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CAT vs MTW
Side-by-side comparison of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and Manitowoc Company Inc. (MTW): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both CAT and MTW operate in Construction/Ag Equipment/Trucks (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
- CAT is the larger of the two at $453.38B, about 965.3x MTW ($469.7M).
- CAT has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for MTW).
- CAT has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 7 for MTW).
- Company
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Manitowoc Company Inc.
- Price
- -
- -
- Market cap
- $453.38B
- $469.7M
- 1M return
- -
- -
- 1Y return
- -
- -
- Industry
- Construction/Ag Equipment/Trucks
- Construction/Ag Equipment/Trucks
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 10
- 1
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 7
Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, cold planers, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; backhoe, compact track, multi-terrain, skid steer, and track-type loaders; forestry and wheel excavators; and site prep and track-type tractors. The company's Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, and select work tools. Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines and integrated systems for the power generation, marine, oil, and gas industries; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; remanufactured reciprocating engines and components; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management, as well as other equipment-related loans. Its All Other Operating segment offers filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; integrated logistics solutions; portfolio management; brand management and marketing strategy; and digital investments services. The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
Manitowoc Company Inc.
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. provides engineered lifting solutions in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It designs, manufactures, and distributes crawler-mounted lattice-boom cranes under the Manitowoc brand; a line of top-slewing and self-erecting tower cranes under the Potain brand; mobile hydraulic cranes under the Grove, Shuttlelift, and National Crane brands; and hydraulic boom trucks under the National Crane brand. The company also provides crane product parts and services; and crane rebuilding, remanufacturing, and training services. Its crane products are used in various applications, including energy production/distribution and utilities; petrochemical and industrial projects; infrastructure, such as road, bridge, and airport construction; and commercial and high-rise residential construction. The company serves a range of customers, including dealers, rental companies, contractors, and government entities in the petrochemical, industrial, commercial construction, power and utilities, infrastructure, and residential construction end markets. The Manitowoc Company, Inc. was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Latest CAT
- Chevron Signs 20-Year Power Agreement with Microsoft for West Texas Data Center
- Director Wilkins Rayford Jr was granted 211 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 8,416 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Schwab Susan C was granted 211 shares, increasing direct ownership by 4% to 6,197 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Reed Debra L was granted 211 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 13,204 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Marks Judith Fran was granted 211 shares, increasing direct ownership by 12% to 1,938 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Maclennan David was granted 211 shares, increasing direct ownership by 3% to 8,420 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Keene Nazzic S was granted 211 shares, increasing direct ownership by 41% to 728 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Johnson Gerald was granted 211 shares, increasing direct ownership by 6% to 3,907 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Fish James C Jr was granted 211 shares, increasing direct ownership by 6% to 3,687 units (SEC Form 4)
- Caterpillar Inc. Increases Dividend
Latest MTW
- SEC Form 11-K filed by Manitowoc Company Inc.
- SEC Form SD filed by Manitowoc Company Inc.
- The Manitowoc Company to Participate at Investor Conferences on June 9-10, 2026
- Director Krueger Kenneth W sold $106,200 worth of shares (9,000 units at $11.80), decreasing direct ownership by 5% to 162,672 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Wood Randy A was granted 11,136 shares (SEC Form 4)
- Director Rourke Mark B. was granted 11,136 shares (SEC Form 4)
- Director Myers Charles David was granted 11,136 shares, increasing direct ownership by 12% to 100,322 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Malone Robert W was granted 11,136 shares, increasing direct ownership by 25% to 56,584 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Gwillim Ryan M was granted 11,136 shares, increasing direct ownership by 41% to 38,503 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Krueger Kenneth W was granted 11,136 shares, increasing direct ownership by 7% to 176,903 units (SEC Form 4)