Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or PHM?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $21.4B for Pultegroup, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or PHM?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 11.6% for PHM.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or PHM?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, PHM trades at a lower P/E — 11.0 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 PHM?

Accepted Answer

PHM yields 0.90% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or PHM?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 7 of 11 comparable metrics and PHM leads 4. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and PHM “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	PHM
Price	$800.47	$112.21
Market cap	$368B	$21.4B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$16.4B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+2.2%
Net margin	14.5%	11.6%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$1.51B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($415M)
1-year price return	+60.0%	-7.6%
P/E	33.9	11.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	18%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.90%
Return on equity	54%	15%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	6,506

Caterpillar Inc. vs Pultegroup, Inc.