Question 1

Which is bigger, CAT or XYL?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar Inc. is the larger company — market cap $368B vs $24.0B for Xylem Inc.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CAT or XYL?

Accepted Answer

CAT keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 14.5% vs 11.2% for XYL.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CAT or XYL?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, XYL trades at a lower P/E — 23.3 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 XYL?

Accepted Answer

XYL yields 1.69% vs 0.76% for CAT.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CAT or XYL?

Accepted Answer

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

Metric	CAT	XYL
Price	$800.47	$102.71
Market cap	$368B	$24.0B
Revenue (TTM)	$74.7B	$9.13B
Revenue growth	+4.4%	+17.8%
Net margin	14.5%	11.2%
Free cash flow	$10.7B	$960M
Net cash (debt)	($26.2B)	$71.0M
1-year price return	+60.0%	-30.0%
P/E	33.9	23.3
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	13%	99%
Dividend yield	0.76%	1.69%
Return on equity	54%	9%
Altman Z-score	4.42	—
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	118,000	22,000

Caterpillar Inc. vs Xylem Inc