Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) stock closed at 255.97 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 0.31% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 3.34M shares and market capitalization of 130.31B. Is a component of S&P 500, Dow Jones 30, Russell 1000 indices and it is traded on NYSE exchange. The company belongs in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry, Industrials sector and employs 97300 people. Caterpillar Inc. CEO is D. James Umpleby.

The one-year performance of Caterpillar Inc. stock is 11.78%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 6.85%. CAT stock has a five-year performance of 107.18%. Its 52-week range is between 204.04 and 293.88, which gives CAT stock a 52-week price range ratio of 57.80%

Caterpillar Inc. currently has a PE ratio of 18.10, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 8.31, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 3.00, a price to cashflow ratio of 20.70, a PEG ratio of 1.51, a ROA of 9.87%, a ROC of 14.63% and a ROE of 49.62%. The company’s profit margin is 12.26%, its EBITDA margin is 21.00%, and its revenue ttm is $42.83 Billion , which makes it $82.30 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Caterpillar Inc., there were 3 positive earnings surprise and 1 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $4.76 for the next earnings report. Caterpillar Inc.’s next earnings report date is 30th Jan 2024.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Caterpillar Inc. is Moderate Buy (2.42), with a target price of $235.69, which is -7.92% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Caterpillar Inc. stock is Neutral (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Caterpillar Inc. has a dividend yield of 1.95% with a dividend per share of $4.80 and a payout ratio of 65.00%.

Caterpillar Inc. has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 16.84, ATR14 : 5.23, CCI20 : 107.91, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.06, MACD : 0.93, Money Flow Index : 58.38, ROC : 2.81, RSI : 57.21, STOCH (14,3) : 85.60, STOCH RSI : 0.78, UO : 60.97, Williams %R : -14.40), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Caterpillar Inc. in the last 12-months were: Andrew Robert John Bonfield (Option Excercise at a value of $2 946 922), Bob De Lange (Option Excercise at a value of $822 470), Bob De Lange (Sold 11 000 shares of value $2 750 000 ), Bonfield Andrew (Option Excercise at a value of $12 503 036), BONFIELD ANDREW R J (Option Exercise at a value of $9 556 114), Cheryl H. Johnson (Option Excercise at a value of $3 200 765), Cheryl H. Johnson (Sold 23 883 shares of value $5 981 143 ), Creed Joseph (Option Excercise at a value of $3 746 854), Daniel M. Dickinson (Sold 6 070 shares of value $1 524 905 ), David MacLennan (Buy at a value of $99 716), De Lange Bob (Option Exercise at a value of $1 913 200), De Lange Bob (Sold 20 000 shares of value $5 500 000 ), Denise C. Johnson (Option Excercise at a value of $3 028 841), Denise C. Johnson (Sold 23 737 shares of value $5 700 203 ), Dickinson Daniel (Sold 6 070 shares of value $1 524 905 ), Fassino Anthony (Sold 1 shares of value $56 352 ), Fassino Anthony (Sold 5 663 shares of value $1 589 759 ), Johnson Cheryl (Option Excercise at a value of $1 972 871), Johnson Cheryl (Sold 23 883 shares of value $5 981 143 ), Joseph E. Creed (Option Excercise at a value of $4 439 019), Joseph E. Creed (Sold 30 995 shares of value $7 624 232 ), Lange Bob De (Sold 0 shares of value $0 ), Lange Bob De (Sold 11 000 shares of value $2 750 000 ), Long Suzette (Option Excercise at a value of $2 619 500), Long Suzette (Sold 8 000 shares of value $2 008 289 ), Suzette M. Long (Sold 8 000 shares of value $2 008 289 )