Shares of Industrials sector company Caterpillar moved -0.4% today, and are now trading at a price of $351.13. The Large-Cap stock's daily volume was 251,236 compared to its average volume of 3,025,235. The S&P 500 index returned a 0.0% performance.
Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in the United States and internationally. The company is based in Irving and has 112,900 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $165,144,068,096. Caterpillar currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.6% per year.
24 analysts are following Caterpillar and have set target prices ranging from $272.0 to $425.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, CAT is trading -4.45% away from its average analyst target price of $367.47 per share.
Over the last year, CAT shares have gone down by -2.1%, which represents a difference of -13.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $418.5 per share and its 52 week low is $267.3. With average free cash flows of $7.52 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 12.4% over the last 5 years, Caterpillar declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) | YoY Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12,035,000 | 1,988,000 | 10,047,000 | -10.99 |
| 2023 | 12,885,000 | 1,597,000 | 11,288,000 | 74.47 |
| 2022 | 7,766,000 | 1,296,000 | 6,470,000 | 5.98 |
| 2021 | 7,198,000 | 1,093,000 | 6,105,000 | 14.13 |
| 2020 | 6,327,000 | 978,000 | 5,349,000 | -8.66 |
| 2019 | 6,912,000 | 1,056,000 | 5,856,000 |
