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Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) closed the day trading at $565.83 up 0.70% from the previous closing price of $561.89. In other words, the price has increased by $0.70 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.19 million shares were traded. CAT stock price reached its highest trading level at $574.6599 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $561.91.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CAT, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 35.13 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 35.03. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.86 and its Current Ratio is at 1.38. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.01 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.34.
On November 06, 2025, HSBC Securities Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Hold but kept the price unchanged to $660.
On October 22, 2025, RBC Capital Mkts started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Perform rating and target price of $560.RBC Capital Mkts initiated its Sector Perform rating on October 22, 2025, with a $560 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 01 ’25 when BONFIELD ANDREW R J sold 10,000 shares for $571.44 per share. The transaction valued at 5,714,448 led to the insider holds 55,460 shares of the business.
Andrew R. J. Bonfield bought 20,000 shares of CAT for $11,515,200 on Dec 01 ’25. On Nov 11 ’25, another insider, Kaiser Jason, who serves as the Group President of the company, sold 10,707 shares for $563.60 each. As a result, the insider received 6,034,490 and left with 8,649 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CAT now has a Market Capitalization of 265079422976 and an Enterprise Value of 299698880512. As of this moment, Caterpillar’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 29.03, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 25.44. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.68. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.09 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 12.82. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.634 whereas that against EBITDA is 21.471.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CAT is 1.57, which has changed by 0.53505087 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13329959 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CAT has reached a high of $627.50, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $267.30. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.11%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 33.10%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CAT traded about 2.91M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CAT traded about 2826850 shares per day. A total of 467.98M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 467.04M. Insiders hold about 0.20% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 73.66% stake in the company. Shares short for CAT as of 1764288000 were 6466178 with a Short Ratio of 2.22, compared to 1761868800 on 6765731. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6466178 and a Short% of Float of 1.38.
Dividends & Splits
CAT’s forward annual dividend rate is 5.84, up from 5.84 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.010393494. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.83. The current Payout Ratio is 25.08% for CAT, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-10-20 with an ex-dividend date of 2026-01-20. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-07-14 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
