Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

NYSE: CAT · USD

$877

+46.48 (+5.6%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-05-08

Our latest published analysis: CAT rated Sell

CAT is rated Sell at $900.76 versus the reconciled fair value midpoint of $338.91, implying -62.38% upside/downside. Confidence is separately disclosed at 88/100.

Fair value (mid)

$339 / share

$238 – $460

Upside to FV

-62.4%

from $877

Confidence

88/100

Moat

6.5/10

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Market cap	$414.9B
Revenue (ttm)	74.7B
Net income (ttm)	10.8B
EPS (ttm)	$23.2
Shares out	460.6M
P/E (trailing)	37.8x
P/E (forward)	30.7x
Dividend	$6.52 (0.74%)
Volume	6,229,907
Beta	1.60
Price target	$964	+9.9%

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 74.7B
Net income (ttm): 10.8B
EPS (ttm): $23.2
P/E (trailing): 37.8x
P/E (forward): 30.7x
Market cap: $414.9B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	Trend
Period	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Trend
Revenue	$59.43B	$67.06B	$64.81B	$67.59B	+4.4%
Gross profit	$17.51B	$23.26B	$23.32B	$21.48B	+7.0%
Operating income	$8.83B	$12.97B	$13.07B	$11.15B	+8.1%
Net income	$6.71B	$10.34B	$10.79B	$8.88B	+9.8%
EPS (diluted)	$12.64	$20.12	$22.05	$18.81	+14.2%
EBITDA	$11.41B	$15.71B	$16.04B	$14.31B	+7.8%
R&D	$1.81B	$2.11B	$2.11B	$2.15B	+5.8%
SG&A	$5.65B	$6.37B	$6.67B	$6.99B	+7.3%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000018230
Company name	Caterpillar Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	149123101
Employees	118,000
Employees Change	5,100%
Employees Change Percent	4.52
Enterprise value	$442.2B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500, DOW30
Industry	Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Industry PE	37.04
Industry PE Fwd	27.85
Isin	US1491231015
Last refreshed	2026-08-05
Market cap	$403.7B
Market cap category	Mega-Cap
Price	$877
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	633,296.61x
Sector	Industrials
Sector PE	43.62
Sector PE Fwd	29.44
Sic	3531
Symbol	CAT
Website	https://www.caterpillar.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	2.69%
EV Earnings	40.77x
EV Sales Forward	5.63x
EV/EBIT	33.77x
EV/EBITDA	28.58x
EV/FCF	49.16x
EV/Sales	5.92x
FCF yield	2.23%
Forward P/E	32.05x
P/B ratio	20.81x
P/E ratio	37.77x
P/S ratio	5.4x
PE Ratio10 Y	40.91x
PE Ratio3 Y	22.05x
PE Ratio5 Y	19.84x
PEG ratio	1.82x
PS Forward	5.14x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	17.52%
EBITDA Margin	20.7%
FCF margin	12.04%
Gross margin	29.76%
Gross Profit	$22.2B
Gross Profit Growth	13.53%
Gross Profit Growth Q	49.77%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	5.31%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	13.09%
Net Income	$10.8B
Net Income Growth	14.91%
Net Income Growth Q	64.89%
Net Income Growth Quarters	1%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	9.06%
Net Income Growth5 Y	19.82%
Pretax Margin	18.89%
Profit Margin	14.51%
Profit Per Employee	$91,898
Profitable Quarters	$33
Profitable Years	9
ROA	8.88
Roa5y	8.29
ROCE	20.84
ROE	56.97
Roe5y	47.87
ROIC	18.11
Roic5y	18.11

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	29.55%
Cagr15y	18.73%
Cagr1y	106.41%
Cagr20y	16.1%
Cagr3y	48.09%
Cagr5y	35.59%
Div CAGR10	7.18%
Div CAGR3	7.93%
Div CAGR5	7.96%
EPS Growth	18.05
EPS Growth Q	68.18
EPS Growth Quarters	1
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	13.08
EPS Growth5 Y	23.84
FCF Growth	16.2%
FCF Growth Q	50.44%
FCF Growth3 Y	7.4%
FCF Growth5 Y	9.8%
OCF Growth	19.31%
OCF Growth Q	40.01%
OCF Growth10 Y	8.29%
OCF Growth3 Y	10.55%
OCF Growth5 Y	11.56%
Revenue Growth	18.36x
Revenue Growth Q	23.99x
Revenue Growth Quarters	3x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	4.88x
Revenue Growth5 Y	10.24x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.77
Assets	$102.6B
Cash	$6.7B
Current Assets	$54.5B
Current Liabilities	$39.8B
Debt	$45.1B
Debt EBITDA	$2.92
Debt Equity	$2.33
Debt FCF	$5.02
Equity	$19.4B
Interest Coverage	24.75
Liabilities	$83.2B
Long Term Assets	$48.2B
Long Term Liabilities	$43.4B
Net Cash	$-38.4B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-9.52
Net Debt EBITDA	$2.48
Net Debt Equity	$1.98
Net Debt FCF	$4.27
Tangible Book Value	$13.1B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$28.49
WACC	11.85

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.37
Inventory Turnover	2.5
Net Working Capital	$8B
Quick ratio	0.77
Working Capital	$14.7B
Working Capital Turnover	$5.64

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	2.65%
Dividend Growth	7.32%
Dividend Growth Years	33%
Dividend per share	$6.52
Dividend Years	56
Dividend Yield	0.74%
Ex Div Date	2026-07-20
Last Dividend	$1.63
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	32.47%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	1,230.68%
1Y total return	106.31%
200-day SMA	741.3
3Y total return	224.84%
50-day SMA	919.4
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	358.16%
All Time High	1,073.5
All Time High Change	-18.34%
All Time High Date	2026-06-30
All Time Low	2.52
All Time Low Change	34,669.54%
All Time Low Date	1970-07-14
ATR	45.33
Beta	1.6
Beta1y	0.67
Beta2y	1.07
Ch YTD	53.01
High	935
High52	1,073.5
High52 Date	2026-06-30
High52ch	-18.34%
Low	866.9
Low52	405.5
Low52 Date	2025-08-18
Low52ch	116.18%
Ma50ch	-4.67%
Premarket Change Percent	12.63
Premarket Price	$935
Premarket Volume	356,559
Price vs 200-day SMA	18.24%
RSI	48.36
RSI Monthly	66.05
RSI Weekly	57.96
Sharpe ratio	1.94x
Sortino ratio	3.31
Total Return	3.39%
Tr YTD	53.94
Tr15y	1,213.79%
Tr1m	-8.86%
Tr1w	4.25%
Tr3m	-1.29%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	28
Analyst Count Top	15
Analyst Price Target Top	$998
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$6.17
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	30.72
Earnings Revenue Estimate	19,073,142,504x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	15.11x
Operating Income	$13.7B
Operating Income Growth	15.35
Operating Income Growth Q	46.14
Operating Income Growth3 Y	2.5
Operating Income Growth5 Y	16.88
Operating margin	18.34
Price target	$964
Price Target Change	$9.93
Price Target Change Top	$13.88

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	459,135,421%
Float Percent	99.68%
Net Borrowing	4,577,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.21%
Shares Institutions	72.13%
Shares Out	460,591,983
Shares Qo Q	-0.71%
Shares Yo Y	-2.65%
Short Float	1.75%
Short Ratio	2.12
Short Shares	1.75

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	3,044,720.3x
Bv Per Share	42.13
CAPEX	$-4.6B
Ch10y	968.6
Ch15y	810.4
Ch1m	-9.03
Ch1w	4.25
Ch1y	104.5
Ch20y	1,105.2
Ch3m	-1.48
Ch3y	211.4
Ch5y	320.4
Ch6m	24.71
Change	5.6%
Change From Open	-4.93
Close	830
Days Gap	11.08
Depreciation Amortization	2,314,000,000
Dollar Volume	5,460,762,681.8
Earnings Date	2026-08-04
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$13.1B
EBITDA	$15.5B
EPS	$23.21
F Score	6
FCF	$9B
FCF EV Yield	2.03x
FCF Per Share	$19.53
Financing CF	-5,587,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,925
Goodwill	5,859,000,000
Graham Number	148.30746
Graham Upside	-83.08
Income Tax	$3.3B
Investing CF	-6,639,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-08-04
Last Report Date	2026-06-30
Last Split Date	2005-07-14
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-13
Lynch Fair Value	$460
Lynch Upside	-47.53
Ma150	799.6
Ma150ch	9.62%
Ma20	881.5
Ma20ch	-0.56%
Net CF	1,272,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-10-28
Open	922
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	44.89
P OCF Ratio	29.75
Payment Date	2026-08-19
Position In Range	14.22
Post Close	876.5
Postmarket Change Percent	0.27
Postmarket Price	$879
Ppne	15,628,000,000
Pre Close	830
Price Date	2026-08-04
Price EBITDA	$26.1
Ptbv Ratio	30.78
Relative Volume	2.05x
Revenue	74,729,000,000x
Tax By Revenue	4.38x
Tax Rate	23.19%
Tr20y	1,881.04%
Tr6m	25.17%
Us State	Texas
Views	3,278
Volume	6,229,907

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What is the latest published CAT stock rating?

Caterpillar Inc. is shown with sell in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-05-08. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

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What fair-value range is used for CAT?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-05-08 frames CAT around USD 238 to USD 460. This is a dated valuation range, not a live market price; check the valuation, sensitivity, and bear-case tabs before making a decision.

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