Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or WTS?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $11.8B for Watts Water Technologies, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or WTS?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 14.3% for WTS.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or WTS?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, WTS trades at a lower P/E — 30.8 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 WTS?

Accepted Answer

CAT yields 0.76% vs 0.62% for WTS.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or WTS?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	WTS
Price	$800.47	$352.72
Market cap	$368B	$11.8B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$2.68B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+7.2%
Net margin	14.5%	14.3%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$349M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	$208M
1-year price return	+60.0%	+28.9%
P/E	33.9	30.8
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	20%
Dividend yield	0.76%	0.62%
Return on equity	54%	19%
Altman Z-score	4.42	11.21
CV checks passed	11 of 11	11 of 11
Employees	118,000	5,700

Caterpillar Inc. vs Watts Water Technologies, Inc.