Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or MAN?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $2.45B for ManpowerGroup.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or MAN?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 0.6% for MAN.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or MAN?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, MAN trades at a lower P/E — 23.6 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 MAN?

Accepted Answer

MAN yields 2.73% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or MAN?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 8 of 11 comparable metrics and MAN leads 3. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and MAN “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	MAN
Price	$800.47	$52.78
Market cap	$368B	$2.45B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$18.7B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-3.3%
Net margin	14.5%	0.6%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$68.9M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($806M)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+34.9%
P/E	33.9	23.6
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	5%
Dividend yield	0.76%	2.73%
Return on equity	54%	5%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	118,000	25,400

Caterpillar Inc. vs ManpowerGroup