Overview
CAT market data
Price History
CAT price chart
Valuation & Profitability
- P/E (TTM)
- 36.30 Trailing twelve-month price-to-earnings ratio. Higher means the market is pricing in more growth. Negative or missing when earnings are negative.
- Forward P/E
- — P/E based on consensus forward EPS estimates. Lower versus trailing implies expected earnings growth.
- EPS (TTM)
- $18.81 Diluted earnings per share over the trailing twelve months.
- Beta
- 1.58 Volatility relative to the index. 1.00 equals market, above 1 amplifies the broad-market move, below 1 dampens it.
- Dividend Yield
- 0.8% Annual dividend per share divided by current price. Zero or blank when the company does not pay a dividend.
- Profit Margin
- 14.5% Net income divided by revenue. Comparable within a sector, less so across sectors.
- 52w range
- $405.46 – $1,073.46 Lowest and highest closing prices over the past 52 weeks.
- Analyst Target
- — Mean of sell-side analyst 12-month price targets. Use as a sentiment gauge; targets are biased upward in aggregate.
Display-only. Refreshed once per symbol per 24 hours · market cap $393.7B · P/B 12.58 · P/S 5.27.
Company News
Live On CNBC, Kevin Simpson Announces Bought More CaterpillarBenzinga · Aug 14, 2026, 4:17 PM
‘The Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Says Stock Market’s Unusually Long Stretch Without a Broad Selloff Could Be a Warning Sign — And He Has One Simple Message for Investors: ‘Avoid the Leverage’ (UPDATED)Benzinga · Aug 13, 2026, 2:29 AM
Evercore ISI Group Maintains Outperform on Caterpillar, Lowers Price Target to $1045Benzinga · Aug 11, 2026, 12:40 PM
Elon Musk Says AI Needs More Power Than the Grid Can Handle. Is He Right?The Motley Fool · Aug 7, 2026, 5:15 PM
DA Davidson Maintains Neutral on Caterpillar, Raises Price Target to $882Benzinga · Aug 6, 2026, 9:40 PM
Barclays Maintains Equal-Weight on Caterpillar, Raises Price Target to $900Benzinga · Aug 6, 2026, 1:13 PM
Michael Burry Warns Today's AI Boom Could Become Tomorrow's 'Ghost Towns' Despite Surging DemandBenzinga · Aug 6, 2026, 9:46 AM
UBS Maintains Neutral on Caterpillar, Raises Price Target to $925Benzinga · Aug 5, 2026, 8:47 PM
Truist Securities Maintains Buy on Caterpillar, Raises Price Target to $1225Benzinga · Aug 5, 2026, 6:00 PM
RBC Capital Maintains Sector Perform on Caterpillar, Raises Price Target to $897Benzinga · Aug 5, 2026, 3:56 PM