Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or UPS?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $80.6B for United Parcel Service, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or UPS?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 5.1% for UPS.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or UPS?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, UPS trades at a lower P/E — 17.6 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 UPS?

Accepted Answer

UPS yields 6.72% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or UPS?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	UPS
Price	$800.47	$94.74
Market cap	$368B	$80.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$89.9B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-4.0%
Net margin	14.5%	5.1%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$5.46B
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($18.2B)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+11.1%
P/E	33.9	17.6
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	32%
Dividend yield	0.76%	6.72%
Return on equity	54%	29%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	118,000	460,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs United Parcel Service, Inc.