Baker Hughes vs Caterpillar
BKR and CAT side by side, both in construction, mining, and materials handling. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BKR and CAT compare
Caterpillar is the larger company, worth 5.2 times as much as Baker Hughes ($286B against $54.8B).
Caterpillar grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (18.4% versus 0.42% for Baker Hughes).
Both pay dividends: Baker Hughes yields 1.7% and Caterpillar 0.75%.
Caterpillar scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 8 for Baker Hughes), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BKR | CAT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $54.8B | $286B |
| Share price | $55.23 | $622.75 |
| Change, 1 year | 14.3% | 6.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 123% | 202% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.65 | 1.01 |
| Employees | 56K | 118K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 26.8× |
| P/S | 2.0× (better) | 3.8× |
| P/B | 2.8× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 18.1× |
| P/FCF | 17.5× (better) | 26.8× |
| PEG | – | 1.89 |
| FCF yield | 5.7% (better) | 3.7% |
| Fair value | $27.85 | $440.09 |
| Margin of safety | −98.3% | −41.5% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 0.42% | 18.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.0% | 10.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 1.6% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 18.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 28.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 34.3% |
| Operating margin | – | 17.5% |
| Net margin | 11.2% | – |
| FCF margin | 11.3% | 14.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 16.5% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.82 | – |
| Current ratio | 2.09 (better) | 1.37 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.86 | 4.34 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% (better) | 0.75% |
| Payout ratio | 29.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 7.6% |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | 2.5% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.7% | 3.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.2% | 72.0% |
| Held by insiders | 0.13% | 0.22% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$73.2M (better) | −$244M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.4% | 1.7% |
Go deeper
- BKR stock overview
- BKR income statement
- BKR valuation and score
- CAT stock overview
- CAT income statement
- CAT valuation and score
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