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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)

New York Stock Exchange Industrials Agricultural - MachineryView data quality →
52.7Fair

ValueMarkers Composite Index

Top 44%#25,180 of 44,714
Overvalued

229% above intrinsic value ($218)

UndervaluedFair ValueOvervalued
Piotroski
5/9
Neutral
Beneish
-2.48
Low Risk
Altman
4.79
Safe
DCF Value
$218
Overvalued
ROIC
11.4%
Adequate
P/E
41.6
Growth
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) — VMCI valuation read

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) carries a VMCI composite of 53/100, 3 points above the Industrials sector median of 50. Among mid-cap names, that gap places CAT in the top third on the five-pillar weighting (Value 35%, Quality 30%, Integrity 15%, Growth 12%, Risk 8%).

The CAT insider tape has been silent for the past 30 days on Form 4. Where executives neither buy nor sell, the bull and bear cases lean harder on filings cadence and the next earnings line.

**Investor frame.** Value reads CAT trades at 16.0x earnings, 11% below the Industrials median of 18.0x, which compresses or extends through the 11.0x EV/EBITDA versus a Industrials 12.0x. Quality: ROIC of 18.0% sits 8.0pp above the Industrials median (10.0%). Risk: net debt to EBITDA of 1.7x is the rate-sensitivity line to watch, the line to track on Caterpillar Inc.'s next 10-Q.

CAT fell 0.3% over the trailing 7 days, with a -22.6% read on a 30-day basis.

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, backhoe loaders, compactors, cold planers, compact track and multi-terrain loaders, excavators, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, site prep tractors, skid steer loaders, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; mini, small, medium, and large excavators; compact, small, and medium wheel loaders; track-type tractors and loaders; and wheel excavators. The Resource Industries segment provides electric rope shovels, draglines, hydraulic shovels, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway trucks, articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, fleet management, landfill compactors, soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, select work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions. The Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engines, generator sets, integrated systems and solutions, turbines and turbine-related services, remanufactured reciprocating engines and components, centrifugal gas compressors, diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products and services for marine, oil and gas, industrial, and electric power generation sectors. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing plans; and insurance and risk management products for vehicles, power generation facilities, and marine vessels. The All Other operating segment manufactures filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, etc. The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar Inc. in 1986. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

CEO: Joseph E. Creed112,900 employeesUSwww.caterpillar.com

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