Caterpillar
CAT
Market cap $177B

366.04 USD

+5.67

1.57%

At close Dec 20, 4:00 PM EST

After hours

366.04

+0.00

0.00%

1 day

1.57%

5 days

-4.12%

1 month

-4.05%

3 months

-0.75%

6 months

11.21%

Year to date

25.05%

1 year

26.35%

5 years

148.04%

10 years

296.49%

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: 121,173

Industrials Construction Machinery & Equipment

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Funds holding %

of 6,809 funds

0

Analysts bullish %

of 9 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

87% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 238 | Existing positions closed: 127

36% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 58 [Q2] → 79 (+21) [Q3]

12% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $121B [Q2] → $136B (+$14.6B) [Q3]

4% more funds holding

Funds holding: 2,656 [Q2] → 2,767 (+111) [Q3]

0% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,028 | Existing positions reduced: 1,029

2.21% less ownership

Funds ownership: 71.81% [Q2] → 69.6% (-2.21%) [Q3]

13% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.1B | Put options by funds: $3.57B

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Research analyst outlook

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

Low target

$295

19%

downside

Avg. target

$405

11%

upside

High target

$515

41%

upside

9 analyst ratings

5 positive

56%

0 neutral

0%

4 negative

44%

Truist Securities Jamie Cook 71% 1-year accuracy 56 / 79 met price target	29%upside $471	Buy Maintained	19 Dec 2024
Citigroup Kyle Menges 29% 1-year accuracy 5 / 17 met price target	26%upside $460	Buy Maintained	9 Dec 2024
JP Morgan Tami Zakaria 55% 1-year accuracy 17 / 31 met price target	41%upside $515	Overweight Maintained	9 Dec 2024
Jefferies Stephen Volkmann 20% 1-year accuracy 2 / 10 met price target	30%upside $475	Buy Maintained	6 Dec 2024
Evercore ISI Group David Raso 56% 1-year accuracy 10 / 18 met price target	0%downside $365	Underperform Downgraded	13 Nov 2024

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 20 articles about CAT published over the past 30 days

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