Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or PWR?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $106B for Quanta Services, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or PWR?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 4.0% for PWR.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or PWR?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, CAT trades at a lower P/E — 33.9 vs 80.0 for PWR. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, CAT or PWR?

Accepted Answer

CAT yields 0.76% vs 0.06% for PWR.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or PWR?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	PWR
Price	$800.47	$705.94
Market cap	$368B	$106B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$32.9B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+18.6%
Net margin	14.5%	4.0%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$2.39B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($5.56B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+64.2%
P/E	33.9	80.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	7%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.06%
Return on equity	54%	15%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	69,500

Caterpillar Inc. vs Quanta Services, Inc.