XNYS · Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$808.99+1.30%
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TickerWhale Score
54/100
Moderate
Score components
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Caterpillar scores 54 out of 100 overall, which we rate moderate. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%97Strong
- Revenue growth 18.4%
- EPS growth 18.3%
Valuation
25%20Weak
- P/E 34.5
- EV/Sales 5.5
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.
#29 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
#56 / 203sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 54 vs sector average 49.1 (+4.9)
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
51/100Moderate vs universe
Ranks 51st of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 48/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Strong Buy
4 buy · 0 sell · 4 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates CAT's technical setup middling — 51st percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
5 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+3.2%
- vs 50-day-3.7%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)48 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength10· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)buy(histogram 2.171)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 5 buy vs 4 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 3 buy · 0 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 4 buy vs 0 sell of 8 votes = Strong Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)34.5
- P/S (TTM)5.0
- P/B19.3
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales5.5
- PEG1.89
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 — $374.2B
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 | 54 | 48 | 34.5 | — | 19.3 | 5.5 | $808.99 | +1.30% | +18.4% | ||
| ACAArcosa | 79 | 78 | 14.6 | — | 2.4 | 3.0 | $145.84 | +0.27% | +9.7% | ||
| IESCIES Holdings | 79 | 46 | 14.3 | — | 5.3 | 1.6 | $322.16 | +1.58% | +22.7% | ||
| KFYKorn Ferry | 79 | 55 | 14.3 | — | 2.0 | 1.2 | $76.78 | -0.44% | +6.9% | ||
| GEOGeo Group | 76 | 70 | 14.4 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | $31.76 | -1.18% | +15.3% | ||
| DALDelta Air Lines | 74 | 54 | 13.3 | — | 2.4 | 0.9 | $79.62 | +0.24% | +10.3% |
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