Industrials · Farm Heavy Construction Machinery · NYSE
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Caterpillar (CAT) is a Industrials company in the Farm Heavy Construction Machinery industry. It has a market capitalization of $255.63B, a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 21.4 and a free-cash-flow yield of 2.8%. Over the most recent reported fiscal year, revenue grew 4.3% and free cash flow per share fell 12.4%. Nama's AI scorecard rates it Buy, 6.0 out of 10. On 12-month momentum it ranks in the rising band of its market.
AI scorecard
Buy · 6.0/10
Positive, at the low end of Buy. As of Nov 7, 2026.
Momentum
Rising · +42.8% over 12 months ex. last
Second-best fifth of its market on the past year's move.
Shariah screen
Shariah Compliant
Passes our debt, cash and income screen; not a scholar's ruling.
Off its high
-48.0%
How far the last close sits under the highest price of the past five years.
Market cap
$255.63B
Trailing P/E
21.4
Price / book
13.2
Price / sales
3.3
FCF yield
2.8%
Dividend yield
1.2%
Gross margin
32.5%
Operating margin
17.5%
Net margin
14.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)
+4.3%
Revenue growth (3-yr annual)
+4.4%
EPS growth (YoY)
-12.9%
FCF/share growth (YoY)
-12.4%
Beta
1.6
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Farm Heavy Construction Machinery
CAT earnings
Next report: Feb 2, 2027 (Q4 2026, EPS estimate $6.42).
Beat the EPS estimate in 4 of 4 recent quarters.
Quarter
Reported
EPS
Estimate
Surprise
Revenue
Q3 2026
Oct 29, 2026
$7.20
$7.03
+2.4%
$20.68B
Q2 2026
Aug 4, 2026
$8.17
$6.20
+31.8%
$20.54B
Q1 2026
Apr 30, 2026
$5.54
$4.64
+19.4%
$17.41B
Q4 2025
Jan 29, 2026
$5.16
$4.71
+9.6%
$19.13B
CAT analyst price target
Median target $800.00 from 26 analysts, ranging $575.00 – $1,044.68.
Nama's AI scorecard currently rates Caterpillar Buy (6.0 out of 10), a call computed from its profitability, cash generation, growth, valuation and balance sheet. It is a research reading, not investment advice.
What is CAT's P/E ratio?
Caterpillar trades at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 21.4.
When does CAT report earnings?
Caterpillar's next scheduled report is on Feb 2, 2027. Analysts expect EPS of $6.42.
What is the CAT price target?
The median analyst price target from 26 analysts is $800.00, with a range of $575.00 – $1,044.68.
Is CAT Shariah compliant?
Nama's AAOIFI-style screen reads Caterpillar as Shariah Compliant. Passes our debt, cash and income screen; not a scholar's ruling.