Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or PAA?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $17.2B for Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Common.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or PAA?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 5.1% for PAA.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or PAA?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, PAA trades at a lower P/E — 6.2 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 PAA?

Accepted Answer

PAA yields 7.79% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or PAA?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 8 of 12 comparable metrics and PAA leads 4. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and PAA “Solid”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	PAA
Price	$800.47	$24.34
Market cap	$368B	$17.2B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$52.3B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-8.3%
Net margin	14.5%	5.1%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$2.38B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($11.2B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+50.5%
P/E	33.9	6.2
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	61%
Dividend yield	0.76%	7.79%
Return on equity	54%	27%
Altman Z-score	4.42	1.84
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	4,200

Caterpillar Inc. vs Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Common