Which is more profitable, Caterpillar or Cummins?

Caterpillar keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Caterpillar or Cummins?

Cummins grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Caterpillar or Cummins?

Cummins costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Caterpillar or Cummins?

Cummins would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Caterpillar vs Cummins stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Caterpillar is more profitable. Cummins grows faster, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Caterpillar	Cummins
	$275 billion	$61.9 billion
	13.1%	8.4%
	+10.1%	+11.2%
	30.9×	21.8×
	2.3 years	1.0 years
	15.1%	17.0%
	0.7%	1.2%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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