Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or SNA?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $18.6B for Snap-on Incorporated.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or SNA?

Accepted Answer

SNA keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 19.6% vs 14.5% for CAT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or SNA?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, SNA trades at a lower P/E — 18.1 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 SNA?

Accepted Answer

SNA yields 4.96% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or SNA?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 6 of 11 comparable metrics and SNA leads 5. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and SNA “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	SNA
Price	$800.47	$360.37
Market cap	$368B	$18.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$5.27B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+0.3%
Net margin	14.5%	19.6%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$1.11B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	$438M
1-year price return	+60.0%	+8.6%
P/E	33.9	18.1
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	21%
Dividend yield	0.76%	4.96%
Return on equity	54%	17%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	13,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Snap-on Incorporated