Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or POOL?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $5.80B for Pool Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or POOL?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 7.4% for POOL.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or POOL?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, POOL trades at a lower P/E — 14.5 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 POOL?

Accepted Answer

POOL yields 3.20% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or POOL?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	POOL
Price	$800.47	$159.54
Market cap	$368B	$5.80B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$5.39B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-5.0%
Net margin	14.5%	7.4%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$301M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($1.09B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	-46.1%
P/E	33.9	14.5
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	100%
Dividend yield	0.76%	3.20%
Return on equity	54%	32%
Altman Z-score	4.42	3.12
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	6,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Pool Corporation