Caterpillar stock is trading -5.5% below its average target price of $587.67 after marking a 1.5% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Heavy Machinery company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $380.0 to $730.0 per share.
The stock has a very low short interest at 1.5%, and a short ratio of 2.14. The company's insiders own 0.21% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 74.1% of Caterpillar's shares being owned by this investor type.
Institutions Invested in Caterpillar
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | Vanguard Group Inc | 10% | 45,943,021 | $25,513,078,758 |
| 2025-09-30 | State Street Corporation | 7% | 35,003,346 | $19,438,058,357 |
| 2025-09-30 | Blackrock Inc. | 7% | 34,284,378 | $19,038,801,042 |
| 2025-09-30 | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 4% | 17,518,404 | $9,728,320,237 |
| 2025-09-30 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2% | 10,515,658 | $5,839,555,277 |
| 2025-09-30 | Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 2% | 9,439,197 | $5,241,774,947 |
| 2025-09-30 | Morgan Stanley | 2% | 7,237,293 | $4,019,013,601 |
| 2025-09-30 | Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc | 1% | 6,812,530 | $3,783,134,209 |
| 2025-09-30 | Gates Foundation Trust | 1% | 6,353,614 | $3,528,288,973 |
| 2025-09-30 | Northern Trust Corporation | 1% | 6,237,671 | $3,463,903,505 |
Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Caterpillar.
