Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or TRI?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $44.7B for Thomson Reuters Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or TRI?

Accepted Answer

TRI keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 20.0% vs 14.5% for CAT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or TRI?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, TRI trades at a lower P/E — 26.4 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 TRI?

Accepted Answer

TRI yields 2.45% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or TRI?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	TRI
Price	$800.47	$103.21
Market cap	$368B	$44.7B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$7.48B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+4.1%
Net margin	14.5%	20.0%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$2.23B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($2.51B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	-32.3%
P/E	33.9	26.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	41%
Dividend yield	0.76%	2.45%
Return on equity	54%	14%
Altman Z-score	4.42	5.21
CV checks passed	11 of 11	11 of 11
Employees	118,000	27,100

Caterpillar Inc. vs Thomson Reuters Corporation