Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or VMI?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $9.03B for Valmont Industries, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or VMI?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 11.7% for VMI.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or VMI?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, VMI trades at a lower P/E — 18.2 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 VMI?

Accepted Answer

CAT yields 0.76% vs 0.61% for VMI.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or VMI?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	VMI
Price	$800.47	$467.81
Market cap	$368B	$9.03B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$4.23B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-1.9%
Net margin	14.5%	11.7%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$322M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	($608M)
1-year price return	+60.0%	+17.1%
P/E	33.9	18.2
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	97%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.61%
Return on equity	54%	30%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	118,000	10,791

Caterpillar Inc. vs Valmont Industries, Inc.