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Alamo vs Caterpillar

Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: ALG · CAT

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1-year performance, rebased to 100

ALG -17.5%CAT +64.9%
Caterpillar edges it on the scoreable measures. Caterpillar has the highest Quant Rating (88); Caterpillar has done best over the past year (+69%); Caterpillar earns the most per share.
ALGCAT
Snapshot
SectorFarm & Heavy Construction Machinery--
Last price156.91813.83
Change today-3.21%-5.75%
1-year return-15.8%+68.7%
Market cap$1.91B$374.10B
52-week range145.46 – 219.00491.03 – 1,071.47
Valuation
P/E (TTM)18.8135.05
P/E percentile, own 5-yr range57th90th
P/B1.6119.29
Dividend yield0.82%0.74%
Profitability & growth
EPS (TTM)8.5918.81
Net profit (TTM)$104.55M$8.65B
Revenue (TTM)$1.66B$74.73B
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.6%+24.0%
Gross margin24.2%32.5%
Operating margin8.9%17.5%
Net margin6.1%14.5%
Free cash flow (TTM)$133.55M$8.99B
Ownership & sentiment
Institutional ownership98.8%73.3%
Insider activity (12mo)25 buy / 22 sell33 buy / 13 sell
Short interest (% of float)4.3%1.8%
Analyst consensus50% buy / 50% hold (2)47% buy / 53% hold (15)
Analyst price target$188 (+20%)$1,010 (+24%)
StockVane view
StockVane Quant RatingD (21)B (88)
Company
Employees3,800118,000
Founded19691925

▲ marks the more favourable stock(s) on measures with a clear direction (lower P/E, higher yield, higher Quant Rating, better 1-year return). Analyst consensus counts each covering institution once, at its most recent rating. Not a recommendation. Quant Rating method: Data & Methodology.