Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT): Price and Financial Metrics

CAT POWR Grades

• CAT scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 82.58% of US stocks.
• CAT's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• CAT ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 51st percentile.

CAT Stock Summary

• CAT has a higher market value than 98.28% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $116,113,616,003.
• CAT's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 304.42 -- higher than 90.42% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• CAT's went public 37.25 years ago, making it older than 93.52% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to CATERPILLAR INC, a group of peers worth examining would be IBM, SYK, ZTS, GE, and BSX.
• CAT's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit CATERPILLAR INC's official web site, go to www.caterpillar.com.

CAT Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, CAT's price/sales ratio is 5.56% higher, now standing at 1.9.
• CAT's price/sales ratio has moved up 1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CAT.

CAT Growth Metrics

Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 3732.88%.
• Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -17.22%.
• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -8.45%.

CAT's revenue has moved up $11,019,000,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows CAT's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	59,427	7,766	6,705
2022-09-30	56,628	6,439	7,371
2022-06-30	54,031	5,698	6,756
2022-03-31	52,673	5,583	6,496
2021-12-31	50,971	7,198	6,489
2021-09-30	48,408	7,858	5,149

CAT's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CAT has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 55.35% of graded US stocks.
• CAT's asset turnover comes in at 0.578 -- ranking 72nd of 104 Machinery stocks.
• MTW, GRC, and PPIH are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CAT.

The table below shows CAT's key quality metrics over time.