CAT vs TRTN-PA vs TEX Stock Comparison

Caterpillar, Triton International and Terex Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CAT Caterpillar Inc
$647.25 -21.7% 1M +10.5% 1Y
Market cap
$286.42B
P/E
24.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$77.77B
Div. yield
–
Heavy Equipment Industrials
3 wins
TEX Terex Corp
$56.54 +6.0% 1M +1.0% 1Y
Market cap
$6.32B
P/E
31.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.49B
Div. yield
0.01%
Heavy Equipment Industrials
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Triton International leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Triton International 4, Terex 4, Caterpillar 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCATTRTN-PATEXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $286.42B $1.37B $6.32B CAT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 24.2x 3.6x 31.9x TRTN-PA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.1x — 10.7x TEX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.3% +36.3% +40.1% TEX
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 528.7% 2.6% TRTN-PA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.7% 4.7% TRTN-PA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 5.6x 3.0x TEX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.01% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +10.5% -2.0% +1.0% CAT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +26.0%/yr -2.1%/yr +4.8%/yr CAT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 40.3% 8.2% 49.8% TRTN-PA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 44/100 38/100 55/100 TEX

Percentile Scorecard

CATTRTN-PATEX

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

AxisCATTRTN-PATEX
Valuation 29 #144 of 203 89 #24 of 203 85 #31 of 203
Growth 74 #49 of 188 21 #148 of 188 55 #86 of 188
Profitability 77 #43 of 183 63 #68 of 183 34 #122 of 183
Financial Health 8 #199 of 216 8 #198 of 216 27 #157 of 216
Shareholder Returns 31 #105 of 152 8 #140 of 152 77 #36 of 152
Overall 44 38 55
  • CAT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TRTN-PA ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • TEX ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodCATTRTN-PATEXSPY
1 month -21.7%-1.0%+6.0% +0.7%
3 months -20.0%-4.1%-9.2% +3.7%
6 months -27.3%-2.3%-9.1% +7.1%
Year to date +13.0%-2.0%+5.9% +12.8%
1 year +10.5%-2.0%+1.0% +11.9%
3 years +167.3%+0.1%+23.4% +85.2%
3 years, per year +38.8%+0.0%+7.3% +22.8%
5 years +217.3%-10.0%+26.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year +26.0%-2.1%+4.8% +10.9%
10 years +671.6%—+137.5% +262.0%
10 years, per year +22.7%—+9.0% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCATTRTN-PATEXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 40.3%8.2%49.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 42.5%9.8%48.8% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.880.091.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.26-0.240.02 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -39.2%-15.2%-51.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -39.2%-5.0%-24.2% -1.2%
52-week high $1,064.90$26.42$74.58 $779.14
52-week low $546.13$25.03$41.78 $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.

MultipleCATTRTN-PATEX
P/E now vs peer median 25.2xmedian 25.8x 3.6xmedian 25.8x 32.4xmedian 25.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.8xmedian 1.9x 35.2xmedian 1.9x 0.8xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.6x 7.8xmedian 14.6x 11.9xmedian 14.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 42.3xmedian 22.2x 5.1xmedian 22.2x 15.2xmedian 22.2x
P/B now vs peer median 13.9xmedian 2.2x 0.9xmedian 2.2x 1.3xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.95median 1.45 -0.26median 1.45 -0.86median 1.45

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 monthsCATTRTN-PATEX
Revenue $77.77B $72.04M $7.49B
Gross profit – $1.86M $1.28B
Operating income $14.25B $754.49M $425.00M
Net income $11.83B $837.82M $198.00M
Free cash flow – $499.45M $419.00M
R&D $2.31B – –
EPS (diluted) $25.58 $6.91 $1.74
Cash & equivalents $7.93B $62.50M $407.00M
Total debt – $26.08B $2.58B
Shares (diluted) 462.50M 55.10M 114.00M
Enterprise value $286.42B $1.16B $4.34B

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
MetricCATTRTN-PATEX
P/E 25.2x 3.6x 32.4x
P/FCF 42.3x 5.1x 15.2x
P/Operating cash flow 21.0x 2.8x 11.7x
P/S 3.8x 35.2x 0.8x
P/B 13.9x 0.9x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 14.1x 0.9x 3.1x
EV/EBITDA – 7.8x 11.9x
EV/EBIT – 11.7x 20.1x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 122.5x 1.1x
EV/FCF – 17.7x 20.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.0x 9.8x 15.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.95 -0.26 -0.86

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCATTRTN-PATEX
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.3% 36.3% 40.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.3% -13.5% 13.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -44.5% 21.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -39.7% 3.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 24.9% -16.1% 8.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 7.4% -7.3% -12.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 27.6% -10.8% 26.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.1% 9.0% -25.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 29.9% -28.0% -26.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 12.9% -13.8% -37.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 22.9% -17.1% 31.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.9% -14.7% 8.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 17.0% 50.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -24.1% 9.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCATTRTN-PATEX
Gross margin – 2.6% 17.1%
EBITDA margin – 1,563% 9.6%
Operating margin – 1,047% 5.7%
Pretax margin – 677.9% 3.1%
Net margin – 528.7% 2.6%
FCF margin – 693.3% 5.6%
Operating cash flow margin 18.2% 1,252% 7.3%
Return on equity 57.9% 31.1% 3.9%
Return on assets 11.3% 8.6% 1.9%
Return on invested capital – 7.7% 4.7%
Return on capital employed – – 5.1%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.0x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.1x 2.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 20.1% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCATTRTN-PATEX
Debt / assets – 65.3% 25.0%
Debt / equity – 2.3x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA – 5.6x 3.0x
Debt / FCF – 12.7x 6.2x
Liabilities / assets 79.9% 71.8% 51.8%
Equity / assets 20.1% 28.2% 48.2%
Interest coverage – 2.8x 2.2x
Current ratio 1.4x – 1.8x
Quick ratio – – 0.8x
Cash ratio – – 0.2x
Altman Z-score – – 2.05

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCATTRTN-PATEX
Dividend yield 1.0% – 1.2%
Net buyback yield – -6.7% 1.2%
Shareholder yield 1.0% -6.7% 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 34.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 16.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 50.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 18.8%

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.

ConsensusCATTRTN-PATEX
Forward P/E 25.1xFY2026 – 10.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $25.79FY2026 – $5.26FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +35.3%FY2026 – +6.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +31.4% – +9.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $84.12BFY2026 – $8.62BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.5%FY2026 – +59.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.5% – +8.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCATTRTN-PATEX
Held by institutions 72.3% – 100.0%
Institutions holding 4,059 – 482
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.5% – +5.5%
Institutions buying 1,890 – 240
Institutions selling 1,595 – 164
Buyers to sellers 1.18 – 1.46

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.

CATTRTN-PATEX
CAT 1.00 0.12 0.58
TRTN-PA 0.12 1.00 0.06
TEX 0.58 0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Caterpillar (CAT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Caterpillar (CAT) $286.42B, Triton International (TRTN-PA) $1.37B, Terex (TEX) $6.32B.

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

Triton International (TRTN-PA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Caterpillar (CAT) 24.2x, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 3.6x, Terex (TEX) 31.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Terex (TEX) is cheapest (Caterpillar (CAT) 25.1x, Terex (TEX) 10.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Terex (TEX) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Caterpillar (CAT) +20.3%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) +36.3%, Terex (TEX) +40.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Triton International (TRTN-PA) has the highest net margin (Triton International (TRTN-PA) 528.7%, Terex (TEX) 2.6%). On return on invested capital, Triton International (TRTN-PA) leads (Triton International (TRTN-PA) 7.7%, Terex (TEX) 4.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Caterpillar (CAT) returned the most: Caterpillar (CAT) +10.5%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) -2.0%, Terex (TEX) +1.0%. Over five years, Caterpillar (CAT) compounded fastest (Caterpillar (CAT) +26.0%/yr, Triton International (TRTN-PA) -2.1%/yr, Terex (TEX) +4.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Caterpillar (CAT) 0.00%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 0.00%, Terex (TEX) 0.01%. Caterpillar (CAT) and 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) 40.3%, Triton International (TRTN-PA) 8.2%, Terex (TEX) 49.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Triton International (TRTN-PA) leads on 4. 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.