Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or KFY?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $4.01B for Korn Ferry.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or KFY?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 9.4% for KFY.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or KFY?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, KFY trades at a lower P/E — 14.0 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 KFY?

Accepted Answer

KFY yields 2.78% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or KFY?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 7 of 10 comparable metrics and KFY leads 3. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and KFY “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	KFY
Price	$800.47	$71.66
Market cap	$368B	$4.01B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$2.99B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+0.9%
Net margin	14.5%	9.4%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$319M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	—
1-year price return	+60.0%	+1.7%
P/E	33.9	14.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	50%
Dividend yield	0.76%	2.78%
Return on equity	54%	14%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	8,965

Caterpillar Inc. vs Korn Ferry