CAT · Caterpillar Inc.

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Caterpillar Inc (CAT)

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. Machinery
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$791.84 +12.74 (+1.64%)
At close: September 2 at 4:00:00 PM EDT
$795.00 +2.66 (+0.34%)
🌅 Pre-Market: 8:35:24 AM EDT
DAY'S RANGE $791.84
$772.00 $793.91
52-WEEK RANGE $791.84
$410.52 $1073.46

What's happening

  • CAT is up 1.64% today, trading at $791.84. — Live quote
  • Volume today (106,706) is well below its 3-month average of 3,036,560. (Finnhub fundamentals)
  • Last quarter's EPS beat estimates: $8.17 actual vs. $6.26 estimated (+30.5%). (Finnhub earnings history)

Deterministic template sentences filled in from the same sourced figures shown elsewhere on this page -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.

Key Statistics

Market Cap$364.19B
P/E (TTM1)36.30
EPS2 (TTM)$23.25
Div Yield2.10%
Beta31.61
Volume106,706
Open778.17
Prev Close779.10
Bid / Ask739.10 / 820.44
Next Earnings 2026-10-27 (before market open)

Analyst Recommendations

Strong buy 7 Buy 11 Hold 15 Sell 1 Strong sell 0

Aggregate ratings for 2026-09-01 (34 analysts polled by Finnhub) — consensus count.

Performance Overview (Trailing returns vs S&P 500 benchmark)

YTD RETURN
CAT +36.01%
vs S&P 500 +24.30%
1-YEAR RETURN
CAT +87.28%
vs S&P 500 +68.30%
6-MONTH RETURN
CAT +3.48%
3-MONTH RETURN
CAT -9.96%

Valuation Measures & Ratios

Enterprise Value4$432.11B
Forward P/E528.78
PEG Ratio61.83
Price / Sales (TTM1)5.27
Price / Book725.29
EV4 / Revenue5.78
EV4 / EBITDA27.93
Profit Margin14.51%
Operating Margin17.52%
Return on Equity (ROE8)54.20%
Return on Assets (ROA9)11.11%
Avg Volume (3M)3,036,560
Glossary — what these abbreviations mean
1. TTM
Trailing twelve months — the sum of the last four reported quarters, not a calendar year or the single latest quarter.
2. EPS
Earnings per share — net income divided by diluted shares outstanding.
3. Beta
A stock's historical volatility relative to the overall market. Above 1 means it has moved more than the market; below 1, less.
4. EV (Enterprise Value)
Market cap plus total debt minus cash — roughly what it would cost to buy the whole company, debt included.
5. Forward P/E
Price divided by analysts' estimated earnings for the next 12 months, instead of trailing actual earnings.
6. PEG Ratio
P/E divided by expected earnings growth rate. A lower number can indicate a stock is cheap relative to how fast it's expected to grow.
7. Price / Book
Share price divided by book value (assets minus liabilities) per share.
8. ROE
Return on equity — net income divided by shareholders' equity, a measure of how efficiently a company turns equity into profit.
9. ROA
Return on assets — net income divided by total assets, a measure of how efficiently a company turns assets into profit.
10. MRQ
Most recent quarter — the single latest reported period, as opposed to TTM. The Financials section's "Quarterly" view below shows MRQ-style figures.
11. YoY
Year over year — percent change versus the same period one year earlier, used for growth figures like those on Compare cards and the Screener.

Short Interest

Shares Short6,455,487
Change from Prior Settlement-5.82%
% of Float
Days to Cover (Short Ratio)2.16

Source: FINRA Rule 4560 consolidated short interest, settlement date 2026-08-14. Reported bi-monthly with a reporting lag — not real-time.

Quotes and the 1-day extended-hours chart: Yahoo Finance. Longer historical charts: Alpaca (IEX feed) — real-time but IEX-only volume (~2.5% of consolidated market volume). Fundamentals + earnings: Finnhub.

Price history

Events

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Technical signal summary

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Peer and sector context

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Balanced evidence

A deterministic summary of sourced facts—not an AI verdict.

Potential strengths

Potential concerns

  • Trailing P/E is 36.3, a high price relative to reported earnings. Finnhub fundamentals ↗
  • Latest SEC filing is Form 4, filed 2026-09-01; review it for current changes and risks. SEC EDGAR ↗

Rule-based facts only; absence from either side is not evidence, and this is not a recommendation.

Financials

Income statement

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Sep '24Jun '24Mar '24
Revenue $20.54B $17.41B $17.64B $16.57B $14.25B $16.11B $16.69B $15.80B
Gross profit
Operating income $4.29B $3.08B $3.05B $2.86B $2.58B $3.15B $3.48B $3.52B
Net income
EPS (diluted) $7.77 $5.47 $4.88 $4.62 $4.20 $5.06 $5.48 $5.75
EPS (basic) $7.80 $5.50 $4.91 $4.64 $4.22 $5.09 $5.50 $5.78

Balance sheet

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Total assets $102.61B $95.55B $98.58B $93.72B $90.33B $84.97B $87.76B $86.27B
Total liabilities $83.22B $76.89B $77.27B $73.06B $71.66B $66.90B $68.27B $66.87B
Total current assets $54.45B $48.57B $52.48B $49.82B $46.76B $43.02B $45.68B $44.95B
Total current liabilities $39.79B $35.90B $36.56B $35.99B $34.93B $32.59B $32.27B $32.22B
Cash & equivalents $6.71B $4.07B $9.98B $7.54B $5.44B $3.56B $6.89B $5.64B
Marketable securities (current)

Cash flow

Line item Jun '26Mar '26Dec '25Sep '25Jun '25Mar '25Dec '24Sep '24
Operating cash flow $4.37B $1.87B $3.59B $3.74B $3.12B $1.29B $3.39B $3.57B
Investing cash flow -$1.66B -$1.77B -$1.88B -$1.32B -$1.33B -$175.0M -$1.65B -$1.04B
Financing cash flow -$83.0M -$5.95B $751.0M -$305.0M $151.0M -$4.50B -$426.0M -$1.21B
Free cash flow $3.78B $1.14B $2.69B $3.08B $2.57B $579.0M $2.69B $3.12B
Capital expenditures $587.0M $728.0M $898.0M $658.0M $555.0M $710.0M $703.0M $444.0M
Depreciation & amortization $616.0M $595.0M $1.72B $570.0M $554.0M $540.0M $1.63B $543.0M

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (10-Q/10-K), as originally tagged by the company. Quarterly cash flow is reconstructed by de-cumulating fiscal-year-to-date figures (how cash flow is tagged in 10-Qs); other quarterly lines are reported directly.

Institutional holders

SEC Form 13F filers holding CAT as of the latest reported quarter. 13F only covers investment managers with $100M+ in assets — this is not a complete ownership picture, and does not include insiders (see Recent SEC filings below) or non-13F-eligible holders.

Source: Business Quant SEC Form 13F · report period 2026-06-30 · 31 filers

Held by These Filers52.2%
Shares Outstanding460,400,000
FilerSharesValue% OutQtr ChangeFiled
BlackRock, Inc. 37,991,505 $40.46B 8.25% +2.2% 2026-08-07
State Street Corp 34,392,316 $36.62B 7.47% -1.4% 2026-08-07
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 30,077,764 $32.03B 6.53% -0.5% 2026-06-30
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO 14,509,304 $15.45B 3.15% -0.4% 2026-07-28
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 12,026,244 $12.81B 2.61% +2.7% 2026-06-30
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 11,175,493 $11.92B 2.43% +0.4% 2026-08-12
Fisher Asset Management, LLC 9,942,521 $10.59B 2.16% +1.7% 2026-08-04
Morgan Stanley 7,504,426 $7.99B 1.63% +0.1% 2026-08-11
Jpmorgan Chase & Co 7,325,731 $7.57B 1.59% +149.1% 2026-08-12
GATES FOUNDATION TRUST 6,353,614 $6.77B 1.38% +0.0% 2026-08-14
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 6,171,628 $6.6M 1.34% +10.6% 2026-08-14
FMR LLC 5,781,969 $6.16B 1.26% +51.2% 2026-08-13
Northern Trust Corp 5,664,155 $6.03B 1.23% -0.3% 2026-08-12
Bank Of America Corp /De/ 5,463,565 $5.82B 1.19% -3.8% 2026-08-14
Goldman Sachs Group Inc 3,570,493 $3.80B 0.78% +11.2% 2026-08-14
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 3,322,782 $3.53B 0.72% -0.9% 2026-08-14
Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. 3,322,782 $3.53B 0.72% +0.0% 2026-08-13
Invesco Ltd. 3,284,093 $3.50B 0.71% -14.7% 2026-08-13
UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 3,153,638 $3.36B 0.68% -3.5% 2026-08-13
Capital World Investors 3,060,432 $3.26B 0.66% -13.6% 2026-08-07
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 2,998,131 $3.19B 0.65% -13.1% 2026-08-06
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 2,742,185 $2.92B 0.60% -0.1% 2026-08-11
VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 2,645,238 $2.82B 0.57% +0.7% 2026-06-30
Legal & General Group Plc 2,613,814 $2.78B 0.57% -5.7% 2026-08-14
Nuveen, LLC 2,600,359 $2.77B 0.56% +12.6% 2026-08-11

Insider activity

Directors, officers, and 10%+ owners' reported transactions from SEC Form 4. A filing reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR Form 4 filings · checked 25 most recent filings · covers 2026-05-11 to 2026-08-28

Recent transactions

  • Insiders have net sold 51,562 shares over the last 182 days, across 0 purchases and 25 sales.
  • Most recent: Creed Joseph E (Chief Executive Officer) — Option exercise of 44,403 shares on 2026-08-28.

Deterministic template sentences filled in from the SEC Form 4 figures in the tables below -- not an AI-written summary, no live model call.

Insider purchases & sales, last 6 months

Purchases (open market)0 sh(0 txns)
Sales (open market)51,562 sh(25 txns)
Net Shares-51,562

Counts only open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) — grants, option exercises, tax withholding, and gifts are excluded since they aren't a market buy/sell decision.

Insider roster

NameTitleMost Recent TransactionDateShares
Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOption exercise2026-08-2844,403
WILKINS RAYFORD JRDirectorGrant / award2026-06-10211
SCHWAB SUSAN CDirectorGrant / award2026-06-10211
REED DEBRA LDirectorGrant / award2026-06-10211
Marks Judith FranDirectorGrant / award2026-06-10211
MacLennan DavidDirectorGrant / award2026-06-10211
KEENE NAZZIC SDirectorGrant / award2026-06-10211
Johnson GeraldDirectorGrant / award2026-06-10211
Fish James C JrDirectorGrant / award2026-06-10211
Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOption exercise2026-05-1416,078
Schaupp William EChief Accounting OfficerOpen market sale2026-05-13360

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPrice
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOption exercise 44,403$219.76
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerTax withholding 12,002$812.98
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 480$800.19
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 540$801.10
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 280$802.10
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 750$803.39
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 520$803.86
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 1,351$805.36
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 3,382$806.31
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 6,135$807.41
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 2,639$808.20
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 2,137$809.08
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 3,041$810.31
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 5,035$811.31
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 1,280$812.09
2026-08-28Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerOpen market sale 4,831$813.72
2026-06-10WILKINS RAYFORD JRDirectorGrant / award 211$0.00
2026-06-10SCHWAB SUSAN CDirectorGrant / award 211$0.00
2026-06-10REED DEBRA LDirectorGrant / award 211$0.00
2026-06-10Marks Judith FranDirectorGrant / award 211$0.00
2026-06-10MacLennan DavidDirectorGrant / award 211$0.00
2026-06-10KEENE NAZZIC SDirectorGrant / award 211$0.00
2026-06-10Johnson GeraldDirectorGrant / award 211$0.00
2026-06-10Fish James C JrDirectorGrant / award 211$0.00
2026-05-14Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOption exercise 16,078$196.70
2026-05-14Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentTax withholding 3,473$910.55
2026-05-14Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOpen market sale 1,787$904.70
2026-05-14Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOpen market sale 2,259$905.73
2026-05-14Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOpen market sale 1,491$906.73
2026-05-14Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOpen market sale 1,191$907.98
2026-05-14Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOpen market sale 2,302$908.76
2026-05-14Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOpen market sale 1,568$909.70
2026-05-14Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOpen market sale 402$910.65
2026-05-14Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOpen market sale 1,605$911.92
2026-05-13Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOption exercise 7,900$196.70
2026-05-13Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentTax withholding 1,704$911.61
2026-05-13Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOpen market sale 3,546$909.46
2026-05-13Johnson Denise CGroup PresidentOpen market sale 2,650$910.24
2026-05-13Schaupp William EChief Accounting OfficerOpen market sale 360$906.00
2026-05-11Creed Joseph EChief Executive OfficerTax withholding 574$912.03

Recent SEC filings

Official company reports and insider transaction filings. Form 4 reports a transaction; it does not by itself explain why it happened.

Source: SEC EDGAR submissions · updated 2026-09-03 12:37 UTC

FiledFormReport periodOfficial filing
2026-09-0142026-08-28 View on SEC.gov →
2026-09-018-K2026-08-27 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-2742026-08-26 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-2742026-08-26 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-2742026-08-26 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-0510-Q2026-06-30 View on SEC.gov →
2026-08-048-K2026-08-04 View on SEC.gov →
2026-07-2742026-07-24 View on SEC.gov →
2026-07-2742026-07-24 View on SEC.gov →
2026-07-2742026-07-24 View on SEC.gov →
2026-07-0142026-06-30 View on SEC.gov →
2026-06-2942026-06-26 View on SEC.gov →

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