Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or ULS?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $14.1B for UL Solutions Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or ULS?

Accepted Answer

ULS keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 16.1% vs 14.5% for CAT.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or ULS?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, ULS trades at a lower P/E — 28.0 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 ULS?

Accepted Answer

ULS yields 0.78% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or ULS?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CAT leads 5 of 12 comparable metrics and ULS leads 7. StockCV rates CAT “Solid” and ULS “Strong”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CAT	ULS
Price	$800.47	$69.99
Market cap	$368B	$14.1B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$3.15B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+6.6%
Net margin	14.5%	16.1%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$436M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($196M)
1-year price return	+60.0%	-4.2%
P/E	33.9	28.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	97%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.78%
Return on equity	54%	38%
Altman Z-score	4.42	7.00
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	14,851

Caterpillar Inc. vs UL Solutions Inc.