Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) kicked off on Friday, up 1.12% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $359.77. Over the past 52 weeks, CAT has traded in a range of $276.94-$418.50.
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A company in the Industrials sector has jumped its sales by 7.29% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 2.83%. With a float of $481.85 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $482.80 million.
In an organization with 113200 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 35.91%, operating margin of 20.61%, and the pretax margin is 20.37%.
Caterpillar Inc (CAT) Insider Updates
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 72.12%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 04 ’24, was worth 39,857. In this transaction Director of this company bought 100 shares at a rate of $398.57, taking the stock ownership to the 2,953 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 29 ’24, when Company’s Group President sold 6,279 for $408.59, making the entire transaction worth $2,565,537. This insider now owns 33,565 shares in total.
Caterpillar Inc (CAT) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 2.83% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.02% 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 0.86. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.70. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 18.48.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 21.57, a number that is poised to hit 5.06 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 22.01 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Caterpillar Inc (CAT)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.41 million. That was inferior than the volume of 1.6 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 28.93%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 7.63.
During the past 100 days, Caterpillar Inc’s (CAT) raw stochastic average was set at 40.78%, which indicates a significant increase from 25.54% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 16.89% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 26.78% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $384.91, while its 200-day Moving Average is $360.07. However, in the short run, Caterpillar Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $365.68. Second resistance stands at $367.58. The third major resistance level sits at $370.67. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $360.69, it is likely to go to the next support level at $357.60. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $355.70.
Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 177.60 billion has total of 482,802K 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 16,106 M and last quarter income was 2,464 M.
