Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
CAT · against 13 other Industrials companies of similar size
Ranked #13 of 14 · scores higher than 8% of peers · safety percentile 5
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)2 peers with a safety percentile of 0–9, including CAT · Click a bar to see the companies
Mainly because of its beta, debt / equity and current ratio, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
Risk is relative to the sector, not a bankruptcy probability. Banks and brokers carry high leverage by design, and share buybacks can shrink equity and current assets, which raises debt/equity on paper.
| Metric | CAT | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / equityLower is better · 14 reported | 2.33× | 0.95× | 8% | 33% | |
| BetaLower is better · 14 reported | 1.58 | 0.96 | 0% | 33% | |
| Current ratioHigher is better · 14 reported | 1.37× | 1.12× | 77% | 33% |
| Rank | Company | Market cap | Safety | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.15T CNY (≈$161.5B) | 60 | 79 | |
| 2 | 22.15T JPY (≈$150.6B) | 54 | 60 | |
| 3 | 274.7B USD | 50 | 55 | |
| 4 | 153.0B EUR (≈$168.3B) | 33 | 51 | |
| 5 | 244.5B USD | 32 | 62 | |
| 9 | 180.3B USD | 12 | 49 | |
| 10 | 179.5B USD | 12 | 35 | |
| 11 | 332.7B USD | 10 | 56 | |
| 12 | 1.85T BRL (≈$332.4B) | 10 | 49 | |
| 13 | 286.8B USD | 5 | 52 | |
| 14 | 147.5B USD | 2 | 54 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score