As on Wednesday, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) started slowly as it slid -0.20% to $326.73, before settling in for the price of $327.40 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, CAT posted a 52-week range of $223.76-$382.01.
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The Industrials sector firm’s twelve-monthly sales growth has been 5.49% for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 14.42%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 2.48%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $499.38 million, simultaneously with a float of $488.11 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $159.79 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $342.23, while the 200-day Moving Average is $305.87.
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry. Caterpillar Inc.’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.19%, in contrast to 72.61% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on May 30 ’24, this organization’s Chief Human Resources Officer sold 1,508 shares at the rate of 340.00, making the entire transaction reach 512,720 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 20,023. Preceding that transaction, on May 20 ’24, Company’s Director bought 100 for 356.40, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 35,640. This particular insider is now the holder of 2,213 in total.
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Earnings and Revenue Records
Caterpillar Inc.’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 2.48% and is forecasted to reach 22.81 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 6.92% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 14.42% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Caterpillar Inc. (CAT). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.83. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 6.71. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $14.75, and its Beta score is 1.10. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 2.38. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 15.53.
In the same vein, CAT’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 22.15, a figure that is expected to reach 5.56 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 22.81 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Caterpillar Inc., CAT], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 4.07 million was better the volume of 2.68 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 64.69% While, its Average True Range was 6.32.
Raw Stochastic average of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 27.28%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 56.31% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 11.36% that was lower than 23.87% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
