CAT - Caterpillar Inc Stock Price, Fair Value and News

354.62USD+2.84 (+0.81%)Delayed

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USD354.62+2.84

Delayed

0.81%

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CAT Valuation

Market Cap

173.7B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

15.45

Price/Sales (Trailing)

2.59

EV/EBITDA

10.49

Price/Free Cashflow

14.86

CAT Price/Sales (Trailing)

CAT Profitability

Operating Margin

36.82%

EBT Margin

20.82%

Return on Equity

63.72%

Return on Assets

13.43%

Free Cashflow Yield

6.73%

CAT Fundamentals

CAT Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

67.0B

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-0.4%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-7.45%

CAT Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

11.2B

Earnings Growth (Yr)

46.96%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

6.77%

Breaking Down CAT Revenue

52 Week Range

205.60357.51

(Low)(High)

Last 7 days

4.9%

Last 30 days

-5.4%

Last 90 days

10.9%

Trailing 12 Months

65.1%

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CAT Financial Health

Current Ratio

1.35

CAT Investor Care

Dividend Yield

2.13%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

7.5

Buy Backs (1Y)

4.32%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

22.14

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2024	67.0B	0	0	0
2023	61.7B	64.8B	66.6B	67.1B
2022	52.7B	54.0B	56.6B	59.4B
2021	43.0B	45.9B	48.4B	51.0B
2020	51.0B	46.5B	43.7B	41.7B
2019	55.3B	55.8B	55.0B	53.8B
2018	48.5B	51.2B	53.3B	54.7B
2017	38.9B	39.9B	42.1B	45.5B
2016	43.8B	41.8B	40.0B	38.5B
2015	54.6B	52.8B	50.2B	47.0B
2014	55.7B	55.2B	55.3B	55.2B
2013	63.1B	60.4B	57.3B	55.7B
2012	63.2B	66.3B	67.0B	65.9B
2011	47.3B	51.1B	55.7B	60.1B
2010	31.4B	33.8B	37.7B	42.6B
2009	48.8B	43.1B	37.4B	32.4B
2008	0	47.1B	49.2B	51.3B
2007	0	0	0	45.0B

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Caterpillar Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
May 03, 2024	maclennan david	bought	168,695	337	500	-
Apr 29, 2024	schwab susan c	back to issuer	-4,498,230	349	-12,881	-
Apr 01, 2024	owens derek	sold (taxes)	-26,300	365	-72.00	clo & general counsel
Mar 07, 2024	bonfield andrew r j	sold (taxes)	-7,744,210	340	-22,751	chief financial officer
Mar 07, 2024	bonfield andrew r j	acquired	6,173,150	208	29,579	chief financial officer
Mar 04, 2024	creed joseph e	acquired	-	-	5,168	chief operating officer
Mar 04, 2024	schaupp william e	acquired	-	-	229	chief accounting officer
Mar 04, 2024	fassino anthony d.	acquired	-	-	2,731	group president
Mar 04, 2024	umpleby iii donald j	acquired	-	-	12,181	chief executive officer
Mar 04, 2024	kaiser jason	acquired	-	-	2,731	group president

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
May 08, 2024	AVANTAX ADVISORY SERVICES, INC.	added	12.68	3,659,510	12,890,700	0.11%
May 08, 2024	Heritage Wealth Advisors	reduced	-1.62	168,444	936,595	0.04%
May 08, 2024	Hills Bank & Trust Co	added	72.21	231,744	436,052	0.04%
May 08, 2024	GREAT LAKES ADVISORS, LLC	reduced	-7.16	15,369,100	117,430,000	1.00%
May 08, 2024	ACORN FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES INC /ADV	sold off	-100	-382,261	-	-%
May 08, 2024	J. W. Coons Advisors, LLC	unchanged	-	253,321	1,311,820	0.30%
May 08, 2024	Columbia Asset Management	unchanged	-	-	5,546,000	1.12%
May 08, 2024	One Capital Management, LLC	new	-	223,522	223,522	0.01%
May 08, 2024	DEARBORN PARTNERS LLC	reduced	-1.6	2,627,620	14,595,300	0.63%
May 08, 2024	Crestwood Advisors Group, LLC	added	9.01	2,037,690	7,842,930	0.17%

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Unveiling Caterpillar Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	9.50%	48,352,179	SC 13G/A
Feb 12, 2024	blackrock inc.	6.6%	33,509,816	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2024	capital world investors	5.8%	29,445,081	SC 13G/A
Jan 30, 2024	state street corp	7.41%	37,741,566	SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2023	capital world investors	5.6%	29,381,792	SC 13G
Feb 09, 2023	state street corp	7.66%	39,841,238	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	9.36%	48,701,582	SC 13G/A
Jan 31, 2023	blackrock inc.	7.0%	36,459,646	SC 13G/A
Feb 11, 2022	state street corp	7.59%	41,036,149	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2022	vanguard group inc	8.79%	47,559,902	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Caterpillar Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
May 08, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 07, 2024	4/A	Insider Trading
May 06, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 01, 2024	10-Q	Quarterly Report
Apr 30, 2024	144	Notice of Insider Sale Intent
Apr 30, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 29, 2024	DEFA14A	DEFA14A
Apr 29, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Apr 29, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to Caterpillar Inc)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
GE	183.3B	69.5B	8.41%	68.26%	52.22	2.64	16.04%	-60.91%
CAT	173.7B	67.0B	-5.39%	65.06%	15.45	2.59	8.59%	58.17%
CMI	40.3B	34.0B	-2.46%	36.67%	19.54	1.18	12.85%	-19.64%
AME	39.3B	6.7B	-6.23%	17.43%	29.83	5.84	7.11%	10.53%
ACM	12.6B	15.3B	-3.58%	15.85%	-915.55	0.82	13.36%	-103.70%
MID-CAP
APG	10.3B	6.9B	-4.99%	68.04%	59.94	1.49	3.19%	62.26%
FLR	6.7B	15.5B	-5.91%	44.99%	21.94	0.43	7.53%	3145.00%
FLS	6.5B	4.4B	3.46%	38.34%	27.74	1.47	17.31%	1.26%
ACA	4.3B	2.4B	5.37%	27.66%	30.01	1.82	4.48%	-49.27%
ALG	2.4B	1.7B	-10.94%	9.35%	17.71	1.4	8.96%	15.52%
SMALL-CAP
AMRC	1.5B	1.4B	15.88%	-32.78%	25.02	1.04	-13.54%	-25.70%
AGX	894.9M	573.3M	32.71%	64.84%	27.66	1.56	26.00%	-2.24%
NKLA	786.8M	35.8M	-42.00%	-27.50%	-0.83	21.95	-27.93%	-18.06%
AMSC	424.5M	135.4M	5.42%	218.20%	-25.88	3.14	-25.90%	65.37%
ADES	257.3M	100.1M	12.78%	412.84%	-31.53	2.57	2.80%	39.07%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Revenue	-7.4%	15,799	17,070	16,810	17,318	15,862	16,597	14,994	14,247	13,589	13,798	12,397	12,889	11,887	11,235	9,881	9,997	10,635	13,144	12,758	14,432	13,466
Cost Of Revenue	-12.3%	9,662	11,016	10,583	11,065	10,103	11,614	10,202	9,975	9,559	10,003	8,617	8,881	8,012	7,784	6,919	7,113	7,266	9,117	8,569	9,941	9,003
Costs and Expenses	-11.9%	12,280	13,936	13,361	13,666	13,131	14,917	12,569	12,303	11,734	12,187	10,733	11,100	10,073	9,855	8,896	9,213	9,231	11,294	10,738	12,219	11,259
Operating Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11,294	10,738	12,219	11,259
S&GA Expenses	-10.2%	1,577	1,756	1,624	1,528	1,463	1,479	1,401	1,425	1,346	1,422	1,340	1,364	1,239	1,216	1,126	1,179	1,121	1,283	1,251	1,309	1,319
R&D Expenses	-6.1%	520	554	554	528	472	401	476	480	457	439	427	446	374	374	344	341	356	386	431	441	435
EBITDA Margin	6.0%	0.24*	0.23*	0.21*	0.20*	0.19*	0.18*	0.20*	0.20*	0.20*	0.21*	0.19*	0.18*	0.16*	0.15*	0.16*	0.17*	0.19*	0.19*	0.19*	0.19*	0.19*
Income Taxes	17.2%	688	587	734	752	708	644	527	427	469	429	368	470	475	167	187	227	425	276	518	565	387
Earnings Before Taxes	8.7%	3,532	3,249	3,515	3,652	2,634	2,099	2,558	2,096	1,999	2,562	1,775	1,870	1,997	941	863	678	1,513	1,365	2,005	2,178	2,264
EBT Margin	7.0%	0.21*	0.19*	0.18*	0.17*	0.15*	0.15*	0.16*	0.16*	0.16*	0.16*	0.14*	0.12*	0.10*	0.10*	0.10*	0.12*	0.14*	0.15*	0.14*	0.14*	0.14*
Net Income	6.8%	2,854	2,673	2,793	2,924	1,942	1,454	2,040	1,673	1,537	2,120	1,428	1,414	1,531	780	671	459	1,093	1,098	1,494	1,620	1,881
Net Income Margin	8.9%	0.17*	0.15*	0.14*	0.13*	0.12*	0.11*	0.13*	0.13*	0.12*	0.13*	0.11*	0.10*	0.08*	0.07*	0.08*	0.09*	0.10*	0.11*	0.11*	0.11*	0.12*
Free Cashflow	-55.2%	1,552	3,467	3,682	2,988	1,151	2,311	2,199	1,993	-33.00	992	1,486	1,951	1,676	1,780	1,520	1,224	825	2,101	525	2,387	843

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Assets	-4.3%	83,741	87,476	86,791	85,427	83,649	81,943	80,907	81,107	82,276	82,793	80,784	81,697	80,729	78,324	76,741	76,566	75,894	78,453	77,993	79,187	78,726
Current Assets	-7.0%	43,664	46,949	48,005	47,000	45,660	43,785	42,577	41,982	42,570	43,455	41,893	42,946	42,581	39,464	38,534	37,862	37,586	39,193	39,160	39,789	39,126
Cash Equivalents	-28.8%	4,965	6,978	6,545	7,387	6,789	7,004	6,355	6,023	6,532	9,263	9,449	10,842	11,351	9,366	9,319	8,791	7,130	8,292	7,936	7,459	7,158
Inventory	2.3%	16,953	16,565	17,580	17,746	17,633	16,270	16,860	15,881	15,038	14,038	13,666	12,672	12,149	11,402	11,453	11,371	11,748	11,266	12,180	12,007	12,340
Net PPE	-1.1%	12,538	12,680	12,287	12,124	11,973	12,028	11,643	11,744	11,932	12,090	11,904	12,014	12,132	12,401	12,232	12,357	12,488	12,904	12,842	13,172	13,259
Goodwill	-0.6%	5,277	5,308	5,268	5,293	5,309	5,288	6,092	6,195	6,293	6,324	6,353	6,372	6,343	6,394	6,304	6,192	6,140	6,196	6,142	6,211	6,191
Liabilities	-2.8%	66,096	67,973	66,284	67,171	65,479	66,052	65,285	65,348	65,179	66,277	64,089	64,817	64,112	62,946	61,747	62,789	61,655	63,824	63,000	64,309	63,248
Current Liabilities	-6.8%	32,371	34,728	33,124	35,314	31,842	31,531	30,202	28,963	29,532	29,847	25,976	27,508	26,578	25,717	24,978	25,231	26,516	26,621	27,201	27,735	27,388
Short Term Borrowings	-100.0%	-	4,643	-	-	-	5,957	-	-	-	5,404	-	-	-	2,015	-	-	-	5,166	-	-	-
Shareholder's Equity	-9.5%	17,645	19,503	20,507	18,256	18,170	15,891	15,622	15,759	17,097	16,516	16,695	16,880	16,617	15,378	14,994	13,777	14,239	14,629	14,993	14,878	15,478
Retained Earnings	5.6%	54,108	51,250	49,888	47,094	45,457	43,514	43,304	41,263	40,820	39,282	38,361	36,934	36,697	35,167	35,508	34,841	35,504	34,437	34,477	32,981	32,435
Shares Outstanding	-3.3%	494	511	510	513	516	527	525	531	535	544	544	547	546	544	542	545	547	562	565	570	572
Minority Interest	-33.3%	6.00	9.00	18.00	21.00	21.00	22.00	31.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	30.00	47.00	44.00	47.00	45.00	43.00	42.00	41.00	41.00	41.00	41.00
Float	-	-	-	-	125,000	-	-	-	94,700	-	-	-	118,100	-	-	-	67,900	-	-	-	76,800	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Cashflow From Operations	-48.7%	2,052	4,003	4,060	3,249	1,573	2,739	2,481	2,233	313	1,412	1,740	2,118	1,928	2,072	1,734	1,391	1,130	2,434	769	2,588	1,121
Share Based Compensation	-	-	-	-	-	44.00	-	55.00	67.00	40.00	-	58.00	69.00	42.00	-	55.00	67.00	47.00	-	57.00	68.00	45.00
Cashflow From Investing	272.9%	958	-554	-3,435	-1,199	-683	-843	190	-575	-1,313	-992	-375	-1,240	-477	-526	-216	-530	-213	-574	-275	-898	-181
Cashflow From Financing	-64.9%	-5,000	-3,033	-1,400	-1,393	-1,106	-1,123	-2,267	-2,176	-1,715	-586	-2,746	-1,402	546	-1,542	-1,000	786	-1,999	-1,507	20.00	-1,376	-1,675
Dividend Payments	-2.1%	648	662	663	618	620	620	633	592	595	599	607	564	562	560	558	558	567	568	578	492	494
Buy Backs	61.1%	4,455	2,766	380	1,429	400	921	1,385	1,104	820	1,046	1,371	251	-	-	-	87.00	1,043	730	1,300	1,300	751

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CAT Income Statement

2024-03-31

Consolidated Statement of Results of Operations - USD ($)
shares in Millions, $ in Millions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Mar. 31, 2023

Sales and revenues:

Total sales and revenues

$ 15,799

$ 15,862

Operating costs:

Cost of goods sold

9,662

10,103

Selling, general and administrative expenses

1,577

1,463

Research and development expenses

520

472

Other operating (income) expenses

223

876

Total operating costs

12,280

13,131

Operating profit

3,519

2,731

Other income (expense)

156

Consolidated profit before taxes

3,532

2,634

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

688

708

Profit of consolidated companies

2,844

1,926

Equity in profit (loss) of unconsolidated affiliated companies

Profit of consolidated and affiliated companies

2,854

1,942

Less: Profit (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests

(2)

(1)

Profit

^[1]

$ 2,856

$ 1,943

Profit per common share (in dollars per share)

$ 5.78

$ 3.76

Profit per common share - diluted (in dollars per share)

^[2]

$ 5.75

$ 3.74

Weighted-average common shares outstanding (millions)

Basic (in shares)

493.9

516.2

Diluted (in shares)

^[2]

496.9

519.4

Machinery, Energy & Transportation

Sales and revenues:

Total sales and revenues

$ 14,960

$ 15,099

Financial Products

Sales and revenues:

Total sales and revenues

839

763

Operating costs:

Interest expense of Financial Products

298

217

All other excluding Financial Products

Operating costs:

Interest expense excluding Financial Products

$ 143

$ 129

[1]	Profit attributable to common shareholders.
[2]	Diluted by assumed exercise of stock-based compensation awards using the treasury stock method.

CAT Balance Sheet

2024-03-31

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 4,959	$ 6,978
Receivables – trade and other	9,296	9,310
Receivables – finance	9,446	9,510
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	3,010	4,586
Inventories	16,953	16,565
Total current assets	43,664	46,949
Property, plant and equipment – net	12,538	12,680
Long-term receivables – trade and other	1,200	1,238
Long-term receivables – finance	12,531	12,664
Noncurrent deferred and refundable income taxes	2,860	2,816
Intangible assets	516	564
Goodwill	5,277	5,308
Other assets	5,155	5,257
Total assets	83,741	87,476
Short-term borrowings:
Accounts payable	7,778	7,906
Accrued expenses	4,821	4,958
Accrued wages, salaries and employee benefits	1,291	2,757
Customer advances	2,194	1,929
Dividends payable	0	649
Other current liabilities	3,265	3,123
Long-term debt due within one year:
Total current liabilities	32,371	34,728
Long-term debt due after one year:
Liability for postemployment benefits	4,068	4,098
Other liabilities	4,826	4,675
Total liabilities	66,096	67,973
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 11 and 14)
Shareholders’ equity
Common stock, authorized and issued	5,663	6,403
Treasury stock: (3/31/24 – 325,621,704 shares; 12/31/23 – 315,517,355 shares) at cost	(40,039)	(36,339)
Profit employed in the business	54,108	51,250
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(2,093)	(1,820)
Noncontrolling interests	6	9
Total shareholders’ equity	17,645	19,503
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	83,741	87,476
Financial Products
Short-term borrowings:
Short-term borrowings	3,568	4,643
Long-term debt due within one year:
Long-term debt due within one year	8,409	7,719
Long-term debt due after one year:
Long-term debt due after one year	16,292	15,893
Machinery, Energy & Transportation
Long-term debt due within one year:
Long-term debt due within one year	1,045	1,044
Long-term debt due after one year:
Long-term debt due after one year	$ 8,539	$ 8,579

About Caterpillar Inc

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, backhoe loaders, compactors, cold planers, compact track and multi-terrain loaders, excavators, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, site prep tractors, skid steer loaders, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; mini, small, medium, and large excavators; compact, small, and medium wheel loaders; track-type tractors and loaders; and wheel excavators. The Resource Industries segment provides electric rope shovels, draglines, hydraulic shovels, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, fleet management, landfill compactors, soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, select work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions. The Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engines, generator sets, integrated systems and solutions, turbines and turbine-related services, remanufactured reciprocating engines and components, centrifugal gas compressors, diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products and services for marine, oil and gas, industrial, and electric power generation sectors. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing plans; and insurance and risk management products for vehicles, power generation facilities, and marine vessels. The All Other operating segment manufactures filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, etc. The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar Inc. in 1986. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

WEBSITE	caterpillar.com
INDUSTRY	Apparel Manufacturing

Caterpillar Inc Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ticker symbol for Caterpillar Inc? What does CAT stand for in stocks?

CAT is the stock ticker symbol of Caterpillar Inc. Every public company that trades on a stock exchange gets a ticker symbol.

What is the market capital of Caterpillar Inc (CAT)?

As of Thu May 09 2024, market cap of Caterpillar Inc is 173.78 Billion. The market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the stock price with the number of shares outstanding.

What is the fair value of CAT stock?

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What is the fair value of CAT stock?

You can check CAT's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of Caterpillar Inc is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of Caterpillar Inc is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for CAT so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is Caterpillar Inc a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether CAT is over valued or under valued. Whether Caterpillar Inc is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Caterpillar Inc's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for CAT.

What is Caterpillar Inc's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Thu May 09 2024, CAT's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 15.46 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 2.59. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. CAT PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Caterpillar Inc's stock?

In the past 10 years, Caterpillar Inc has provided 0.155 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.