Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or WSO?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $11.6B for Watsco, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or WSO?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 6.5% for WSO.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or WSO?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, WSO trades at a lower P/E — 24.1 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 WSO?

Accepted Answer

WSO yields 4.35% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or WSO?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	WSO
Price	$800.47	$280.00
Market cap	$368B	$11.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$7.28B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	-0.2%
Net margin	14.5%	6.5%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$697M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	$254M
1-year price return	+60.0%	-26.4%
P/E	33.9	24.1
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	75%
Dividend yield	0.76%	4.35%
Return on equity	54%	17%
Altman Z-score	4.42	6.13
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	7,050

Caterpillar Inc. vs Watsco, Inc.