XNYS · Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Last stored close · Nov 10, 2026
Close · Nov 10, 2026
$584.57-2.39%
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TickerWhale Score
45/100
Moderate
Score components
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Caterpillar scores 45 out of 100 overall, which we rate moderate. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Technical its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%94Strong
- Revenue growth 18.4%
- EPS growth 18.3%
Valuation
25%35Weak
- P/E 24.9
- EV/Sales 4.1
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, resource, energy, and transportation. Market share approaches 20% across many products. Caterpillar operates a captive finance subsidiary to facilitate sales. The firm has a global reach that is approximately evenly balanced between the US and the rest of the world. Construction skews more domestic, while the other divisions are more geographically diversified. An independent network of over 150 dealers operates approximately 2,800 facilities, giving Caterpillar reach into about 190 countries for sales and support services.
#43 by market cap in our coverage · ~118,000 employees · Listed 1929-12-02 · www.caterpillar.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#138 / 202sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 45 vs sector average 50.1 (-5.1)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 43%
Gross margin (industry)Top 29%
Return on equity (industry)Top 14%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 57%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
6/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 6th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 16/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 4 sell · 2 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates CAT's technical setup weak — 6th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-27.7%
- vs 50-day-22.3%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)31 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength50· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -6.974)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 3 sell · 2 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 4 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-11-10 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)24.9
- P/S (TTM)3.6
- P/B13.9
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales4.1
- PEG1.36
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin34.3%
- Net margin14.5%
- ROE57.0%
- Debt/Equity2.33
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)18.4%
- EPS growth (YoY)18.3%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $270.4B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $67.6B | $64.8B | $67.1B |
| Gross profit | $21.5B | $23.3B | $23.3B |
| Operating income | $11.2B | $13.1B | $13.0B |
| Net income | $8.9B | $10.8B | $10.3B |
| EPS (diluted) | $18.81 | $22.05 | $20.12 |
| Free cash flow | $8.2B | $9.5B | $10.6B |
| Cash | $10.0B | $6.9B | $7.0B |
| Total debt | $43.3B | $38.4B | $37.9B |
| Equity | $21.3B | $19.5B | $19.5B |
| Net debt | $33.4B | $31.5B | $30.9B |
| Debt / equity | 2.03 | 1.97 | 1.94 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.78 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATCurrentCaterpillar | 45 | 16 | 24.9 | — | 13.9 | 4.1 | $584.57 | -2.39% | +18.4% | ||
| AERAercap Holdings | 81 | 90 | 8.2 | — | 1.5 | 7.7 | $175.85 | +0.24% | +12.2% | ||
| DALDelta Air Lines | 79 | 81 | 18.5 | — | 2.7 | 1.0 | $92.20 | +0.44% | +14.1% | ||
| GEOGeo Group | 77 | 71 | 14.5 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | $31.94 | +5.97% | +15.3% | ||
| KFYKorn Ferry | 75 | 54 | 14.1 | — | 2.0 | 1.2 | $75.98 | +1.17% | +6.9% | ||
| LUVSouthwest Airlines Company | 71 | 74 | 27.3 | — | 3.2 | 0.8 | $46.32 | +0.04% | +9.5% |
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