Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or LMT?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $118B for Lockheed Martin Corp..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or LMT?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 8.2% for LMT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or LMT?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, LMT trades at a lower P/E — 18.7 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 LMT?

Accepted Answer

LMT yields 2.70% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or LMT?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 4 of 10 comparable metrics and LMT leads 6. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and LMT “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	LMT
Price	$800.47	$510.20
Market cap	$368B	$118B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$77.0B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+4.4%
Net margin	14.5%	8.2%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$8.73B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($16.4B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+0.5%
P/E	33.9	18.7
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	62%
Dividend yield	0.76%	2.70%
Return on equity	54%	86%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	123,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Lockheed Martin Corp.