Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) Stock

About Caterpillar, Inc.

Caterpillar, Inc. is led by CEO Joseph E. Creed, employs 112,900 people, headquartered in Irving, US, publicly traded since 1929.

Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) stock trades at $730.76 with a market capitalization of $335.91B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 35.20, price-to-book of 19.50, price-to-sales of 5.06. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $462.38 and $1073.46, and currently trades 31.9% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.79%.

On profitability, Caterpillar, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 54.14%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 20.84%, an operating margin of 16.56%, a net profit margin of 14.50%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Caterpillar, Inc. reported annual revenue of $67.6B, net profit of $8.9B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 10.1%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 24.2%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.33 (debt more than twice shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 1.35, total assets of $98.6B, $10.0B in cash and equivalents.

CAT has a beta of 1.59 (historically more volatile than the overall market).