Caterpillar Inc (CAT) Price Targets From Analysts
The tables below show price targets and recommendations from analysts covering Caterpillar Inc.
| Number of Analysts | Highest Target Price | Lowest Target Price | Average Target Price | Current Price | Upside Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | $303 | $125 | $240.1 | $220.7 | 8.79% |
The Trend in the Analyst Price Target
CAT's average price target has moved up $65.65 over the prior 162 days.
Over the past 12 months, CAT's average upside potential has been -0.8%.
| Date | Number of Analysts | Highest Target Price | Lowest Target Price | Average Target Price | Share Price | Upside Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-13 | 22 | 303 | 125 | 240.10 | 220.70 | 8.79% |
| 2021-06-05 | 22 | 303 | 125 | 240.10 | 244.02 | -1.61% |
| 2021-05-22 | 21 | 303 | 125 | 238.72 | 237.24 | 0.62% |
| 2021-05-15 | 21 | 303 | 125 | 238.72 | 242.23 | -1.45% |
| 2021-05-08 | 21 | 270 | 125 | 234.68 | 240.99 | -2.62% |
| 2021-04-25 | 20 | 270 | 125 | 224.36 | 230.11 | -2.5% |
| 2021-04-17 | 20 | 270 | 125 | 224.36 | 233.36 | -3.86% |
| 2021-04-10 | 19 | 270 | 125 | 217.38 | 230.75 | -5.79% |
| 2021-03-22 | 19 | 260 | 125 | 212.16 | 226.02 | -6.13% |
| 2021-03-20 | 19 | 260 | 125 | 212.16 | 225.29 | -5.83% |
| 2021-03-13 | 19 | 260 | 125 | 209.05 | 229.00 | -8.71% |
| 2021-03-06 | 19 | 260 | 125 | 209.05 | 220.16 | -5.05% |
| 2021-02-27 | 20 | 260 | 125 | 202.20 | 215.88 | -6.34% |
| 2021-02-20 | 20 | 240 | 125 | 201.25 | 209.91 | -4.13% |
| 2021-02-13 | 20 | 240 | 125 | 199.55 | 197.99 | 0.79% |
| 2021-02-06 | 20 | 240 | 125 | 199.55 | 193.00 | 3.39% |
| 2021-01-30 | 20 | 230 | 125 | 190.65 | 182.84 | 4.27% |
| 2021-01-23 | 20 | 230 | 125 | 190.45 | 191.94 | -0.78% |
| 2021-01-16 | 18 | 228 | 125 | 182.50 | 194.62 | -6.23% |
| 2021-01-09 | 19 | 220 | 125 | 175.47 | 194.26 | -9.67% |
| 2021-01-02 | 20 | 220 | 125 | 174.45 | 182.02 | -4.16% |
| 2020-12-26 | 20 | 212 | 125 | 173.75 | 179.56 | -3.24% |
| 2020-12-19 | 20 | 212 | 125 | 173.75 | 180.96 | -3.98% |
| 2020-12-09 | 20 | 206 | 122 | 168.00 | 180.07 | -6.7% |
| 2020-12-07 | 20 | 206 | 122 | 167.50 | 178.71 | -6.27% |
| 2020-11-20 | 19 | 228 | 122 | 172.05 | 172.23 | -0.1% |
| 2020-11-18 | 19 | 228 | 122 | 170.05 | 172.74 | -1.56% |
| 2020-11-13 | 20 | 228 | 122 | 169.20 | 171.71 | -1.46% |
| 2020-10-28 | 21 | 228 | 122 | 167.38 | 151.16 | 10.73% |
| 2020-09-21 | 22 | 202 | 111 | 150.45 | 145.33 | 3.52% |
| 2020-09-16 | 21 | 202 | 111 | 150.19 | 151.11 | -0.61% |
| 2020-08-31 | 21 | 202 | 101 | 146.24 | 142.31 | 2.76% |
| 2020-08-24 | 21 | 202 | 101 | 146.24 | 141.68 | 3.22% |
| 2020-08-14 | 21 | 202 | 101 | 146.24 | 139.96 | 4.49% |
| 2020-08-05 | 21 | 202 | 101 | 143.14 | 134.97 | 6.05% |
| 2020-07-23 | 21 | 198 | 95 | 138.29 | 136.60 | 1.24% |
| 2020-07-16 | 21 | 198 | 95 | 137.57 | 138.56 | -0.71% |
| 2020-07-08 | 21 | 198 | 95 | 137.14 | 128.13 | 7.03% |
| 2020-06-30 | 21 | 198 | 95 | 135.24 | 126.50 | 6.91% |
| 2020-06-17 | 20 | 198 | 95 | 133.05 | 128.23 | 3.76% |
| 2020-06-10 | 20 | 198 | 95 | 130.90 | NA | NA% |
| 2020-06-10 | 20 | 198 | 95 | 131.80 | NA | NA% |
CAT Broker Recommendations Summary
| Average Broker Rating | Strong Buy | Buy | Hold | Sell | Strong Sell | Analysts Issuing Recs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
The Trend in the Broker Recommendations
CAT's average broker recommendation rating worsened by 0.41 over the prior 52 weeks.
The bullet points below may help you gain a better understanding of what the metrics in the price target and recommendations tables above mean for CAT as an investment opportunity.
- The number of analysts covering the stock of CAT is higher than 95.54% of all US stocks.
- The average analyst price target of CAT is higher than 95.32% of all US stocks.
- CAT has a less variance in analysts' estimates than 4.12% of Machinery stocks.
- Caterpillar Inc's upside potential (average analyst target price relative to current price) is higher than 58.81% of stocks in the large market cap category.
In the Machinery industry, ITW, DE and LII are the three stocks most similar to Caterpillar Inc regarding the price target and analyst recommendation information presented here.
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