Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or HON?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $65.9B for Honeywell International, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or HON?

Accepted Answer

HON keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 22.7% vs 14.5% for CAT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or HON?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, HON trades at a lower P/E — 7.6 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 HON?

Accepted Answer

HON yields 4.67% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or HON?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	HON
Price	$800.47	$208.00
Market cap	$368B	$65.9B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$36.1B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+1.8%
Net margin	14.5%	22.7%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$4.15B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($20.1B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+8.1%
P/E	33.9	7.6
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	99%
Dividend yield	0.76%	4.67%
Return on equity	54%	54%
Altman Z-score	4.42	2.18
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	101,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Honeywell International, Inc.