Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or TOL?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $12.3B for Toll Brothers, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or TOL?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 11.1% for TOL.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or TOL?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, TOL trades at a lower P/E — 10.2 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 TOL?

Accepted Answer

TOL yields 0.79% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or TOL?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 7 of 10 comparable metrics and TOL leads 3. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and TOL “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	TOL
Price	$800.47	$133.13
Market cap	$368B	$12.3B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$10.8B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+2.2%
Net margin	14.5%	11.1%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$1.09B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	—
1-year price return	+60.0%	+3.4%
P/E	33.9	10.2
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	42%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.79%
Return on equity	54%	14%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	4,900

Caterpillar Inc. vs Toll Brothers, Inc.