Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) on Tuesday, soared 4.50% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $504.76. Within the past 52 weeks, CAT’s price has moved between $267.30 and $511.50.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 15.48%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -18.02%. With a float of $467.48 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $468.48 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 112900 employees.
Caterpillar Inc (CAT) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
Observing investor behavior towards Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Caterpillar Inc is 0.21%, while institutional ownership is 71.47%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Oct 10 ’25, was worth 8,673,808. In this transaction Executive Chairman of this company sold 17,166 shares at a rate of $505.29, taking the stock ownership to the 448,173 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Oct 10 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 17,166 for $491.30, making the entire transaction worth $8,433,656.
Caterpillar Inc (CAT) Recent Fiscal highlights
As on 9/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 5.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at 5.35) by -0.18. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 4.35 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -18.02% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 4.98% during the next five years compared to 15.48% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) Trading Performance Indicators
Caterpillar Inc (CAT) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.81 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.91. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 31.93.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 19.67, a number that is poised to hit 4.55 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 21.37 in one year’s time.
