Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or ODFL?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $37.7B for Old Dominion Freight Line.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or ODFL?

Accepted Answer

ODFL keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 19.4% vs 14.5% for CAT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or ODFL?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, CAT trades at a lower P/E — 33.9 vs 34.6 for ODFL. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, CAT or ODFL?

Accepted Answer

CAT yields 0.76% vs 0.63% for ODFL.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or ODFL?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	ODFL
Price	$800.47	$181.97
Market cap	$368B	$37.7B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$5.60B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-4.2%
Net margin	14.5%	19.4%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$1.11B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	$100M
1-year price return	+60.0%	+28.8%
P/E	33.9	34.6
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	38%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.63%
Return on equity	54%	25%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	118,000	20,591

Caterpillar Inc. vs Old Dominion Freight Line