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SelectedToday5Y Return

CATCaterpillar Inc+ 1.37%+ 295.38%
NVDANVIDIA Corp+ 0.77%+ 924.64%

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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+ 924.6%Tap or hover the chart for values along the way

Metric	CATCaterpillar Inc	NVDANVIDIA Corp
Return
Last Price	811.10	230.22
Daily Change	+ 1.37%	+ 0.77%
Period ReturnPast 5 Years	+ 295.38%	+ 924.64%
Valuation
Market Cap	$374 B	$5.57 T
P/E Ratio	34.89	29.10
Dividend Yield	2.10%	0.03%
Net MarginTrailing 12M	14.5%	63.7%
Risk
Beta	1.61	2.22
52-Week Range	414.29 — $1,073.46	164.07 — $236.54
Company
Sector	Industrials	Information Technology
Industry	Machinery	Semiconductors

Company

CATIndustrials · Machinery
NVDAInformation Technology · Semiconductors

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