Caterpillar
CAT
Market cap $163B

340.04 USD

-9.11

2.61%

At close Feb 21, 4:00 PM EST

After hours

340.04

+0.00

0.00%

1 day

-2.61%

5 days

-4.64%

1 month

-14.64%

3 months

-12.72%

6 months

-0.85%

Year to date

-5.48%

1 year

7.22%

5 years

147.82%

10 years

307.28%

About: Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Its reporting segments are: construction industries (40% sales/47% operating profit, or OP), resource industries (20% sales/19% OP), and energy & transportation (40% sales/34% OP). Market share approaches 20% across many products. Caterpillar operates a captive finance subsidiary to facilitate sales. The firm has global reach (46% US sales/54% ex-US). Construction skews more domestic, while the other divisions are more geographically diversified. An independent network of 156 dealers operates approximately 2,800 facilities, giving Caterpillar reach into about 190 countries for sales and support services.

Employees: 120,286

Industrials Construction Machinery & Equipment

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Funds holding %

of 7,139 funds

0

Analysts bullish %

of 9 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

100% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 308 | Existing positions closed: 154

4% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,040 | Existing positions reduced: 997

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 2,780 [Q3] → 2,793 (+13) [Q4]

0.23% less ownership

Funds ownership: 70.2% [Q3] → 69.97% (-0.23%) [Q4]

2% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $137B [Q3] → $134B (-$2.53B) [Q4]

20% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.15B | Put options by funds: $2.69B

28% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 80 [Q3] → 58 (-22) [Q4]

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Research analyst outlook

9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$300

12%

downside

Avg. target

$407

20%

upside

High target

$490

44%

upside

9 analyst ratings

5 positive

56%

3 neutral

33%

1 negative

11%

Evercore ISI Group David Raso 85% 1-year accuracy 17 / 20 met price target	10%upside $375	In-Line Maintained	19 Feb 2025
DA Davidson Michael Shlisky 44% 1-year accuracy 12 / 27 met price target	5%upside $357	Neutral Maintained	4 Feb 2025
Truist Securities Jamie Cook 60% 1-year accuracy 54 / 90 met price target	29%upside $438	Buy Maintained	3 Feb 2025
UBS Steven Fisher 50% 1-year accuracy 13 / 26 met price target	13%upside $385	Neutral Upgraded	3 Feb 2025
Citigroup Kyle Menges 54% 1-year accuracy 14 / 26 met price target	26%upside $430	Buy Maintained	31 Jan 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 41 articles about CAT published over the past 30 days

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