Caterpillar Inc.
General ticker "CAT" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Machinery
- Capitalization: $188.7B
Caterpillar Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 69.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.5%: low 361.15$, high 371.88$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends: last record date 2024-10-21, amount 1.41$ (Y1.54%)
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed 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 2023-12-31 to 2025-12-30
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-30 estimated range: [268.45$, 375.81$]
- 2024-12-30 to 2025-12-30 estimated range: [303.52$, 417.86$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CAT estimates:
- Positive: Non-GAAP EPS, $ of 21.21 > 2.29
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.21 <= 0
- Negative: Interest expense per share, $ of 1.00 > 0.74
- Negative: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 5.53 <= 6.94
- Positive: 9.05 < Operating profit margin, % of 19.33
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share, $ of -11.50 <= -3.48
Short-term CAT quotes
Long-term CAT plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $49,897.00MM | $58,209.00MM | $67,060.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $43,019.00MM | $50,305.00MM | $54,094.00MM |
| Operating Income | $6,878.00MM | $7,904.00MM | $12,966.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $1,326.00MM | $848.00MM | $84.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $488.00MM | $443.00MM | $511.00MM |
| R&D Expense | $1,686.00MM | $1,814.00MM | $2,108.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $8,204.00MM | $8,752.00MM | $13,050.00MM |
| Taxes | $1,742.00MM | $2,067.00MM | $2,715.00MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $31.00MM | $19.00MM | $0.00MM |
| Profit(Loss) | $6,493.00MM | $6,704.00MM | $10,335.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $16,516.00MM | $15,891.00MM | $19,503.00MM |
| Inventory | $14,038.00MM | $16,270.00MM | $16,565.00MM |
| Assets | $82,793.00MM | $81,943.00MM | $87,476.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $7,198.00MM | $7,766.00MM | $12,885.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $2,472.00MM | $2,599.00MM | $3,092.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-3,084.00MM | $-2,541.00MM | $-5,871.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-4,188.00MM | $-7,281.00MM | $-6,932.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share* | $11.93 | $12.73 | $20.24 |
* EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.