CAT vs CMI vs MUFG Stock Comparison

Caterpillar, Cummins and Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CAT Caterpillar Inc
$553.47 -35.9% 1M -2.8% 1Y
Market cap
$256.79B
P/E
21.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$77.77B
Div. yield
0.01%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
CMI Cummins Inc
$447.86 -16.4% 1M +2.0% 1Y
Market cap
$61.95B
P/E
18.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$35.83B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Mitsubishi Ufj Financial leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Mitsubishi Ufj Financial 6, Caterpillar 3, Cummins 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCATCMIMUFGLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $256.79B $61.95B $238.77B CAT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 21.7x 18.7x 15.8x MUFG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.5x 14.3x 12.3x MUFG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.3% +6.7% -12.0% CAT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 15.2% 9.3% 47.7% MUFG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.8% 16.2% 3.7% CAT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 0.5x — CMI
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -2.8% +2.0% +39.9% MUFG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +21.9%/yr +13.6%/yr +30.2%/yr MUFG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.1% 37.5% 27.0% MUFG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 69/100 36/100 CMI

Percentile Scorecard

CATCMIMUFG

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCATCMIMUFG
Valuation 37 #129 of 204 70 #63 of 204 30 #251 of 360
Growth 73 #52 of 191 65 #68 of 191 75 #87 of 344
Profitability 92 #16 of 189 73 #51 of 189 63 #130 of 345
Financial Health 19 #180 of 221 54 #103 of 221 4 #326 of 339
Shareholder Returns 64 #58 of 159 85 #25 of 159 10 #316 of 352
Overall 57 69 36
  • CAT ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • CMI ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • MUFG ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCATCMIMUFGSPY
1 month -35.9%-16.4%-9.0% -5.9%
3 months -35.4%-30.4%-6.4% -4.6%
6 months -38.2%-34.4%+17.1% +0.2%
Year to date -3.4%-12.3%+32.9% +7.5%
1 year -2.8%+2.0%+39.9% +8.2%
3 years +132.3%+103.6%+149.2% +68.3%
3 years, per year +32.5%+26.8%+35.6% +19.0%
5 years +168.8%+88.9%+274.4% +56.5%
5 years, per year +21.9%+13.6%+30.2% +9.4%
10 years +572.4%+260.3%+324.1% +251.5%
10 years, per year +21.0%+13.7%+15.5% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureCATCMIMUFGSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.1%37.5%27.0% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.3%40.0%27.2% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.771.530.95 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.070.051.48 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -48.0%-38.4%-35.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -48.0%-38.4%-12.7% -5.9%
52-week high $1,064.90$727.59$24.14 $779.14
52-week low $546.13$439.18$14.88 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCATCMIMUFG
P/E now vs peer median 21.5xmedian 23.4x 18.6xmedian 23.4x 15.9xmedian 12.3x
P/S now vs peer median 3.3xmedian 1.7x 1.7xmedian 1.7x 7.9xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 13.4x 11.5xmedian 13.4x —median 5.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 26.3xmedian 21.9x 17.7xmedian 21.9x —median 10.6x
P/B now vs peer median 11.8xmedian 2.1x 4.3xmedian 2.1x 2.3xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.65median 1.02 2.63median 1.02 0.27median 1.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCATCMIMUFG
Revenue $77.77B $35.83B $31.62B
Gross profit $27.05B $9.27B $29.85B
Operating income $14.25B $4.49B $18.02B
Net income $11.83B $3.44B $13.97B
Free cash flow $9.62B $3.46B –
R&D $2.31B $1.49B –
EPS (diluted) $25.67 $24.03 $1.32
Cash & equivalents $7.93B $3.57B –
Total debt $45.20B $7.17B $112.96B
Shares (diluted) 460.90M 138.10M 11.40B
Enterprise value $228.09B $57.77B -$102.62B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCATCMIMUFG
P/E 21.5x 18.6x 15.9x
P/FCF 26.3x 17.7x –
P/Operating cash flow 17.9x 12.9x –
P/S 3.3x 1.7x 7.9x
P/B 11.8x 4.3x 2.3x
P/Tangible book 12.0x 5.0x 2.3x
EV/EBITDA 17.4x 11.5x –
EV/EBIT 20.4x 14.4x 4.5x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 1.8x 2.6x
EV/FCF 30.2x 18.6x –
EV/Operating cash flow 20.5x 13.6x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.65 2.63 0.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCATCMIMUFG
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.3% 6.7% -12.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.3% 2.5% -2.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 18.1% 7.8% 38.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.2% 4.8% 7.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 24.9% 13.7% 24.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.4% 5.9% 12.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 27.6% 23.5% 62.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.1% 6.1% 32.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 30.3% 25.0% 104.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.0% 7.1% 59.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 22.9% 35.3% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.9% 12.6% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 27.2% 52.0% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 16.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCATCMIMUFG
Gross margin 34.8% 25.9% 94.4%
EBITDA margin 21.4% 15.7% –
Operating margin 18.3% 12.5% 57.0%
Pretax margin 19.3% 12.4% 59.6%
Net margin 15.2% 9.3% 47.7%
FCF margin 12.4% 9.7% –
Operating cash flow margin 18.2% 13.2% –
Return on equity 57.9% 24.3% 11.7%
Return on assets 11.3% 9.5% 0.5%
Return on invested capital 16.8% 16.2% 3.7%
Return on capital employed 22.3% 18.0% –
Asset turnover 0.7x 1.0x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.4x –
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCATCMIMUFG
Debt / assets 42.3% 19.6% 4.2%
Debt / equity 2.1x 0.5x 1.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.2x 0.5x –
Debt / FCF 4.7x 2.1x –
Liabilities / assets 79.9% 60.8% 96.0%
Equity / assets 20.1% 39.2% 4.0%
Interest coverage 7.2x 14.1x 0.6x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.7x –
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.0x –
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.4x –
Altman Z-score 4.10 4.25 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCATCMIMUFG
Dividend yield 1.1% 1.8% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 3.2% 1.3% –
Shareholder yield 4.4% 3.2% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 24.1% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 29.7% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.8% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.2% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCATCMIMUFG
Forward P/E 21.5xFY2026 14.3xFY2026 12.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $25.73FY2026 $31.39FY2026 $1.71FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +35.0%FY2026 +31.9%FY2026 +27.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +30.7% +14.7% +0.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $83.62BFY2026 $35.38BFY2026 $44.38BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +23.7%FY2026 +5.1%FY2026 +18.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.8% +11.3% +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCATCMIMUFG
Held by institutions 72.3% 85.4% 3.0%
Institutions holding 4,063 2,108 576
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6% +1.0% -0.1%
Institutions buying 1,892 1,050 325
Institutions selling 1,597 729 161
Buyers to sellers 1.18 1.44 2.02

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CATCMIMUFG
CAT 1.00 0.79 0.37
CMI 0.79 1.00 0.44
MUFG 0.37 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CAT, CMI and MUFG?

Caterpillar (CAT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Caterpillar (CAT) $256.79B, Cummins (CMI) $61.95B, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) $238.77B.

Which stock is cheaper, CAT, CMI and MUFG?

Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Caterpillar (CAT) 21.7x, Cummins (CMI) 18.7x, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 15.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) is cheapest (Caterpillar (CAT) 21.5x, Cummins (CMI) 14.3x, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 12.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Caterpillar (CAT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Caterpillar (CAT) +20.3%, Cummins (CMI) +6.7%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) -12.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) has the highest net margin (Caterpillar (CAT) 15.2%, Cummins (CMI) 9.3%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 47.7%). On return on invested capital, Caterpillar (CAT) leads (Caterpillar (CAT) 16.8%, Cummins (CMI) 16.2%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 3.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) returned the most: Caterpillar (CAT) -2.8%, Cummins (CMI) +2.0%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) +39.9%. Over five years, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) compounded fastest (Caterpillar (CAT) +21.9%/yr, Cummins (CMI) +13.6%/yr, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) +30.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Caterpillar (CAT) 0.01%, Cummins (CMI) 0.00%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 0.00%. Cummins (CMI) and Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) has been the steadiest (Caterpillar (CAT) 41.1%, Cummins (CMI) 37.5%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 27.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CAT, CMI and MUFG?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.