Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) is a Agricultural - Machinery company in the Industrials sector, currently trading at $794.25. It has a SharesGrow Score of 57/100, indicating a above average investment profile with 3 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of CAT = $871.63 (+9.7% from the current price, the stock appears fairly valued). Analyst consensus target is CAT = $697 (-12.2% upside).
Valuation: CAT trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 41.1 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 1.94.
Financials: revenue is $67.6B, +4.6%/yr average growth. Net income is $8.9B, growing at +13.6%/yr. Net profit margin is 13.1% (healthy). Gross margin is 32.3% (+2.8 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $43.3B against $21.3B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 2.03, leveraged). Current ratio is 1.44 (adequate). Debt-to-assets is 44%. Total assets: $98.6B.
Analyst outlook: 25 / 53 analysts rate CAT as buy (47%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 34/100 (Fail), Growth 63/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 80/100 (Pass), Future 16/100 (Fail), Income 55/100 (Partial).
