Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or TXT?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $12.8B for Textron, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or TXT?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 6.1% for TXT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or TXT?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, TXT trades at a lower P/E — 13.6 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 TXT?

Accepted Answer

CAT yields 0.76% vs 0.14% for TXT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or TXT?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	TXT
Price	$800.47	$74.16
Market cap	$368B	$12.8B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$15.3B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+2.6%
Net margin	14.5%	6.1%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$759M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($1.51B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	-12.4%
P/E	33.9	13.6
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	100%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.14%
Return on equity	54%	12%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	34,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Textron, Inc.