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SelectedToday5Y Return

CATCaterpillar Inc+ 1.33%+ 295.38%
NVDANVIDIA Corp+ 0.74%+ 923.62%
CSCOCisco Systems Inc+ 0.70%+ 88.82%

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Each series is converted to a percentage of its own starting point, so all of them begin at zero. What is compared is the return over the period, not price levels.

CAT+ 295.4%NVDA+ 923.6%CSCO+ 88.8%Tap or hover the chart for values along the way

Metric	CATCaterpillar Inc	NVDANVIDIA Corp	CSCOCisco Systems Inc
Return
Last Price	810.78	230.14	109.37
Daily Change	+ 1.33%	+ 0.74%	+ 0.70%
Period ReturnPast 5 Years	+ 295.38%	+ 923.62%	+ 88.82%
Valuation
Market Cap	$373 B	$5.57 T	$431 B
P/E Ratio	34.88	29.09	32.85
Dividend Yield	2.10%	0.03%	3.23%
Net MarginTrailing 12M	14.5%	63.7%	21.0%
Risk
Beta	1.61	2.22	1.00
52-Week Range	414.29 — $1,073.46	164.07 — $236.54	66.13 — $130.37
Company
Sector	Industrials	Information Technology	Information Technology
Industry	Machinery	Semiconductors	Communications

Company

CATIndustrials · Machinery
NVDAInformation Technology · Semiconductors
CSCOInformation Technology · Communications

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