M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	$572M
1-year price return	+60.0%	-4.4%
P/E	33.9	23.7
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	94%
Dividend yield	0.76%	1.49%
Return on equity	54%	20%
Altman Z-score	4.42	14.14
CV checks passed	11 of 11	11 of 11
Employees	118,000	4,400

Caterpillar Inc. vs Graco Inc