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Caterpillar vs Federal Signal (CAT vs FSS)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year Caterpillar (CAT) returned -1.9% and Federal Signal (FSS) +0.3%; so far this year the figures are -2.5% and +4.5%.
Caterpillar is the larger company by market value, about 36.9 times the size of Federal Signal.
On trailing earnings, CAT trades at 21.9 times and FSS at 23.5 times.
Revenue grew +20.3% at CAT and +24.0% at FSS over the last year.
CAT yields 1.12%. FSS yields 0.52%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| CAT | FSS | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $558.63 | $113.44 |
| 1-day | +0.90% | +1.21% |
| YTD | -2.49% | +4.47% |
| 1 year | -1.85% | +0.33% |
| 3 years | +140.97% | +96.03% |
| Market cap | $255.6B | $6.9B |
| P/E | 21.9 | 23.5 |
| P/S | 3.29 | 2.72 |
| P/B | 11.90 | 4.38 |
| Revenue growth | +20.30% | +24.00% |
| EPS growth | +30.90% | +26.20% |
| Gross margin % | 34.8 | 29.1 |
| Net margin % | 15.2 | 11.7 |
| ROE % | 55.1 | 18.8 |
| Debt / equity | 1.69 | 0.27 |
| FCF yield % | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| Dividend yield % | 1.12 | 0.52 |
| Beta | 1.76 | 1.15 |
| RSI (14) | 21.1 | 47.2 |
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