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 5.6 times as much as Baker Hughes ($277B against $49.1B).
Caterpillar grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.3% versus 3.7% for Baker Hughes).
Both pay dividends: Baker Hughes yields 1.9% and Caterpillar 0.77%.
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 | $49.1B | $277B |
| Share price | $49.41 | $601.61 |
| Change, 1 year | 1.3% | 5.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 119% | 200% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.68 | 1.06 |
| 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 | – | 23.6× |
| P/S | 1.7× (better) | 3.6× |
| P/B | 2.4× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 16.1× |
| P/FCF | 15.2× (better) | 24.5× |
| PEG | – | 1.67 |
| FCF yield | 6.6% (better) | 4.1% |
| Fair value | $27.84 | $473.47 |
| Margin of safety | −77.5% | −27.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 3.7% | 20.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.0% | 10.1% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 0.24% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 30.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 28.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 34.8% |
| Operating margin | – | 18.3% |
| Net margin | 10.1% | – |
| FCF margin | 11.2% | 14.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 15.1% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.91 | – |
| Current ratio | 1.24 | 1.42 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.31 | 4.27 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.9% (better) | 0.77% |
| Payout ratio | 31.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 7.6% |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | 2.9% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.9% | 3.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.2% | 72.0% |
| Held by insiders | 0.13% | 0.22% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$72.6M (better) | −$224M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.5% | 1.8% |
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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