Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) kicked off on Friday, up 1.53% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $391.09. Over the past 52 weeks, CAT has traded in a range of $223.76-$397.22.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 5.49%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 4.22%. With a float of $483.94 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $499.38 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 113200 employees.
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry. The insider ownership of Caterpillar Inc. is 0.20%, while institutional ownership is 72.25%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 04 ’24, was worth 33,859. In this transaction Director of this company bought 100 shares at a rate of $338.59, taking the stock ownership to the 2,842 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 30 ’24, when Company’s Group President sold 3,185 for $351.36, making the entire transaction worth $1,119,082. This insider now owns 33,442 shares in total.
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) Recent Fiscal highlights
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 6/30/2024, the organization reported 5.52 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 4.79) by 0.73. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 5.1 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 4.22% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.38% during the next five years compared to 14.42% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Caterpillar Inc.’s (CAT) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.78. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.90. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 19.17.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 21.95, a number that is poised to hit 5.36 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 22.90 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
Looking closely at Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), its last 5-days average volume was 1.93 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 2.67 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 89.25%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 8.78.
During the past 100 days, Caterpillar Inc.’s (CAT) raw stochastic average was set at 99.59%, which indicates a significant increase from 99.23% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 29.56% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 25.57% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $351.41, while its 200-day Moving Average is $336.83. However, in the short run, Caterpillar Inc.’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $399.08. Second resistance stands at $401.08. The third major resistance level sits at $404.69. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $393.47, it is likely to go to the next support level at $389.86. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $387.86.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 192.55 billion has total of 489,053K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 67,060 M in contrast with the sum of 10,335 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 16,689 M and last quarter income was 2,681 M.
