Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) closed at $821.58 on 25 September 2026, up 2.0%. That leaves it up 1.6% over a week, unchanged over a month and up 74.9% over a year. That is 59% of the way up its 52 week range of $459.57 to $1,073.46. The median analyst price target of $985 sits 19.9% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
CAT trades below its 50 day average of $829.23 but above its 200 day average of $789.56: the long trend is up, the recent one is not. The 50 day average sits above the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 1.72, a stock that moves a lot more than the market. It is 23.5% below its 52 week high and 78.8% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 10 firms recorded 11 actions on CAT: 9 kept a view, 1 upgrade and 1 downgrade. Price targets: 8 raised and 2 lowered. The most recent targets from 14 firms run from $882 to $1,225, with a median of $985, 19.9% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2026 | Freedom Broker | Upgrades to Buy from Hold | $980.00 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | Maintains Outperform | $1,103.00 to $1,045.00 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | DA Davidson | Maintains Neutral | $845.00 to $882.00 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | Barclays | Maintains Equal-Weight | $800.00 to $900.00 |
| 5 Aug 2026 | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $900.00 to $925.00 |
| 5 Aug 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains Buy | $1,218.00 to $1,225.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 28 October 2026 for Q3 2026, with earnings per share expected at $6.92. The last report, on 4 August 2026 for Q2 2026, showed EPS of $8.17 against $6.17 expected, a beat of 32.4%, on revenue of $20.5 billion. Caterpillar Inc. beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Caterpillar Inc. shows revenue growth of 18.36%, a gross margin of 34.34%, an operating margin of 17.52% and a return on equity of 56.98%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 18.4% | 74th |
| Net income growth, TTM | 14.9% | 54th |
| Gross margin | 34.3% | 43rd |
| Operating margin | 17.5% | 77th |
| Free cash flow margin | 14.3% | 74th |
| Return on equity | 57.0% | 96th |
| Return on assets | 11.2% | 92nd |
| Debt to equity | 1.87 | 88th |
| Current ratio | 1.37 | 55th |
| Effective tax rate | 23.5% | 78th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Caterpillar Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Machinery
- Headquarters
- Peoria, Texas
- Chief executive
- Donald J. Umpleby
- Employees
- 109,100
- Website
- caterpillar.com
Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, backhoe loaders, compactors, cold planers, and other vehicles. Resource Industries segment provides electric rope shovels, draglines, hydraulic shovels and rotary drills. Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engines, generator sets, integrated systems and solutions. Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing plans.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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