Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or RS?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $20.4B for Reliance, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or RS?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 5.7% for RS.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or RS?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, RS trades at a lower P/E — 23.0 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 RS?

Accepted Answer

RS yields 1.25% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or RS?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	RS
Price	$800.56	$400.00
Market cap	$368B	$20.4B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$15.8B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-5.7%
Net margin	14.5%	5.7%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$540M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($1.20B)
1-year price return	+62.9%	+47.0%
P/E	33.9	23.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	9%
Dividend yield	0.76%	1.25%
Return on equity	54%	12%
Altman Z-score	5.12	5.66
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	15,700

Caterpillar Inc. vs Reliance, Inc.