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CAT vs DE vs GE

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
CAT69.9
Caterpillar Inc.
Industrials · Agricultural - Machinery
$730.76 −0.66%$335.9B mkt cap
Score DNA
DE48.6
Deere & Company
Industrials · Agricultural - Machinery
$641.86 −1.35%$173.1B mkt cap
Score DNA
GE69.4
GE Aerospace
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
$313.83 +0.59%$325.6B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

CAT   DE   GE   · weekly adjusted closes
100150200250300350400450Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26GE 366CAT 284DE 176
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry (these stocks sit in different industries). n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
Insider open-market buys, 180d 1 0 0
Insider $ bought, 180d $0.22M — —
Congress purchases, 180d 1 0 0
Last Congress purchase 2026-09-28 — —
13F net change in holders +307 +67 +227
ETFs adding shares, 30d 1,562 1,303 1,352
ETFs trimming, 30d 1,314 1,078 1,208
Net ETF funds, 30d +248 +225 +144

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
P/E (TTM) 31.0x
57th
35.5x
71st
36.3x
64th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) 2.39 — —
Price / sales 4.5x
100th
3.6x
89th
6.4x
67th
Price / book 17.3x
100th
6.2x
89th
18.5x
94th
Price / tangible book 37.6x
100th
7.1x
56th
85.1x
95th
Price / free cash flow 28.4x
71st
44.8x
86th
38.8x
57th
Price / operating cash flow 24.8x
88th
23.9x
75th
33.2x
64th
Enterprise value $374.3B
100th
$227.0B
89th
$335.4B
100th
EV / sales 5.0x
100th
4.8x
89th
6.6x
69th
EV / EBITDA 21.5x
100th
19.4x
88th
26.8x
71st
EV / EBIT 24.9x
88th
24.3x
75th
29.7x
64th
EV / free cash flow 31.7x
57th
58.7x
86th
40.0x
49th
Earnings yield 3.2%
56th
2.8%
44th
2.8%
55th
FCF yield 3.5%
44th
2.2%
33rd
2.6%
64th
Operating cash flow yield 4.0%
22nd
4.2%
33rd
3.0%
55th
Graham number (per share) $148.66
86th
$204.65
100th
$56.90
55th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
Gross margin 33.9%
89th
35.7%
100th
35.4%
74th
EBITDA margin 23.3%
89th
24.5%
100th
24.7%
83rd
Operating margin 17.5%
89th
19.0%
100th
20.8%
85th
EBIT margin 20.1%
100th
19.6%
89th
22.3%
87th
Net margin 14.5%
100th
10.2%
78th
17.7%
94th
NOPAT margin 13.5%
89th
14.2%
100th
18.0%
87th
FCF margin 15.8%
100th
8.1%
67th
16.6%
89th
Operating cash flow margin 18.2%
100th
15.2%
78th
19.3%
85th
R&D / revenue 3.0%
67th
5.0%
78th
3.5%
67th
SG&A / revenue 10.1%
44th
8.9%
22nd
8.7%
26th
Stock comp / revenue 0.3%
44th
0.3%
33rd
0.0%
0th
Effective tax rate 22.8%
44th
24.9%
100th
13.4%
9th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
ROE (on average equity) 56.9%
100th
18.3%
78th
48.8%
92nd
ROA 11.2%
89th
4.5%
56th
7.1%
65th
ROIC 17.5%
100th
8.3%
44th
33.2%
98th
ROCE 23.9%
100th
13.2%
78th
12.9%
75th
Return on tangible assets 15.6%
89th
8.7%
78th
8.9%
62nd
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 23.5%
89th
8.8%
44th
35.7%
93rd
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 24.7%
89th
15.8%
44th
14.1%
47th
ROIC, 3-yr average 16.3%
100th
7.7%
50th
20.4%
97th
ROIC, 5-yr average 18.0%
100th
11.1%
50th
14.4%
83rd
ROE, 5-yr average 51.9%
100th
29.9%
88th
27.2%
90th
Incremental ROIC 54.9%
88th
825.8%
100th
-103.0%
6th

Growth

17 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 18.4%
88th
9.9%
75th
21.8%
55th
Revenue growth (QoQ) 18.0%
67th
-5.7%
11th
7.7%
40th
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr 4.9%
75th
-7.6%
38th
-5.2%
2nd
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 10.2%
86th
2.8%
29th
-7.7%
2nd
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr 6.4%
75th
-7.7%
50th
3.8%
19th
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr 7.7%
86th
-13.5%
57th
53.0%
94th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) 14.8%
67th
-6.4%
50th
15.7%
28th
Net income CAGR, 3 yr 9.0%
67th
-21.4%
33rd
-3.3%
13th
EPS growth (TTM YoY) 17.0%
67th
-6.2%
50th
17.7%
28th
EPS CAGR, 3 yr 13.0%
83rd
-19.4%
33rd
-1.8%
10th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr 24.1%
100th
0.7%
20th
98.4%
100th
FCF growth (TTM YoY) 52.6%
83rd
-5.7%
50th
52.9%
55th
FCF CAGR, 3 yr 17.6%
60th
10.7%
40th
19.2%
41st
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr 10.6%
57th
0.3%
29th
16.8%
31st
Book value CAGR, 3 yr 5.8%
50th
9.4%
75th
-16.0%
7th
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr 5.1%
100th
3.9%
71st
9.6%
86th
Sustainable growth rate 42.2%
100th
11.7%
71st
39.9%
89th

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
Gross margin, 3-yr average 34.7%
88th
37.2%
100th
35.2%
76th
Operating margin, 3-yr average 18.8%
88th
20.9%
100th
17.2%
80th
Net margin, 3-yr average 15.3%
100th
12.4%
88th
15.5%
96th
FCF margin, 3-yr average 14.4%
100th
8.9%
62nd
13.8%
89th
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.81
62nd
0.00
0th
0.75
21st
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.81
88th
0.04
0th
0.51
44th
Margin stability (0-1) 0.93
62nd
0.94
75th
0.85
43rd

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
Cash & short-term investments $6.7B
89th
$10.3B
100th
$9.3B
98th
Net cash (− = net debt) −$38.4B
11th
−$53.9B
0th
−$9.8B
9th
Working capital $14.7B
89th
−$8.6B
0th
−$733.0M
0th
Current ratio 1.37
33rd
0.77
0th
0.98
2nd
Quick ratio 0.85
33rd
0.55
0th
0.67
2nd
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.17
22nd
0.28
67th
0.23
33rd
Defensive interval (days) 918 days
56th
934 days
67th
1,067 days
57th

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
Total debt $45.1B
89th
$64.2B
100th
$19.2B
93rd
Debt / equity 2.33
89th
2.29
78th
1.09
79th
Net debt / equity 1.98
89th
1.93
78th
0.56
72nd
Debt / assets 44.0%
78th
59.6%
89th
15.0%
31st
Debt / capital 69.9%
89th
69.6%
78th
52.1%
79th
Debt / EBITDA 2.59
50th
5.49
62nd
1.53
24th
Net debt / EBITDA 2.21
50th
4.61
62nd
0.78
24th
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) 13.7x
78th
3.2x
44th
12.3x
77th
Cash interest coverage 12.4x
78th
2.5x
44th
10.7x
77th
Debt payback (years of OCF) 3.3 yrs
50th
8.9 yrs
62nd
2.0 yrs
26th
Liabilities / assets 81.1%
89th
73.9%
67th
86.0%
91st
IS credit model rating A+ BB+ AA-
Implied credit spread (bps) 125
33rd
400
56th
100
22nd

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
Asset turnover 0.77
33rd
0.44
11th
0.40
25th
Fixed asset turnover 4.78
22nd
5.96
78th
6.23
63rd
Inventory turnover 2.5
0th
3.9
78th
2.8
30th
Receivables turnover 4.5
22nd
6.9
67th
3.9
13th
Days sales outstanding 81 days
78th
53 days
33rd
93 days
87th
Days inventory outstanding 145 days
100th
92 days
22nd
132 days
70th
Days payables outstanding 70 days
100th
37 days
11th
113 days
89th
Cash conversion cycle (days) 156 days
78th
109 days
44th
112 days
55th
Capex / revenue 2.3%
44th
7.1%
89th
2.8%
34th
Capex / depreciation 0.74
44th
1.44
89th
1.14
50th
Operating expense ratio 16.9%
78th
16.5%
67th
16.4%
54th

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
Operating cash flow / net income 1.25
29th
1.49
57th
1.09
41st
FCF / net income 1.09
57th
0.79
29th
0.94
56th
FCF / operating cash flow 87.1%
75th
53.4%
38th
85.7%
74th
Capex / operating cash flow 12.9%
25th
46.6%
62nd
14.3%
26th
Accruals ratio -2.8%
67th
-2.2%
78th
-0.7%
67th
Sloan accruals ratio 0.5%
78th
-51.6%
0th
-2.6%
40th
Earnings quality score (0-1) 1.00
29th
1.00
29th
1.00
49th

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
Dividend yield 0.9%
22nd
1.0%
56th
0.6%
71st
Dividend per share (TTM) $6.28
89th
$6.48
100th
$1.77
87th
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) 26.0%
43rd
36.0%
71st
18.2%
56th
Dividends / FCF 23.8%
43rd
45.4%
86th
19.5%
58th
Dividend growth (YoY) 6.2%
71st
4.4%
57th
27.9%
86th
Buyback yield 2.2%
67th
0.4%
33rd
2.6%
91st
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 3.0%
56th
1.4%
33rd
3.1%
85th
Share count change (YoY) -1.9%
50th
-0.3%
75th
-1.7%
6th
Buybacks, last 5 years $30.5B
100th
$5.6B
89th
$28.1B
100th

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
IS score 70
89th
49
56th
69
85th
IS profitability 69
100th
51
78th
63
91st
IS growth 70
88th
43
50th
72
61st
IS value 35
0th
43
33rd
35
29th
IS momentum 90
88th
72
62nd
87
59th
IS risk (safety) 100
78th
65
44th
90
36th
IS quality 73
89th
64
44th
73
75th
IS balance sheet 47
56th
33
22nd
56
45th
IS earnings quality 69
67th
74
78th
70
71st
IS cash flow 70
78th
48
67th
70
80th
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 9
100th
7
67th
7
53rd
Altman Z-score 5.9
89th
2.7
56th
3.8
40th
Beneish M-score −2.46
62nd
−1.66
100th
−2.43
44th
Ohlson O-score −7.48
44th
−7.24
67th
−6.82
71st
IS credit score 79
56th
46
44th
84
76th

Per share

7 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
EPS, diluted (TTM) $23.42
100th
$18.00
89th
$8.55
80th
Book value per share $41.94
56th
$103.40
100th
$16.82
53rd
Tangible book per share $28.49
67th
$83.90
100th
$4.64
55th
Revenue per share $161.58
78th
$176.14
100th
$48.33
65th
FCF per share $25.55
100th
$14.29
78th
$8.01
84th
Operating cash flow per share $29.34
100th
$26.76
89th
$9.35
80th
Cash per share $14.51
78th
$37.97
100th
$8.91
84th

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
Market cap $335.9B
100th
$173.1B
89th
$325.6B
100th
Revenue $74.7B
100th
$47.7B
89th
$50.7B
93rd
EBITDA $17.4B
100th
$11.7B
89th
$12.5B
98th
Net income $10.8B
100th
$4.9B
89th
$9.0B
100th
Free cash flow $11.8B
100th
$3.9B
89th
$8.4B
96th
Total assets $102.6B
89th
$107.6B
100th
$127.7B
96th
Shareholders' equity $19.4B
89th
$28.0B
100th
$17.6B
93rd
Employees 118,000
100th
73,100
89th
57,000
91st

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
1 day −0.7% −1.4% +0.6%
1 week −8.7% +3.4% +1.8%
1 month −8.5% −6.2% +0.3%
3 months −15.4% +9.8% −7.9%
6 months −7.7% +9.2% +3.5%
Year to date +22.9% +38.6% −1.7%
1 year +38.1% +44.8% +5.1%
3 years, cumulative +179.4% +71.6% +253.4%
5 years, cumulative +308.1% +99.6% +393.6%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureCATDEGE
RSI 14 30.7 42.7 47.1
From 52-week high −31.8% −10.8% −19.2%
From 52-week low +44.1% +45.7% +17.0%
Beta 1.58 0.87 1.37
InsiderStreet reports findings from filings and market data. A comparison is not a recommendation to buy or sell either stock.Every figure is computed in code · data as of 2026-10-17

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