What Caterpillar Investors Are Talking About Today.

By Kim Brooks • Wednesday, December 03 10:08 • Permanent Link

Caterpillar logged a -1.6% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $573.26 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. CAT's trading volume is 523,625 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,844,988.

Caterpillar trades -2.45% away from its average analyst target price of $587.67 per share. The 25 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $380.0 to $730.0, and on average have given Caterpillar a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying CAT should be aware of the facts below:

Caterpillar has moved 45.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.2%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 19.45, Caterpillar has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.5 while the S&P 500 average is None
CAT has a forward P/E ratio of 25.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $22.15 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 12.99 compared to its sector average of None
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.
Based in Irving, the company has 112,900 full time employees and a market cap of $268.56 Billion. Caterpillar currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.0%.

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