Caterpillar Inc. (often shortened to CAT) is an American Fortune 100 corporation that designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, markets, and sells machinery, engines, financial products, and insurance to customers via a worldwide dealer network.
| Revenue (TTM) | $70.75B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $20.24B |
| EBITDA | $14.56B |
| Operating Margin | 18.20% |
| Return on Equity | 51.30% |
| Return on Assets | 8.52% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $151.47 |
| Book Value | $40.51 |
| Price-to-Book | 23.78 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 6.17 |
| EV/Revenue | 6.82 |
| EV/EBITDA | 32.15 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 30.20% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 22.20% |
| Shares Outstanding | $460.59M |
| Float | $459.19M |
| % Insiders | 0.22% |
| % Institutions | 72.82% |
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Caterpillar (CAT) has become tied to the AI trade in recent months, with Jonathan Sakraida pointing out it has outperformed Nvidia (NVDA) and the overall tech sector in the last 12 months. He points to Caterpillar's ever-growing demand for AI data center construction as a reason key reason backing his bullish view on the stock.
CAT expands its mining technology portfolio with Skycatch, aiming to boost mine safety, productivity and planning through near-real-time spatial data and AI.
Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT | CAT Price Prediction) spent much of the past decade being labeled a cyclical industrial bellwether tied to construction, mining, and commodity prices.
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Near-real-time spatial data and AI capabilities strengthen mine planning and execution IRVING, Texas, July 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has acquired Skycatch, Inc. (Skycatch), a leading provider of spatial data capture, processing and analysis solutions for the mining industry, further enhancing its capabilities following the recent acquisition of RPMGlobal (RPM). The acquisition expands Caterpillar's portfolio of data-driven mining technology solutions that help customers optimize material movement.
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Caterpillar (CAT) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.
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