Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or MLI?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $13.4B for Mueller Industries, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or MLI?

Accepted Answer

MLI keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 18.2% vs 14.5% for CAT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or MLI?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, MLI trades at a lower P/E — 15.8 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 MLI?

Accepted Answer

MLI yields 0.97% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or MLI?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 6 of 11 comparable metrics and MLI leads 5. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and MLI “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	MLI
Price	$800.47	$60.71
Market cap	$368B	$13.4B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$4.66B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+1.6%
Net margin	14.5%	18.2%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$666M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	$1.36B
1-year price return	+60.0%	+24.0%
P/E	33.9	15.8
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	22%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.97%
Return on equity	54%	26%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	4,832

Caterpillar Inc. vs Mueller Industries, Inc.