Caterpillar CAT
Price chart
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Strategy Backtest
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CAT at a glance
Caterpillar stock (CAT) sits at $558.63, up 0.90% today. The business is worth $255.63B in the market, good for #62 of 3753 on our coverage list.
It is close to the bottom of its 52-week range ($532.55 to $1,068.93), 47.7% under the high. Holders are behind 0.2% over twelve months, and down 33.3% across the last three months.
On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($760.31) and 200-day ($807.20) moving averages; RSI is 21, which some call oversold, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 48% annualized volatility.
In the quarter ended Sep 2026 the company brought in $20.68B of revenue, up 17.3% from a year earlier, with $3.29B of net profit (a 15.2% margin).
Buyers are paying 21.9 times trailing earnings, about in line with its own five-year average of 21.5. The median for its industry group is 21.9.
14 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $800.21, sits 43.2% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
BeStock Grade
Composite of 4 factors below, ranked against the 3741 U.S. stocks BeStock covers.
Cheaper than usual on its own 5-year P/E history scores higher.
Higher trailing yield than most of BeStock’s coverage scores higher.
Trading closer to its 52-week high than most peers scores higher.
14 analysts, consensus Buy.
How this is scored: each factor above is a 0–100 percentile rank against every other stock BeStock covers (or, for Wall Street, against the five-point Strong Buy–Sell scale). The overall grade is the plain average of whichever factors apply to this stock — no factor is weighted more than another. That average maps to a letter: A ≥ 85, B ≥ 70, C ≥ 50, D ≥ 30, otherwise F. Recomputed from the data on this page as prices and filings update — it describes where a stock ranks today, not a forecast, and not a BeStock recommendation to buy or sell.
BeStock Momentum
CAT is not currently one of the 10 holdings in BeStock Momentum, our rules-based momentum strategy.
Since 2020-12-28, the strategy has returned 437.6% (203.8% for the equal-weight average of BeStock’s coverage over the same stretch). Holdings can change any trading day, not just on a fixed schedule. Backtested performance, updated daily — not a guarantee of future results, and not a BeStock recommendation.
Price forecast
What Wall Street analysts and Morningstar's fair-value model expect for the stock
Wall Street’s average 12-month target is $800.21, 43.2% above today’s price, with a consensus rating of Buy. Morningstar’s fair value model puts the stock at $760.00, so shares trade 26.5% below that estimate. On earnings multiple, it sits in the 78th percentile of its own five-year valuation range (pricier than usual).
Figures are Wall Street analyst consensus and Morningstar’s independent fair-value model, sourced as noted above.
Caterpillar: the business
Caterpillar builds construction and mining machinery, engines and turbines, and sells parts and financing.
What tends to move it. Construction activity, mining capital spending and demand for power-generation equipment tied to data centers drive orders.
Where the case gets weaker. Construction and mining spending both run in cycles tied to commodity prices and interest rates, and if data-center power demand cools off after this stretch of heavy ordering, the newest source of growth would fade just as the older ones slow together.
Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.
Performance
Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
Technical signals
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | -18.4% | Bearish |
| Price vs 50-day average | -26.5% | Bearish |
| Price vs 200-day average | -30.8% | Bearish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d below 200d | Bearish |
| RSI (14) | 21.3 | Neutral |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -57.10 | Bearish |
| Bollinger band position | 5% | Bearish |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Key statistics
Quote as of Nov 7, 2026 9:10 am ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
How CAT ranks on BeStock
Ranks are among the 3,741 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A tile is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Set against the peer table: at 21.9x earnings, CAT looks about mid-pack against the market, and trades about in line with the 21.9x median among Infrastructure names. The two comparisons do not always agree.
CAT stock: common questions
How is Caterpillar stock doing today?
$558.63 is the latest print for CAT, a move of +0.90% against yesterday's close of $553.64. Today's low and high so far: $554.61 and $572.00.
What is CAT worth in total?
Equity value comes to $255.63B at the current price. By that measure it is number 62 of the 3753 names in our coverage.
What multiple of earnings does CAT sell for?
Buyers pay 21.9 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $18.81). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 21.5, and today's level ranks in the 78th percentile of its own history.
Where does CAT sit in its 52-week range?
The year's floor is $532.55 and the ceiling $1,068.93. Shares are 47.7% away from that ceiling.
Does CAT send cash back through a dividend?
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.10% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was October 26, 2026.
Do Wall Street analysts like CAT?
Of 14 analysts, 50% say buy, 50% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $800.21, with the most cautious at $664.00 and the most optimistic at $1,027.00.
How does Caterpillar make money?
Caterpillar builds construction and mining machinery, engines and turbines, and sells parts and financing.
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