Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or LECO?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $14.2B for Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or LECO?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 12.4% for LECO.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or LECO?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, LECO trades at a lower P/E — 25.7 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 LECO?

Accepted Answer

LECO yields 1.20% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or LECO?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 7 of 11 comparable metrics and LECO leads 4. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and LECO “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	LECO
Price	$800.47	$261.13
Market cap	$368B	$14.2B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$4.48B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+4.0%
Net margin	14.5%	12.4%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$542M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($841M)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+11.1%
P/E	33.9	25.7
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	33%
Dividend yield	0.76%	1.20%
Return on equity	54%	37%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	12,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc