Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or NUE?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $56.9B for Nucor Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or NUE?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 8.0% for NUE.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or NUE?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, NUE trades at a lower P/E — 24.4 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 NUE?

Accepted Answer

NUE yields 0.90% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or NUE?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	NUE
Price	$800.47	$250.83
Market cap	$368B	$56.9B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$36.1B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-7.8%
Net margin	14.5%	8.0%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$1.58B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($4.33B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+81.5%
P/E	33.9	24.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	21%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.90%
Return on equity	54%	11%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	33,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Nucor Corporation