Which is more profitable, Caterpillar or Rolls-Royce Holdings?

Rolls-Royce Holdings keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Caterpillar or Rolls-Royce Holdings?

Rolls-Royce Holdings grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Caterpillar or Rolls-Royce Holdings?

Rolls-Royce Holdings costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Caterpillar or Rolls-Royce Holdings?

Rolls-Royce Holdings would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Caterpillar vs Rolls-Royce Holdings stock

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

In one sentence

Rolls-Royce Holdings is more profitable, grows faster, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Caterpillar	Rolls-Royce Holdings
	$275 billion	£111 billion
	13.1%	27.5%
	+10.1%	+16.2%
	30.9×	18.9×
	2.3 years	Net cash
	15.1%	77.6%
	0.7%	0.8%

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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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