Caterpillar vs Deere
CAT and DE side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CAT and DE compare
Caterpillar is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as Deere ($277B against $187B).
On earnings, Caterpillar is cheaper: it trades at 23.6× trailing earnings, against 38.4× for Deere.
Caterpillar grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.3% versus 8.0% for Deere).
Both pay dividends: Caterpillar yields 0.77% and Deere 0.94%.
Caterpillar scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 11 for Deere), 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 | CAT | DE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $277B | $187B |
| Share price | $601.61 | $691.75 |
| Change, 1 year | 5.4% | 45.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 200% | 99.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.06 | 0.80 |
| Employees | 118K | 73K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 11 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.6× (better) | 38.4× |
| P/S | 3.6× (better) | 3.9× |
| P/B | – | 6.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.1× (better) | 16.7× |
| P/FCF | 24.5× (better) | 31.0× |
| PEG | 1.67 | – |
| FCF yield | 4.1% (better) | 3.2% |
| Fair value | $473.47 | $450.65 |
| Margin of safety | −27.1% (better) | −53.5% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 20.3% (better) | 8.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 10.1% (better) | 5.2% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −6.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 30.9% (better) | −5.9% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 28.1% (better) | 16.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 34.8% | – |
| Operating margin | 18.3% | – |
| Net margin | – | 10.2% |
| FCF margin | 14.5% (better) | 12.5% |
| Return on equity | – | 18.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.61 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 0.70 |
| Current ratio | 1.42 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 4.27 (better) | 2.66 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.77% | 0.94% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 36.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 5 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 7.6% | 15.8% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 2.9% (better) | 0.37% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.7% (better) | 1.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 72.0% | 75.4% |
| Held by insiders | 0.22% | 0.16% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$224M | −$50.4M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 | 4 |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.8% | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- CAT stock overview
- CAT income statement
- CAT valuation and score
- DE stock overview
- DE income statement
- DE valuation and score
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