CAT vs MUFG vs IBM Stock Comparison

Caterpillar, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial and International Business Machines Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CAT Caterpillar Inc
$686.82 -15.5% 1M +32.0% 1Y
Market cap
$318.29B
P/E
29.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$74.73B
Div. yield
0.01%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Mitsubishi Ufj Financial leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Mitsubishi Ufj Financial 6, Caterpillar 4, International Business Machines 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCATMUFGIBMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $318.29B $240.31B $238.12B CAT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.4x 15.9x 22.2x MUFG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.6x 12.3x 19.4x MUFG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.4% -12.0% +7.9% CAT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.5% 47.7% 15.5% MUFG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 15.9% 3.6% 11.3% CAT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x — 3.3x CAT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.03% IBM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +32.0% +41.0% -11.0% MUFG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +27.9%/yr +29.6%/yr +15.7%/yr MUFG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.4% 26.3% 51.3% MUFG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 50/100 35/100 67/100 IBM

Percentile Scorecard

CATMUFGIBM

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

AxisCATMUFGIBM
Valuation 22 #159 of 203 21 #284 of 361 76 #10 of 38
Growth 68 #61 of 188 72 #98 of 344 60 #15 of 36
Profitability 91 #17 of 187 67 #116 of 348 91 #4 of 34
Financial Health 16 #186 of 222 4 #327 of 340 38 #24 of 38
Shareholder Returns 53 #72 of 153 11 #314 of 352 71 #7 of 22
Overall 50 35 67
  • CAT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • MUFG ranked among 370 companies in Banking
  • IBM ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCATMUFGIBMSPY
1 month -15.5%-7.8%+8.9% -1.0%
3 months -22.7%-8.1%+18.4% +2.9%
6 months -17.3%+21.7%+9.3% +6.4%
Year to date +19.9%+32.7%-14.4% +11.4%
1 year +32.0%+41.0%-11.0% +13.1%
3 years +175.2%+159.2%+84.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year +40.2%+37.4%+22.6% +21.5%
5 years +242.3%+264.8%+107.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year +27.9%+29.6%+15.7% +10.9%
10 years +695.6%+318.5%+77.3% +255.2%
10 years, per year +23.0%+15.4%+5.9% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureCATMUFGIBMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.4%26.3%51.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 39.9%26.6%59.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.830.910.88 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.791.56-0.21 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -35.5%-35.6%-37.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.5%-12.8%-23.0% -2.5%
52-week high $1,064.90$24.14$329.23 $779.14
52-week low $520.50$14.77$205.96 $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.

MultipleCATMUFGIBM
P/E now vs peer median 29.2xmedian 25.9x 15.9xmedian 12.5x 22.3xmedian 29.1x
P/S now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 1.9x 7.9xmedian 3.5x 3.5xmedian 4.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.9xmedian 13.7x —median 4.8x 17.9xmedian 21.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 35.1xmedian 21.1x —median 11.4x 17.3xmedian 17.3x
P/B now vs peer median 16.3xmedian 2.3x 2.3xmedian 1.2x 6.9xmedian 3.9x
PEG now vs peer median 2.24median 1.19 0.27median 1.48 0.31median 0.33

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 monthsCATMUFGIBM
Revenue $74.73B $31.62B $69.10B
Gross profit $25.66B $29.85B $40.15B
Operating income $13.09B $18.02B $11.11B
Net income $10.84B $13.97B $10.73B
Free cash flow $8.99B – $13.79B
R&D $2.27B – $8.75B
EPS (diluted) $23.45 $1.32 $11.25
Cash & equivalents $6.71B – $7.17B
Total debt $173.08B $494.43B $252.72B
Shares (diluted) 462.50M 11.40B 953.30M
Enterprise value $289.99B -$101.08B $188.94B

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
MetricCATMUFGIBM
P/E 29.2x 15.9x 22.3x
P/FCF 35.1x – 17.3x
P/Operating cash flow 23.3x – 16.0x
P/S 4.2x 7.9x 3.5x
P/B 16.3x 2.3x 6.9x
P/Tangible book 16.6x 2.3x 11.6x
EV/EBITDA 22.9x – 17.9x
EV/EBIT 27.1x 5.2x 26.3x
EV/Revenue 4.7x 3.0x 4.2x
EV/FCF 39.4x – 21.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.1x – 19.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.24 0.27 0.31

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCATMUFGIBM
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.4% -12.0% 7.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.9% -2.4% 4.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.7% 38.8% 8.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 5.6% 7.6% 6.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.7% 24.8% 19.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.7% 12.7% 13.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 14.9% 62.6% 83.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.0% 32.4% 74.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 17.1% 104.8% 82.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.0% 59.4% 72.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.3% – 12.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.6% – 6.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 16.2% – 12.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.4% – 8.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCATMUFGIBM
Gross margin 34.3% 94.4% 58.1%
EBITDA margin 20.7% – 23.6%
Operating margin 17.5% 57.0% 16.1%
Pretax margin 18.6% 59.6% 15.1%
Net margin 14.5% 47.7% 15.5%
FCF margin 12.0% – 20.0%
Operating cash flow margin 18.2% – 21.5%
Return on equity 57.0% 11.7% 31.7%
Return on assets 10.9% 0.5% 7.0%
Return on invested capital 15.9% 3.6% 11.3%
Return on capital employed 22.1% – 9.4%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.0x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x – 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – – 2.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCATMUFGIBM
Debt / assets 44.0% 4.7% 40.8%
Debt / equity 2.3x 1.2x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x – 3.3x
Debt / FCF 5.0x – 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 81.1% 96.0% 77.3%
Equity / assets 18.9% 4.0% 22.7%
Interest coverage 6.8x 0.6x 5.8x
Current ratio 1.4x – 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.5x – 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.2x – 0.2x
Altman Z-score 4.55 – 3.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCATMUFGIBM
Dividend yield 0.7% 1.5% 2.7%
Net buyback yield 2.3% – -0.3%
Shareholder yield 3.0% 1.5% 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 25.9% – 58.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) 31.3% – 45.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) 4.2% – 1.7%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.1% – 1.7%

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.

ConsensusCATMUFGIBM
Forward P/E 26.6xFY2026 12.3xFY2026 19.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $25.79FY2026 $1.71FY2026 $13.05FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +35.3%FY2026 +27.6%FY2026 +12.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +31.4% +0.6% -1.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $84.12BFY2026 $44.38BFY2026 $66.19BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.5%FY2026 +18.6%FY2026 -2.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.5% +4.0% +15.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCATMUFGIBM
Held by institutions 72.3% 3.0% 65.1%
Institutions holding 4,055 574 3,632
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.5% -0.1% +3.5%
Institutions buying 1,886 324 1,973
Institutions selling 1,595 160 1,226
Buyers to sellers 1.18 2.03 1.61

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.

CATMUFGIBM
CAT 1.00 0.38 -0.06
MUFG 0.38 1.00 -0.03
IBM -0.06 -0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CAT, MUFG and IBM?

Caterpillar (CAT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Caterpillar (CAT) $318.29B, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) $240.31B, International Business Machines (IBM) $238.12B.

Which stock is cheaper, CAT, MUFG and IBM?

Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Caterpillar (CAT) 29.4x, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 15.9x, International Business Machines (IBM) 22.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) is cheapest (Caterpillar (CAT) 26.6x, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 12.3x, International Business Machines (IBM) 19.4x). 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) +18.4%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) -12.0%, International Business Machines (IBM) +7.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) has the highest net margin (Caterpillar (CAT) 14.5%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 47.7%, International Business Machines (IBM) 15.5%). On return on invested capital, Caterpillar (CAT) leads (Caterpillar (CAT) 15.9%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 3.6%, International Business Machines (IBM) 11.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) returned the most: Caterpillar (CAT) +32.0%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) +41.0%, International Business Machines (IBM) -11.0%. Over five years, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) compounded fastest (Caterpillar (CAT) +27.9%/yr, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) +29.6%/yr, International Business Machines (IBM) +15.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

International Business Machines (IBM) has the highest dividend yield: Caterpillar (CAT) 0.01%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 0.00%, International Business Machines (IBM) 0.03%. 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) 40.4%, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (MUFG) 26.3%, International Business Machines (IBM) 51.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.