Caterpillar Inc.
General ticker "CAT" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Agricultural - Machinery
- Capitalization: $272.5B (TTM average)
Caterpillar Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 72.7%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 2.0%: low 924.54$, high 962.85$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (semi-annually): last record date 2026-04-20, amount 1.51$ (Y0.32%)
- Total employees count: 118000 (+4.5%) as of 2025
- US accounted for 47.3% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Commodity price volatility, Capital expenditure cuts, Catastrophic events, Supply chain disruptions
- Current price 119.2% above estimated high
- Earnings for 15 months up through Q1 (+1 year) are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [281.90$, 408.40$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [305.24$, 436.19$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CAT estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 16.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 20.17 > 18.39
- Positive: 6.59 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 6.76
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.18 <= 0.28
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of 0.37 <= 0.78
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 10.95 > 6.06
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.29 <= 0.73
- Positive: 0.05 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 1.18
- Positive: -4.41 < Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -1.38
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $57,644.00MM | $67,060.00MM | $64,809.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $49,740.00MM | $54,094.00MM | $51,737.00MM |
| Operating Income | $7,904.00MM | $12,966.00MM | $13,072.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $848.00MM | $147.00MM | $345.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $1,008.00MM | $511.00MM | $512.00MM |
| R&D Expense | $1,814.00MM | $2,108.00MM | $2,107.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $8,752.00MM | $13,113.00MM | $13,417.00MM |
| Taxes | $2,067.00MM | $2,781.00MM | $2,629.00MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $19.00MM | $0.00MM | $0.00MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $6,705.00MM | $10,335.00MM | $10,792.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $15,891.00MM | $19,503.00MM | $19,494.00MM |
| Inventory | $16,270.00MM | $16,565.00MM | $16,827.00MM |
| Assets | $81,943.00MM | $87,476.00MM | $87,764.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $7,766.00MM | $12,885.00MM | $12,035.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $2,599.00MM | $3,092.00MM | $3,215.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-2,541.00MM | $-5,871.00MM | $-2,453.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-7,281.00MM | $-6,932.00MM | $-9,565.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $12.73 | $20.24 | $22.17 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.