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Alamo Group Inc is engaged in the design, manufacture, and servicing of high-quality vegetation management and infrastructure maintenance equipment for governmental, industrial, and agricultural use. Its products include agricultural implements, tree and branch chippers, forestry/wood recycling equipment, street and parking lot sweepers, leaf and debris collection equipment, truck-mounted highway attenuator trucks, vacuum trucks, hydro-excavation equipment, telescopic boom excavators, snow removal equipment, etc. The company's reportable segments are Vegetation Management, which generates the maximum revenue, and Industrial Equipment. Geographically, the company generates maximum revenue from the United States, followed by Canada, France, the UK, Brazil, the Netherlands, and other regions.
View stockCaterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Its reporting segments are construction, resource, energy, and transportation. Market share approaches 20% across many products. Caterpillar operates a captive finance subsidiary to facilitate sales. The firm has a global reach that is approximately evenly balanced between the US and the rest of the world. Construction skews more domestic, while the other divisions are more geographically diversified. An independent network of over 150 dealers operates approximately 2,800 facilities, giving Caterpillar reach into about 190 countries for sales and support services.
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Stock name | Alamo Group | Caterpillar |
|---|---|---|
Last price | $155.17 | $772.78 |
Currency | USD | USD |
| $1.9B | $367B | |
| 18.35 | 34.45 | |
| $8.34 | $23.21 | |
| 1.09 | 1.60 | |
| $1.32 | $6.16 | |
| 0.89% | 0.82% | |
Sector | Industrials | Industrials |
Employees | 3,800 | 118,000 |
Ticker | $ALG | $CAT |
Primary listing | NYSE | NYSE |
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