With total sales revenue of some 67 billion U.S. dollars, U.S.-based Caterpillar Inc. was ranked the second heavy equipment manufacturer worldwide in 2024, behind Japan's Hitachi. Deere & Company ranked third with a sales revenue of over 58 billion U.S. dollars.
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Each company making the list has to be public. The source uses the latest-12-months’ financial data available to them. In order to be included, companies need to exceed the following cutoff values: sales revenue of 5.8 billion U.S. dollars, market value of 7.4 billion U.S. dollars, profits of 375 million U.S. dollars, and assets of 13.8 billion U.S. dollars.
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