Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CAT scored 35.9, INIO scored 72.0 — INIO leads.
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CAT
Caterpillar Inc.
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · Quality-Growth
35.9
$800.47 · $368.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
36.1
INIO leads
INIO
Innio N.V.
Specialty Industrial Machinery · Quality-Growth
72
$19.79 · $14.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthINIO+22.1%
Highest qualityINIO82 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueINIO-6%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CAT
stronger →← stronger
INIO
76
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
82
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
89
12
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
53
INIO is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CAT
INIO
$9.0bB+
FCF
$676mC+
+4.3%C+
Rev
+22.1%A-
2.33D
D/E
—
34.3xC+
P/E
—
1.39B
PEG
—
—
P/S
4.8xC
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CAT
INIO
250% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
6% below
~42%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~14%/yr
-74%
1-yr DCF upside
-19%
-71%
5-yr DCF upside
+6%
-68%
10-yr DCF upside
+56%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CAT
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Cyclical growth
INIO
Why this score
Short track record
The companies
CATCaterpillar Inc.
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · $800.47 · beta 1.58
Why now
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · market cap $368.0b. Down 25% from 52-week high of $1073.46 — deep drawdown territory. 26 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $970.80 (implying +21% upside).
Moat
Net margin 15% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 57% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. $368.0b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
D/E 2.33 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Beta 1.58 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 34x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
INIOInnio N.V.
Specialty Industrial Machinery · $19.79
Why now
Specialty Industrial Machinery · market cap $14.8b. Down 54% from 52-week high of $42.95 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +22%, comfortably above the S&P median. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $37.20 (implying +88% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of cash released from working capital ($559m) — a release that doesn't repeat every year the way earnings can.
Risk
Down 54% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Net margin 0.8% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where CAT and INIO diverge
On the headline score the gap is 36.1 points in favor of INIO. The widest single difference is Value, where INIO leads by 41.0 points.
ValueCAT 12.3 · INIO 53.3INIO +41.0
GrowthCAT 50.0 · INIO 88.9INIO +38.9
QualityCAT 75.6 · INIO 82.1INIO +6.5
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is INIO or CAT the better stock?
INIO scores higher: INIO 72.0, CAT 35.9 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do INIO and CAT differ most?
The widest gap is value, where INIO leads by 41 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. INIO leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are INIO and CAT scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.