Compare Stocks: MTW, AVNT, CAT, and GWW

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVNT Avient	$42.60 -1.9%	$40.46	$27.48 ▼ $46.64	$3.98B	1.29	718,153 shs	714,011 shs
CAT Caterpillar	$821.25 +0.9%	$863.27	$416.44 ▼ $1,073.46	$374.15B	1.6	2.34 million shs	2.44 million shs
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1,289.32 -2.7%	$1,336.99	$906.52 ▼ $1,419.91	$62.38B	1.03	193,530 shs	352,261 shs
MTW Manitowoc	$20.93 -2.3%	$16.35	$9.66 ▼ $21.50	$772.09M	1.77	376,391 shs	345,389 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVNT Avient	0.00%	-1.29%	-5.40%	+22.17%	+15.21%
CAT Caterpillar	0.00%	+1.98%	-3.67%	-11.12%	+92.28%
GWW W.W. Grainger	0.00%	+1.04%	+3.68%	-0.33%	+33.32%
MTW Manitowoc	0.00%	+10.48%	+13.60%	+77.14%	+110.73%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVNT Avient	$42.60 -1.9%	$40.46	$27.48 ▼ $46.64	$3.98B	1.29	718,153 shs	714,011 shs
CAT Caterpillar	$821.25 +0.9%	$863.27	$416.44 ▼ $1,073.46	$374.15B	1.6	2.34 million shs	2.44 million shs
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1,289.32 -2.7%	$1,336.99	$906.52 ▼ $1,419.91	$62.38B	1.03	193,530 shs	352,261 shs
MTW Manitowoc	$20.93 -2.3%	$16.35	$9.66 ▼ $21.50	$772.09M	1.77	376,391 shs	345,389 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVNT Avient	0.00%	-1.29%	-5.40%	+22.17%	+15.21%
CAT Caterpillar	0.00%	+1.98%	-3.67%	-11.12%	+92.28%
GWW W.W. Grainger	0.00%	+1.04%	+3.68%	-0.33%	+33.32%
MTW Manitowoc	0.00%	+10.48%	+13.60%	+77.14%	+110.73%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AVNT Avient	2.50	Moderate Buy	$46.71	9.67% Upside
CAT Caterpillar	2.60	Moderate Buy	$995.52	21.22% Upside
GWW W.W. Grainger	2.10	Hold	$1,286.63	-0.21% Downside
MTW Manitowoc	1.33	Sell	$14.00	-33.10% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest MTW, AVNT, CAT, and GWW Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/4/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
8/24/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$1,300.00 ➝ $1,400.00
8/21/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/19/2026	CAT Caterpillar	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/13/2026	MTW Manitowoc	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$10.00 ➝ $12.00
8/12/2026	CAT Caterpillar	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/11/2026	MTW Manitowoc	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Hold (C)
8/11/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$1,166.00 ➝ $1,185.00
8/10/2026	MTW Manitowoc	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Underweight	$11.00 ➝ $16.00
8/7/2026	AVNT Avient	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
8/7/2026	AVNT Avient	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$47.00 ➝ $48.00

(Data available from 9/8/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AVNT Avient	$3.26B	1.20	$4.77 per share	8.93	$26.06 per share	1.63
CAT Caterpillar	$67.59B	5.59	$24.43 per share	33.62	$45.82 per share	17.92
GWW W.W. Grainger	$17.94B	3.38	$44.14 per share	29.21	$87.09 per share	14.80
MTW Manitowoc	$2.24B	0.34	$2.10 per share	9.98	$19.60 per share	1.07

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AVNT Avient	$81.90M	$1.85	23.02	12.03	1.25	5.10%	11.64%	4.67%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
CAT Caterpillar	$8.88B	$23.24	35.34	24.98	1.41	14.51%	55.53%	11.38%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
GWW W.W. Grainger	$1.71B	$39.22	32.87	25.42	2.35	9.92%	48.73%	22.40%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
MTW Manitowoc	$7.20M	$0.55	38.05	N/A	N/A	0.87%	3.86%	1.43%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest MTW, AVNT, CAT, and GWW Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	AVNT Avient	$0.8930	$0.96	+$0.0670	$0.70	$898.53 million	$917.00 million
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	MTW Manitowoc	$0.1105	$0.46	+$0.3495	$0.39	$564.00 million	$594.90 million
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	CAT Caterpillar	$6.22	$8.17	+$1.95	$7.77	$19.34 billion	$20.54 billion
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	$11.30	$12.01	+$0.71	$12.01	$4.96 billion	$5.02 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AVNT Avient	$1.10	2.58%	+5.86%	59.46%	1 Years
CAT Caterpillar	$6.52	0.79%	+7.23%	28.06%	30 Years
GWW W.W. Grainger	$9.96	0.77%	+8.25%	25.40%	55 Years
MTW Manitowoc	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest MTW, AVNT, CAT, and GWW Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/16/2026	AVNT Avient	quarterly	$0.2750	2.89%	9/11/2026	9/11/2026	10/7/2026
7/29/2026	GWW W.W. Grainger	quarterly	$2.49	0.77%	8/10/2026	8/10/2026	9/1/2026
6/10/2026	CAT Caterpillar	quarterly	$1.63	0.75%	7/20/2026	7/20/2026	8/19/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AVNT Avient	0.77	1.90	1.35
CAT Caterpillar	1.65	1.37	0.85
GWW W.W. Grainger	0.53	2.81	1.70
MTW Manitowoc	0.66	2.11	0.75

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AVNT Avient	95.48%
CAT Caterpillar	70.98%
GWW W.W. Grainger	80.70%
MTW Manitowoc	78.66%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AVNT Avient	0.85%
CAT Caterpillar	0.33%
GWW W.W. Grainger	6.30%
MTW Manitowoc	3.96%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AVNT Avient	9,000	91.72 million	90.94 million	Optionable
CAT Caterpillar	118,000	459.67 million	458.16 million	Optionable
GWW W.W. Grainger	25,000	47.10 million	44.13 million	Optionable
MTW Manitowoc	4,700	36.06 million	34.63 million	Optionable

MTW, AVNT, CAT, and GWW Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) Reaches New 52-Week High - Here's Why

September 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Manitowoc Co Inc (MTW) Stock Up 6.7% but GF Value Says Overvalued -- GF Score: 68/100

September 2, 2026 | gurufocus.com

Consensus The Manitowoc Company, Inc.

September 1, 2026 | zonebourse.comZ

Manitowoc Targets $1B Aftermarket Business as Crane Demand Builds

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (MTW) Presents at 17th Annual Midwest IDEAS Conference - Slideshow

August 26, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Manitowoc Company to Present at Midwest IDEAS Conference

August 25, 2026 | tipranks.com

3,207,113 Shares in The Manitowoc Company, Inc. $MTW Acquired by Front Street Capital Management Inc.

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) Shares Gap Down - Time to Sell?

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manitowoc Company to Present and Host 1x1 Meetings at the Midwest IDEAS Investor Conference on Wednesday, August 26, 2026

August 19, 2026 | aol.comA

Renaissance Technologies LLC Cuts Holdings in The Manitowoc Company, Inc. $MTW

August 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) Upgraded to "Strong-Buy" at Wall Street Zen

August 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Buys 63,215 Shares of The Manitowoc Company, Inc. $MTW

August 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Wells Fargo & Company Issues Positive Forecast for Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) Stock Price

August 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) Hits New 52-Week High - What's Next?

August 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

A Look at Manitowoc Co Inc (MTW) After 3.6% Gain -- GF Value $12.39 vs Price $20.16

August 12, 2026 | gurufocus.com

Manitowoc forecasts $150M-$170M adjusted EBITDA as it raises full-year outlook

August 8, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (MTW) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

August 7, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

August 7, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Manitowoc salue la décision américaine contre le dumping japonais sur les grues sur chenilles

July 25, 2026 | zonebourse.comZ

U.S. Government Affirms Manitowoc’s Anti-Dumping Claim

July 24, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

U.S. Government Affirms Manitowoc's Anti-Dumping Claim

July 23, 2026 | businesswire.com

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MTW, AVNT, CAT, and GWW Company Descriptions

Avient NYSE:AVNT

$42.60 -0.80 (-1.85%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$42.61 +0.01 (+0.03%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

Avient Corporation operates as a formulator of material solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Asia. It operates in two segments, Color, Additives and Inks; and Specialty Engineered Materials. The Color, Additives and Inks segment offers custom color and additive concentrates in solid and liquid form for thermoplastics, dispersions for thermosets, and specialty inks; custom-formulated liquid system, such as polyester, vinyl, natural rubber and latex, polyurethane, and silicone; and proprietary inks. Its products are used in medical and pharmaceutical devices, food packaging, personal care and cosmetics, transportation, building products, wire and cable, recreational and athletic apparel, construction and filtration, outdoor furniture, healthcare, textiles and appliances, and industrial markets. The Specialty Engineered Materials segment provides specialty polymer formulations, services, and solutions for designers, assemblers, and processors of thermoplastic materials. It sells its products through direct sales personnel, distributors, and commissioned sales agents. The company was formerly known as PolyOne Corporation and changed its name to Avient Corporation in June 2020. Avient Corporation was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio.

Caterpillar NYSE:CAT

$821.25 +7.31 (+0.90%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$822.68 +1.44 (+0.18%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, road reclaimers, forestry machines, cold planers, material handlers, track-type tractors, excavators, telehandlers, motor graders, and pipelayers; compact track, wheel, track-type, backhoe, and skid steer loaders; and related parts and tools. The company's Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, tractors, mining trucks, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers and dozers, fleet management products, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions, as well as related parts and services. Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines, drivetrain, and integrated systems and solutions; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; 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, revolving charge accounts, repair/rebuild financing services, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products and services. 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; logistics solutions and distribution services; brand management and marketing strategy services; and digital investments services. Caterpillar Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

W.W. Grainger NYSE:GWW

$1,289.32 -35.17 (-2.66%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$1,288.84 -0.48 (-0.04%)

As of 07:31 PM Eastern

W.W. Grainger, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes maintenance, repair, and operating products and services primarily in North America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, High-Touch Solutions N.A. and Endless Assortment. The company provides safety, security, material handling and storage equipment, pumps and plumbing equipment, cleaning and maintenance, and metalworking and hand tools. It also offers technical support and inventory management services. The company serves smaller businesses to large corporations, government entities, and other institutions, as well as commercial, healthcare, and manufacturing industries through sales and service representatives, and electronic and ecommerce channels. W.W. Grainger, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Manitowoc NYSE:MTW

$20.93 -0.48 (-2.26%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$20.98 +0.06 (+0.28%)

As of 07:30 PM Eastern

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. provides engineered lifting solutions in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. 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 aftermarket services, such as sale of parts and accessories, field service work, routine maintenance services, technical support, erection and decommissioning services, crane and component remanufacturing, training, and telematics services. Its crane products are used in various applications, including energy production/distribution and utilities; petrochemical and industrial; infrastructure, such as road, bridge, and airport construction; and commercial and 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.

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