Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) stock closed at 233.36 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 0.36% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 2.13M shares and market capitalization of 127.25B. 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 106.49%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 28.21%. CAT stock has a five-year performance of 200.5%. Its 52-week range is between 100.22 and 237.78, which gives CAT stock a 52-week price range ratio of 96.79%

Caterpillar Inc. currently has a PE ratio of 42.30, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 8.20, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 4.05, a price to cashflow ratio of 20.00, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 3.66%, a ROC of 6.96% and a ROE of 19.21%. The company’s profit margin is 5.98%, its EBITDA margin is 16.60%, and its revenue ttm is $31.11 Billion , which makes it $57.06 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 $1.93 for the next earnings report. Caterpillar Inc.’s next earnings report date is 29th Apr 2021.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Caterpillar Inc. is Hold (2.89), with a target price of $202.07, which is -13.41% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Caterpillar Inc. stock is Strong Buy (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Caterpillar Inc. has a dividend yield of 1.78% with a dividend per share of $4.12 and a payout ratio of 68.00%.

Caterpillar Inc. has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 16.91, ATR14 : 5.96, CCI20 : 93.25, Chaikin Money Flow : -0.07, MACD : 8.69, Money Flow Index : 51.81, ROC : 0.12, RSI : 62.10, STOCH (14,3) : 62.91, STOCH RSI : 0.44, UO : 54.26, Williams %R : -37.09), 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 $11 192 487), Bob De Lange (Option Excercise at a value of $3 563 282), Bob De Lange (Sold 35 963 shares of value $7 485 184 ), D. James Umpleby (Option Excercise at a value of $61 141 868), Denise C. Johnson (Option Excercise at a value of $19 819 468), Denise C. Johnson (Sold 109 138 shares of value $22 163 465 ), Gary Michael Marvel (Option Excercise at a value of $1 972 620), Gary Michael Marvel (Sold 22 524 shares of value $4 105 892 ), Ramin Younessi (Option Excercise at a value of $5 938 456), Ramin Younessi (Sold 51 640 shares of value $8 013 693 ), Suzette M. Long (Option Excercise at a value of $21 338 920), Suzette M. Long (Sold 66 685 shares of value $14 171 579 ), William P. Ainsworth (Option Excercise at a value of $10 223 726), William P. Ainsworth (Sold 12 000 shares of value $1 857 360 )