Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
FY 2026 · View financials
Decision snapshot: CAT stock price vs SWK: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at SWK's multiple
Needs SWK P/E.
Implied fair value · at CAT's multiple
Price unavailable
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Higher is better
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
Explore enterprise value and market valuation multiples in the valuation sections.
Trendline
14 period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
CATERPILLAR INC · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC. · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe CAT can sustain its 24.0% ROIC and 13.1% net margin without multiple compression, then hold or accumulate only on pullbacks because the stock is already priced well above the P/E-implied value and DCF range.
CAT's current price of $897.63 is 34.3% above the P/E-implied value of $590.07, indicating a notable valuation premium versus SWK. The premium is supported by CAT's superior profitability and growth, but the gap is still large relative to the provided valuation bands.
Supporting Metrics
