The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

CAT

Concerning the House

Caterpillar Inc. provides 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 Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, cold planers, compactors, forestry machines, material handlers, motor graders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, telehandlers, track-type tractors, and track and wheel excavators; backhoe, compact track, skid steer, track-type, and wheel loaders; and related parts and work tools. Its Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, mining trucks, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wide-body trucks, wheel tractor scrapers and dozers, and landfill and soil compactors; machinery components, and wear and maintenance components; and technology products and services for fleet management, equipment management analytics, autonomous machine capabilities, safety services, and mining performance solutions. The Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines, drivetrain, and integrated systems and solutions; centrifugal gas compressors and related services; and diesel-electric locomotive components, and other rail-related products. Its Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, revolving charge accounts, installment sale contracts, repair/rebuild financing, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products and services. The All Other segment offers parts distribution; logistics and distribution services; electronics and control systems; dealer portfolio management; brand management and marketing strategy; and digital investment services. It also provides mining software solutions. The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. Caterpillar Inc. was incorporated in 1925 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

United States · www.caterpillar.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$64.81B+1.5%
Gross profit$2.65B+7.1%
Operating income$12.97B+6.2%
Net income$2.70B-23.8%
Cash from ops$12.04B+5.3%
Quotation

$854.60

-1.00 (-0.1%)

52w hi$1,062.93
52w lo$404.15
Vol1.75M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.05

Short-0.17
Medium-0.05
Long+0.17

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Caterpillar Inc.

Industrials · Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery

Market cap$392.84B
Enterprise value$432.50B
Trailing P/E36.85x
Forward P/E26.70x
EV / EBITDA26.61x
P / S (ttm)5.26x
Profit margin14.5%
Return on equity57.0%
Revenue growth+24.0%
Earnings growth+68.2%
Debt / equity232.78
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.34
Corr SPX0.62
Annual vol34.9%
Annual ret+52.7%
Sharpe1.51
Max DD-34.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.29
Sector+0.07
Technical-0.06
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$858.50$863.84$848.37$854.601.75M
Aug 12$866.00$871.20$855.25$855.603.15M
Aug 11$850.00$864.25$842.11$843.372.17M
Aug 10$849.04$854.93$835.86$837.581.90M
Aug 7$865.63$868.00$836.01$842.192.44M