Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) is -5.62% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $307.05 and a high of $418.50 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CAT stock was last observed hovering at around $338.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.44%.
Currently trading at $342.36, the stock is -4.95% and -7.13% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.32 million and changing 1.01% at the moment leaves the stock -5.39% off its SMA200. CAT registered 6.29% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 0.00%.
The stock witnessed a -16.01% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.26%, and is -3.29% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.65% over the week and 2.12% over the month.
Caterpillar Inc (CAT) has around 112900 employees, a market worth around $163.62B and $64.81B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.51 and Fwd P/E is 14.94. Profit margin for the company is 16.65%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.50% and -18.19% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (22.82%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -6.55% this year.
Caterpillar Inc (CAT) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 477.93M, and float is at 476.94M with Short Float at 1.70%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 46.48 million shares valued at $15.48 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.4106% of the CAT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is STATE STREET CORP with 36.61 million shares valued at $12.2 billion to account for 7.5152 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 36.21 million shares representing 7.332% and valued at over $12.06 billion, while CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS holds 3.9595 of the shares totaling 19.29 million with a market value of $6.43 billion.
Caterpillar Inc (CAT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Kaiser Jason, the company’s Group President. SEC filings show that Kaiser Jason sold 2,425 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $354.70 per share for a total of $0.86 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 6275.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 04 ’25, Johnson Gerald (Director) acquired 100 shares at an average price of $365.57 for $36557.0. The insider now directly holds 3,053 shares of Caterpillar Inc (CAT).
