CAT Caterpillar, Inc. Common Stock

CAT plans a $1 billion expansion in compact equipment, adding capacity and advancing its Cat Compact strategy.

Caterpillar (CAT) owners watched the stock rise 2.3% in the last five sessions while the S&P 500 fell 1.2%. If the rest of your money follows the market, Caterpillar's moves on ordinary market days matter more than one good week. So is Caterpillar stock increasing your market risk.

The Sanford project targets loaders and telehandlers while adding automation, robotics and digital-manufacturing roles.

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Caterpillar expands its dealer footprint with Fabick, building on earlier mining tech and services acquisitions to broaden its growth strategy.

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Caterpillar has delivered a striking run for shareholders over the past few years, and the stock now trades at a level that puts real weight on what its future cash flows can support. With that kind of price action on the board, the question is how much of the heavy lifting is being done by the company’s actual cash generation rather than pure optimism. Over the last 5 years the stock has returned 368.0%, which puts a lot of past enthusiasm into the current valuation and raises the bar for...

Key TakeawaysCaterpillar stock is up 75% over the past year, closing at $827 on September 29. The run rests on Q2 results from August 4: sales of $20.

Caterpillar's shifting revenue mix reveals a company changing its core narrative. Management sounds notably different on its earnings calls today compared to a year ago. Through 2025, leadership kept pointing to one specific sales tool for its construction machines. However, in the fiscal Q2 2026 call, management pivoted to lead with data centers instead. Construction is still about a third of Caterpillar's revenue, so you should care when management changes how it talks about a business that si

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It has been years since this industrial powerhouse last split its stock, but that doesn't mean it won't happen again.

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Key Stats for CAT Stock52-Week Range: $467 to $1,073Market Cap: around $378 billionStreet Mean Target: around $976Forward 2-Year Revenue Growth (CAGR): around 14%Forward 2-Year EPS Growth (CAGR): around 30%NTM P/E: around 29xLTM Gross Margin: 29. 7%A Growth Curve That Finally Bends UpwardCaterpillar (CAT) has spent the past few years looking like a company outgrowing its own history.

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You want to know what could send Caterpillar (CAT) stock higher again. For one part of Caterpillar, buyers are not the problem. Some customers of its Power & Energy business are already placing orders as far out as 2030. That business—formerly Energy & Transportation, now Power & Energy—was Caterpillar's largest segment by revenue in fiscal 2025, so how fast it fills those orders is critical to the company's performance. So what is Caterpillar building to fill them.

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) outlined a plan to reach approximately $5.4 billion in sales and $35 in earnings per share by the end of 2029, driven primarily by demand for utility infrastructure, operating improvements and disciplined capital allocation. Speaking at a D.A. Davidson presentation, CF

Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI) drew fresh investor attention after its ProjectCo unit agreed to purchase 283 MW of Caterpillar natural gas generation equipment for AI focused data center projects, supported by cost reimbursement deals with a frontier AI lab. The AI power agreements arrive after a volatile run for Atlas Energy Solutions, with the share price jumping 13.47% in the past day but still sitting below its recent peak after a 26.65% decline over 90 days and a 3-year total shareholder...

Investing.com -- China has agreed to purchase at least 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal in both 2027 and 2028 as Washington and Beijing expand trade cooperation following their latest high-level talks, Bloomberg reported.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) has delivered strong growth this year, and that is reflected in the stock, which has jumped by 37% year-to-date. That means that investors are paying a considerable premium to buy a slice of the company. It trades at almost 25.25x forward earnings, compared with a sector median of 22.14x. The stock is […]

Caterpillar (CAT) reached $821.58 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a +2.03% change compared to its last close.

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Toro (TTC) trades within about 4% of its 52-week high, and it keeps buying back shares with cash from zero-turn mowers, golf equipment and Ditch Witch drills. But over three years the buybacks have only softened a fall in earnings per share, and today's price assumes profit growth comes back.

An artificial intelligence firm is financially backing part of Atlas Energy Solutions ’ data-center power buildout, Atlas announced Friday. Shares of Atlas surged 17% to $12.85, pacing toward their largest increase since Oct. 29, 2025, and they briefly traded at a record pace of 21% earlier in the session, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Atlas said it reached two cost-reimbursement agreements with the AI lab to purchase equipment and power generation capabilities for data center projects.

Investing.com -- Atlas Energy Solutions Inc (NYSE:AESI) shares jumped 13% in premarket trading Friday after the company signed power equipment deals with a leading frontier AI lab for data center projects.

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The demand from the AI build-out has helped diversify Caterpillar's business.

Caterpillar (CAT) stock returned 74% in the twelve months to September 23, 2026. A $10,000 holding at the start was worth about $17,350 at the end. The run turned out to be about customers buying more, led by power equipment for data centers. Caterpillar's own sales, though, were still falling when the run began. You would have needed a public sign that Caterpillar's demand was turning before its sales did.

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Caterpillar's net margin compressed while Honeywell trades at a steeper valuation discount, yet both face distinct cyclical and transformation risks.

Investing.com -- The pickup in U.S. business investment and manufacturing is more dependent on the artificial intelligence boom than many investors realize, according to UBS in a note on Thursday.

One generates $7.5B in free cash flow with a lower valuation multiple; the other is riding an AI boom but commands a premium price.

Caterpillar just hit $20 billion in quarterly sales for the first time ever, while Exxon pumped out $23.6 billion in operating cash flow. Both companies raised their dividends, but their very different balance sheets tell a story about which payout has genuine room to run.

Why Caterpillar stock is back in focus Caterpillar (CAT) is drawing fresh attention after reporting robust results, updating its 2026 outlook, and expanding its autonomous hauling technology with quarry operator Luck Stone in Virginia. Caterpillar’s recent autonomous hauling update and conference appearances arrive after a sharp pullback over the past quarter, with the 90 day share price return down 23.18%. Even so, the year to date share price return is 35.70% and the 1 year total...

Several stocks with a strong history of increasing payouts - Broadcom (AVGO), ExxonMobil (XOM), and Caterpillar (CAT) - are strong options for those looking to reap income.

CAT's record backlog, earnings growth and stronger 2026 outlook contrast with KMTUY's tariff costs and profit pressures.

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Key Stats for Caterpillar StockCurrent Price: $808. 99Target Price (Mid): ~$1,050Street Target: ~$980Potential Total Return: ~30%Annualized IRR: ~6% / yearWhat Happened?Caterpillar (CAT) supplies the engines and turbines increasingly running data centers as permanent power plants, not backup, and its CEO just told investors that the shift is the durable one.

For those interested in getting paid with some AI exposure, Broadcom (AVGO), Vertiv (VRT), and Caterpillar (CAT) all fit the criteria.

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Caterpillar is in an excellent position as hyperscalers rush to spend capital on their AI build-outs.

Oracle's AI spending spree needs power and cooling to match. Two industrial stocks are already cashing in on that demand.

Abrin Vasquez remotely pilots a Caterpillar dozer spreading trash across an Arizona landfill. Inside a cool, dimly lighted trailer where the quiet is broken mostly by the crackle of radio traffic, Abrin Vasquez drives a 40-ton bulldozer hundreds of yards away. Vasquez is remotely piloting a Caterpillar dozer spreading trash across the Marana Regional Landfill near Tucson, Ariz. He used to be out in the heat running the machine from the cab, a potentially dangerous job in the landfill’s rough, trash-filled terrain.

In mid-September 2026, Luck Stone announced it had expanded its collaboration with Caterpillar to roll out autonomous hauling technology to two additional Virginia quarries, building on a site where autonomous Cat trucks have already moved more than 3.50 billion tons without reported injuries. This expansion, including the first-ever deployment of Caterpillar’s autonomous haulage on Cat 775 trucks, highlights how the company is pairing automation with workforce skill development to address...