CAT vs DAN vs TRTN-PA Stock Comparison

Caterpillar, Dana and Triton International Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CAT Caterpillar Inc
$623.86 -26.2% 1M +9.3% 1Y
Market cap
$271.70B
P/E
25.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$74.73B
Div. yield
0.01%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
DAN DANA Inc
$23.59 -15.4% 1M +14.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.57B
P/E
2.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.66B
Div. yield
0.02%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionCATDANTRTN-PALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $271.70B $2.57B $1.36B CAT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 25.1x 2.3x 3.6x DAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.2x 12.4x — DAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.4% +3.7% +36.3% TRTN-PA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.5% 14.6% 528.7% TRTN-PA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 15.9% 0.0% 7.7% CAT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 1.8x 5.6x DAN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.02% -0.03% DAN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +9.3% +14.5% -4.2% DAN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +25.1%/yr +0.3%/yr -2.6%/yr CAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.6% 44.5% 8.3% TRTN-PA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 54/100 63/100 43/100 DAN

Percentile Scorecard

CATDANTRTN-PA

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

AxisCATDANTRTN-PA
Valuation 32 #140 of 204 98 #6 of 204 89 #23 of 204
Growth 70 #58 of 191 84 #31 of 191 21 #151 of 191
Profitability 93 #14 of 189 46 #103 of 189 64 #69 of 189
Financial Health 17 #183 of 221 21 #176 of 221 8 #204 of 221
Shareholder Returns 61 #63 of 158 69 #50 of 158 34 #104 of 158
Overall 54 63 43
  • CAT ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • DAN ranked among 223 companies in Machinery
  • TRTN-PA ranked among 223 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCATDANTRTN-PASPY
1 month -26.2%-15.4%-3.6% -2.0%
3 months -28.8%-14.4%-5.4% -2.2%
6 months -31.0%-31.9%-5.0% +4.2%
Year to date +8.9%-0.7%-4.1% +10.6%
1 year +9.3%+14.5%-4.2% +10.4%
3 years +159.1%+91.3%-3.3% +73.6%
3 years, per year +37.4%+24.2%-1.1% +20.2%
5 years +206.4%+1.5%-12.2% +61.6%
5 years, per year +25.1%+0.3%-2.6% +10.1%
10 years +667.6%+56.8%— +261.3%
10 years, per year +22.6%+4.6%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCATDANTRTN-PASPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.6%44.5%8.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.1%47.7%9.9% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.911.340.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.230.33-0.51 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -42.4%-69.7%-15.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -41.4%-39.4%-7.0% -3.2%
52-week high $1,064.90$38.93$26.42 $779.14
52-week low $546.13$19.47$24.58 $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.

MultipleCATDANTRTN-PA
P/E now vs peer median 26.5xmedian 25.4x 2.3xmedian 25.4x 3.5xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 1.9x 0.3xmedian 1.9x 34.5xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.0xmedian 14.5x 6.3xmedian 14.5x 7.8xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 31.9xmedian 23.6x 17.7xmedian 23.6x 5.0xmedian 23.6x
P/B now vs peer median 14.8xmedian 2.2x 1.3xmedian 2.2x 0.9xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 2.03median 1.21 0.02median 1.21 -0.26median 1.21

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 monthsCATDANTRTN-PA
Revenue $74.73B $7.66B $72.04M
Gross profit $25.66B $725.00M $1.86M
Operating income $13.09B $210.00M $754.49M
Net income $10.84B $1.13B $837.82M
Free cash flow $8.99B $143.00M $499.45M
R&D $2.27B – –
EPS (diluted) $23.45 $10.18 $6.91
Cash & equivalents $6.71B $331.00M $62.50M
Total debt $45.15B $1.34B $6.35B
Shares (diluted) 462.50M 109.50M 55.10M
Enterprise value $243.40B $883.94M $1.14B

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
MetricCATDANTRTN-PA
P/E 26.5x 2.3x 3.5x
P/FCF 31.9x 17.7x 5.0x
P/Operating cash flow 21.1x 5.6x 2.8x
P/S 3.8x 0.3x 34.5x
P/B 14.8x 1.3x 0.9x
P/Tangible book 15.1x 1.3x 0.9x
EV/EBITDA 21.0x 6.3x 7.8x
EV/EBIT 24.8x 16.9x 11.6x
EV/Revenue 4.4x 0.5x 121.8x
EV/FCF 36.2x 24.8x 17.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.0x 7.8x 9.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.03 0.02 -0.26

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCATDANTRTN-PA
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.4% 3.7% 36.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.9% -9.9% -13.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.7% 79.0% -44.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.6% -6.4% -39.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.7% 307.9% -16.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 6.3% -7.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 14.9% 28,400% -10.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.0% 83.0% 9.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.1% 6,201% -28.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.0% 108.3% -13.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.3% 49.3% -17.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.6% -8.6% -14.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 16.2% 180.4% 17.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.4% 5.2% -24.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCATDANTRTN-PA
Gross margin 34.3% 9.5% 2.6%
EBITDA margin 20.7% 7.3% 1,563%
Operating margin 17.5% 2.7% 1,047%
Pretax margin 18.6% 1.0% 677.9%
Net margin 14.5% 14.6% 528.7%
FCF margin 12.0% 1.9% 693.3%
Operating cash flow margin 18.2% 6.0% 1,252%
Return on equity 57.0% 56.6% 31.1%
Return on assets 10.9% 18.6% 8.6%
Return on invested capital 15.9% 0.0% 7.7%
Return on capital employed 22.1% 5.3% –
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.3x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 0.4x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 20.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCATDANTRTN-PA
Debt / assets 44.0% 22.0% 65.3%
Debt / equity 2.3x 0.7x 2.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 1.8x 5.6x
Debt / FCF 5.0x 9.4x 12.7x
Liabilities / assets 81.1% 67.6% 71.8%
Equity / assets 18.9% 32.4% 28.2%
Interest coverage 6.8x 1.5x 2.8x
Current ratio 1.4x 1.5x –
Quick ratio 0.5x 0.9x –
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 4.35 2.24 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCATDANTRTN-PA
Dividend yield 1.0% 1.9% 0.0%
Net buyback yield 2.5% 22.1% -6.8%
Shareholder yield 3.6% 24.1% -6.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 25.9% 4.5% 5.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) 31.3% 35.7% 9.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.2% -12.1% 87.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.1% -4.2% -31.8%

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.

ConsensusCATDANTRTN-PA
Forward P/E 24.2xFY2026 12.4xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $25.79FY2026 $1.90FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY +35.3%FY2026 +413.5%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +31.4% +128.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $84.12BFY2026 $8.05BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY +24.5%FY2026 +7.3%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +1.5% +34.2% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCATDANTRTN-PA
Held by institutions 72.3% 99.2% –
Institutions holding 4,062 343 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.6% +1.8% –
Institutions buying 1,891 169 –
Institutions selling 1,597 126 –
Buyers to sellers 1.18 1.34 –

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.

CATDANTRTN-PA
CAT 1.00 0.40 0.13
DAN 0.40 1.00 0.08
TRTN-PA 0.13 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CAT, DAN and TRTN-PA?

Caterpillar (CAT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Caterpillar (CAT) $271.70B, Dana (DAN) $2.57B, Triton International (TRTN-PA) $1.36B.

Which stock is cheaper, CAT, DAN and TRTN-PA?

Dana (DAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Caterpillar (CAT) 25.1x, Dana (DAN) 2.3x, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 3.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Dana (DAN) is cheapest (Caterpillar (CAT) 24.2x, Dana (DAN) 12.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Triton International (TRTN-PA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Caterpillar (CAT) +18.4%, Dana (DAN) +3.7%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) +36.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Triton International (TRTN-PA) has the highest net margin (Caterpillar (CAT) 14.5%, Dana (DAN) 14.6%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 528.7%). On return on invested capital, Caterpillar (CAT) leads (Caterpillar (CAT) 15.9%, Dana (DAN) 0.0%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 7.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Dana (DAN) returned the most: Caterpillar (CAT) +9.3%, Dana (DAN) +14.5%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) -4.2%. Over five years, Caterpillar (CAT) compounded fastest (Caterpillar (CAT) +25.1%/yr, Dana (DAN) +0.3%/yr, Triton International (TRTN-PA) -2.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Dana (DAN) has the highest dividend yield: Caterpillar (CAT) 0.01%, Dana (DAN) 0.02%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) -0.03%. Triton International (TRTN-PA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Triton International (TRTN-PA) has been the steadiest (Caterpillar (CAT) 40.6%, Dana (DAN) 44.5%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 8.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CAT, DAN and TRTN-PA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Dana (DAN) 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.