CAT vs HYLN vs PUMP Stock Comparison

Caterpillar, Hyliion Holdings and ProPetro Holding Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CAT Caterpillar Inc
$713.64 -13.1% 1M +35.4% 1Y
Market cap
$328.06B
P/E
30.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$74.73B
Div. yield
0.88%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
5 wins
HYLN Hyliion Holdings Corp.
$3.29 -22.0% 1M +48.2% 1Y
Market cap
$587.58M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$9.25M
Div. yield
–
Power Equipment Industrials
3 wins
PUMP ProPetro Holding Corp.
$7.56 -21.3% 1M +5.1% 1Y
Market cap
$928.55M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.16B
Div. yield
–
Oilfield Services Energy
1 win

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Caterpillar leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Caterpillar 5, Hyliion Holdings 3, ProPetro Holding 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCATHYLNPUMPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $328.06B $587.58M $928.55M CAT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.3x -11.2x -69.3x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 27.7x — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.4% +163.2% -15.1% HYLN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.5% -564.3% -1.2% CAT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 15.9% — -0.8% CAT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x — 0.1x PUMP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.88% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +35.4% +48.2% +5.1% HYLN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +28.5%/yr -16.4%/yr -5.6%/yr CAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.5% 99.0% 70.8% CAT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 57/100 38/100 HYLN

Percentile Scorecard

CATHYLNPUMP

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

AxisCATHYLNPUMP
Valuation 21 #160 of 203 33 #41 of 61 89 #6 of 47
Growth 67 #63 of 188 88 #8 of 58 19 #35 of 43
Profitability 92 #15 of 183 13 #48 of 55 18 #33 of 40
Financial Health 17 #180 of 217 93 #6 of 71 61 #18 of 45
Shareholder Returns 56 #68 of 153 – 3 #31 of 32
Overall 51 57 38
  • CAT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • HYLN ranked among 71 companies in Clean Energy Equipment
  • PUMP ranked among 48 companies in Oilfield Services and Equipment

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCATHYLNPUMPSPY
1 month -13.1%-22.0%-21.3% -0.2%
3 months -15.2%-7.1%-29.1% +3.9%
6 months -12.7%+81.8%-56.6% +8.2%
Year to date +24.6%+78.8%-20.5% +12.9%
1 year +35.4%+48.2%+5.1% +12.3%
3 years +199.1%+483.2%-28.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year +44.1%+80.1%-10.4% +23.3%
5 years +249.7%-59.1%-25.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year +28.5%-16.4%-5.6% +10.9%
10 years +759.7%—— +261.1%
10 years, per year +24.0%—— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCATHYLNPUMPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.5%99.0%70.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.9%92.7%60.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.853.170.73 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.870.490.07 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.5%-94.0%-72.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -33.0%-59.4%-58.5% -1.2%
52-week high $1,064.90$8.10$18.20 $779.14
52-week low $524.47$1.58$7.19 $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.

MultipleCATHYLNPUMP
P/E now vs peer median 30.3xmedian 25.2x -11.2xmedian 27.2x -69.3xmedian 26.1x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 1.9x 63.5xmedian 2.4x 0.8xmedian 1.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 23.7xmedian 14.0x -10.3xmedian 18.4x 6.0xmedian 8.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 36.5xmedian 21.7x -10.4xmedian 28.6x -43.2xmedian 14.9x
P/B now vs peer median 16.9xmedian 2.3x 3.5xmedian 1.7x 1.0xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 2.32median 1.32 -0.37median 0.79 2.41median 0.49

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 monthsCATHYLNPUMP
Revenue $74.73B $9.25M $1.16B
Gross profit $25.66B $603.00K $263.25M
Operating income $13.09B -$58.73M -$11.21M
Net income $10.84B -$52.19M -$13.38M
Free cash flow $8.99B -$56.62M -$21.51M
R&D $2.27B $37.27M –
EPS (diluted) $23.45 $-0.29 $-0.11
Cash & equivalents $6.71B $13.20M $783.96M
Total debt $45.15B – $797.24M
Shares (diluted) 462.50M 178.44M 122.71M
Enterprise value $299.76B $253.48M -$180.06M

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
MetricCATHYLNPUMP
P/E 30.3x -11.2x -69.3x
P/FCF 36.5x -10.4x -43.2x
P/Operating cash flow 24.2x -13.9x 4.8x
P/S 4.4x 63.5x 0.8x
P/B 16.9x 3.5x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 17.3x 3.5x 1.0x
EV/EBITDA 23.7x -10.3x 6.0x
EV/EBIT 28.0x -8.9x -84.1x
EV/Revenue 4.9x 56.6x 0.8x
EV/FCF 40.7x -9.2x -43.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 27.0x -12.4x 4.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.32 -0.37 2.41

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCATHYLNPUMP
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.4% 163.2% -15.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.9% 62.1% -9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.7% 154.4% -22.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.6% 29.7% -19.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.7% 11.9% 94.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 29.6% -27.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 14.9% 7.3% 91.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.0% 30.7% -29.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.1% 8.9% 92.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.0% 30.4% -28.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.3% 10.5% 5.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.6% 30.3% -20.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 16.2% 16.0% -161.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.4% 24.4% -13.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCATHYLNPUMP
Gross margin 34.3% 6.5% 22.7%
EBITDA margin 20.7% -551.3% 13.5%
Operating margin 17.5% -635.2% -1.0%
Pretax margin 18.6% -564.5% -0.8%
Net margin 14.5% -564.3% -1.2%
FCF margin 12.0% -612.3% -1.9%
Operating cash flow margin 18.2% -458.2% 16.5%
Return on equity 57.0% -29.7% -1.4%
Return on assets 10.9% -28.2% -0.8%
Return on invested capital 15.9% – -0.8%
Return on capital employed 22.1% -33.4% -0.8%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.0x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 0.8x -14.3x
Stock comp / revenue – 64.8% 1.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCATHYLNPUMP
Debt / assets 44.0% – 38.7%
Debt / equity 2.3x – 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x – 0.1x
Debt / FCF 5.0x – -37.1x
Liabilities / assets 81.1% 5.6% 53.5%
Equity / assets 18.9% 94.4% 46.5%
Interest coverage 6.8x – -1.1x
Current ratio 1.4x 7.6x 4.1x
Quick ratio 0.5x 7.1x 3.9x
Cash ratio 0.2x 6.8x 3.0x
Altman Z-score 4.64 32.65 1.46

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCATHYLNPUMP
Dividend yield 0.9% – –
Net buyback yield 2.2% – -17.7%
Shareholder yield 3.1% – -17.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) 25.9% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 31.3% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.2% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.1% – –

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.

ConsensusCATHYLNPUMP
Forward P/E 27.7xFY2026 – –
EPS, next fiscal year $25.79FY2026 $-0.32FY2026 $-0.04FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +35.3%FY2026 – -121.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +31.4% – –
Revenue, next fiscal year $84.12BFY2026 $14.80MFY2026 $1.26BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.5%FY2026 +325.2%FY2026 -0.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.5% +127.8% +18.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCATHYLNPUMP
Held by institutions 72.3% 33.4% 100.0%
Institutions holding 4,057 168 269
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.5% +19.5% +26.4%
Institutions buying 1,888 106 161
Institutions selling 1,595 38 65
Buyers to sellers 1.18 2.79 2.48

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.

CATHYLNPUMP
CAT 1.00 0.41 0.41
HYLN 0.41 1.00 0.25
PUMP 0.41 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CAT, HYLN and PUMP?

Caterpillar (CAT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Caterpillar (CAT) $328.06B, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) $587.58M, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) $928.55M.

Which company is growing faster?

Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Caterpillar (CAT) +18.4%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) +163.2%, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) -15.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Caterpillar (CAT) has the highest net margin (Caterpillar (CAT) 14.5%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -564.3%, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) -1.2%). On return on invested capital, Caterpillar (CAT) leads (Caterpillar (CAT) 15.9%, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) -0.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) returned the most: Caterpillar (CAT) +35.4%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) +48.2%, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) +5.1%. Over five years, Caterpillar (CAT) compounded fastest (Caterpillar (CAT) +28.5%/yr, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) -16.4%/yr, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) -5.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Caterpillar (CAT) 0.88%. Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) and ProPetro Holding (PUMP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Caterpillar (CAT) has been the steadiest (Caterpillar (CAT) 40.5%, Hyliion Holdings (HYLN) 99.0%, ProPetro Holding (PUMP) 70.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CAT, HYLN and PUMP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Caterpillar (CAT) leads on 5. 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.