Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
Caterpillar Inc.
Scored against other Industrials stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Caterpillar is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It's been growing faster than most other industrial companies over the past year.
- Worth watching
- The stock has been sliding and sits near the low end of its range for the year.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 26 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar Inc. provides construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in the United States and internationally…
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
- Employees
- 118,000
- Headquarters
- Irving, TX
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 31.5 — lower than 32% of Industrials peers
P/B 17.3 — lower than 16% of Industrials peers
P/S 4.5 — lower than 35% of Industrials peers
EV/EBITDA 23.1 — lower than 15% of Industrials peers
EV/Revenue 5.0 — lower than 35% of Industrials peers
PEG 1.3 — lower than 69% of Industrials peers
FCF yield 1.5% — higher than 8% of Industrials peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 29.7% — higher than 54% of Industrials peers
Operating margin 22.2% — higher than 77% of Industrials peers
Net margin 14.5% — higher than 73% of Industrials peers
ROE 57.0% — higher than 84% of Industrials peers
ROA 9.0% — higher than 85% of Industrials peers
Free cash flow is 47% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 2.3 — lower than 16% of Industrials peers
Current ratio 1.37 — higher than 81% of Industrials peers
Quick ratio 0.78 — higher than 65% of Industrials peers
Cash/debt 0.13 — higher than 31% of Industrials peers
Debt/EBITDA 2.78 — lower than 40% of Industrials peers
Growth
Revenue growth 24.0% YoY — higher than 100% of Industrials peers
Earnings growth 68.2% YoY — higher than 92% of Industrials peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 26.0% — somewhat unusual vs Industrials peers
Net insider buying, +4.2% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -15.6% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.2% of shares outstanding
1.9% of float sold short
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
39% of the way from its 52-week low to high