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Decision snapshot: TSLA stock price vs CAT: 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 CAT's multiple
Needs CAT P/E.
Implied fair value · at TSLA's multiple
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
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Trendline
Eight 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.
Tesla, Inc. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
CATERPILLAR INC · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
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.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe TSLA can materially improve margins and reaccelerate growth from -2.9% while sustaining a premium multiple, then you could tolerate the stock; otherwise, the data argues for caution or underweighting TSLA because its 416.4x P/E and weaker profitability leave little valuation support versus CAT.
TSLA trades at a massive premium to CAT on every listed valuation multiple, yet the implied P/E-based price is far below the current share price. The gap is driven by TSLA's much richer multiples rather than stronger operating fundamentals, with no support from revenue growth or margins.
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