In the pursuit of market outperformance, investors navigate the landscape of stock selection. The right picks can play a pivotal role in enhancing your wealth.
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) closed the day trading at $387.07 down -1.51% from the previous closing price of $393.01. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.51 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.0 million shares were traded. CAT stock price reached its highest trading level at $391.2 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $385.67.
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 33.15 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 19.44. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.86 and its Current Ratio is at 1.40. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.95 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.33.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Evercore ISI on Nov-14-24, Downgraded its rating to Underperform and sets its target price to $365 from $321 previously.
On October 14, 2024, Morgan Stanley Downgraded its rating to Underweight which previously was Equal-Weight and also lowered its target price recommendation from $349 to $332.
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 Nov 07 ’24 when De Lange Bob sold 12,657 shares for $410.25 per share. The transaction valued at 5,192,561 led to the insider holds 71,107 shares of the business.
De Lange Bob bought 12,657 shares of CAT for $4,852,314 on Nov 07 ’24. On Nov 06 ’24, another insider, Fassino Anthony D., who serves as the Group President of the company, sold 5,509 shares for $409.84 each. As a result, the insider received 2,257,809 and left with 33,442 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 189746364416 and an Enterprise Value of 220025356288. As of this moment, Caterpillar’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 17.95, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 17.55. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.89. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.85 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 9.63. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.351 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.909.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, CAT has reached a high of $418.50, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $238.88. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.95%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 10.36%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CAT traded about 2.34M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CAT traded about 2442040 shares per day. A total of 499.38M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 481.86M. Insiders hold about 0.20% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 72.91% stake in the company. Shares short for CAT as of 1730332800 were 10585951 with a Short Ratio of 4.53, compared to 1727654400 on 11748588. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10585951 and a Short% of Float of 2.1999999999999997.
Dividends & Splits
CAT’s forward annual dividend rate is 5.42, up from 5.42 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.013790998The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.17.
