Caterpillar (CAT) Competitors $366.04 +5.67 (+1.57%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends CAT vs. DE, PCAR, CMI, WAB, TTC, AGCO, OSK, FSS, TEX, and TRNShould you be buying Caterpillar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caterpillar include Deere & Company (DE), PACCAR (PCAR), Cummins (CMI), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), and Trinity Industries (TRN). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry. Caterpillar vs. Deere & Company PACCAR Cummins Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Toro AGCO Oshkosh Federal Signal Terex Trinity Industries Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) and Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings. Do analysts prefer CAT or DE? Caterpillar presently has a consensus price target of $375.63, indicating a potential upside of 2.62%. Deere & Company has a consensus price target of $443.94, indicating a potential upside of 2.65%. Given Deere & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Deere & Company is more favorable than Caterpillar.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Caterpillar 4 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.17Deere & Company 0 Sell rating(s) 13 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.41 Does the media refer more to CAT or DE? In the previous week, Deere & Company had 3 more articles in the media than Caterpillar. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Deere & Company and 20 mentions for Caterpillar. Caterpillar's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Deere & Company's score of 0.43 indicating that Caterpillar is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Caterpillar 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 11 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Deere & Company 4 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 8 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Is CAT or DE more profitable? Caterpillar has a net margin of 16.26% compared to Deere & Company's net margin of 13.73%. Caterpillar's return on equity of 59.09% beat Deere & Company's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Caterpillar16.26% 59.09% 12.77% Deere & Company 13.73%31.32%6.73% Is CAT or DE a better dividend stock? Caterpillar pays an annual dividend of $5.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Deere & Company pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Caterpillar pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deere & Company pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CAT or DE? 71.0% of Caterpillar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.6% of Deere & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Caterpillar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Deere & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better valuation & earnings, CAT or DE? Caterpillar has higher revenue and earnings than Deere & Company. Deere & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caterpillar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCaterpillar$65.66B2.69$10.34B$21.5716.97Deere & Company$50.52B2.32$7.10B$25.6016.89 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAT or DE? Caterpillar received 42 more outperform votes than Deere & Company when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.89% of users gave Deere & Company an outperform vote while only 62.45% of users gave Caterpillar an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCaterpillarOutperform Votes120162.45% Underperform Votes72237.55% Deere & CompanyOutperform Votes115964.89% Underperform Votes62735.11% Which has more risk & volatility, CAT or DE? Caterpillar has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deere & Company has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryCaterpillar beats Deere & Company on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CAT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCaterpillarConstruction machinery IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$176.72B$25.73B$9.23B$19.19BDividend Yield1.49%2.28%2.07%3.57%P/E Ratio16.9720.3921.0841.24Price / Sales2.691.164.8517.58Price / Cash15.1910.8619.2621.28Price / Book9.552.264.245.32Net Income$10.34B$1.66B$398.18M$989.67M7 Day Performance-3.79%-7.41%-4.68%-3.59%1 Month Performance-4.04%-4.95%-0.46%-2.48%1 Year Performance26.36%-5.07%16.08%13.87% Caterpillar Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CATCaterpillar4.2773 of 5 stars$366.04+1.6%$384.33+5.0%+26.4%$176.72B$65.66B16.97113,200Analyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeDEDeere & Company3.7338 of 5 stars$437.70-0.6%$443.28+1.3%+11.7%$119.75B$50.52B17.2083,000Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionPCARPACCAR4.0638 of 5 stars$112.66-0.3%$118.25+5.0%+9.8%$59.07B$35.13B12.6332,400Dividend IncreaseAnalyst ForecastGap DownCMICummins4.318 of 5 stars$366.41-0.3%$352.85-3.7%+46.1%$50.26B$34.20B24.1875,500Analyst ForecastWABWestinghouse Air Brake Technologies3.8906 of 5 stars$201.77+1.0%$175.30-13.1%+54.5%$34.68B$9.68B33.2829,000TTCToro3.6225 of 5 stars$87.31-1.1%$93.33+6.9%-16.2%$8.96B$4.55B23.1810,706Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastBuyback AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionAGCOAGCO4.4162 of 5 stars$96.13-1.0%$113.18+17.7%-22.2%$7.18B$14.41B42.9727,900Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageOSKOshkosh4.835 of 5 stars$100.45+0.5%$122.86+22.3%-11.3%$6.54B$9.66B9.7117,300Analyst ForecastFSSFederal Signal1.8467 of 5 stars$97.65+1.2%$90.00-7.8%+21.1%$5.97B$1.84B28.234,500Analyst DowngradePositive NewsTEXTerex4.3193 of 5 stars$48.76-1.6%$59.56+22.1%-21.5%$3.26B$5.15B7.2310,200Analyst ForecastInsider TradeTRNTrinity Industries3.178 of 5 stars$37.63+0.8%$35.67-5.2%+38.4%$3.09B$2.98B18.209,480Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies DE Competitors PCAR Competitors CMI Competitors WAB Competitors TTC Competitors AGCO Competitors OSK Competitors FSS Competitors TEX Competitors TRN Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:CAT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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