Better Buy: Boeing vs. Caterpillar

Industrial giants Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) are set for improving fortunes in the coming years. Both have major end market catalysts that are set to drive earnings growth. Let's take a closer look at what they are and which stock is the better buy right now.

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In five years, Boeing will almost certainly be in a better place than it is today. Then again, its situation could hardly get much worse than it has been in the aftermath of the years-long grounding of its 737 MAX and the devastating impact of the pandemic on commercial air travel. Few images can sum up the company's last two years better than a chart of the net airplane orders for its narrowbody 737 MAX.

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