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) | $74.73B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $22.20B |
| EBITDA | $16.25B |
| Operating Margin | 22.20% |
| Return on Equity | 57.00% |
| Return on Assets | 9.03% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $160.78 |
| Book Value | $42.19 |
| Price-to-Book | 19.25 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 4.50 |
| EV/Revenue | 5.51 |
| EV/EBITDA | 24.46 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 68.20% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 24.00% |
| Shares Outstanding | $459.68M |
| Float | $458.22M |
| % Insiders | 0.22% |
| % Institutions | 73.51% |
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GNRC and CAT are capitalizing on AI-driven data center power demand, but differences in backlog, valuation and financial strength favor one stock.
Caterpillar is investing $10 million in North Carolina workforce development in addition to its $1 billion investment in a facility to boost compact equipment production in the region.
Artificial intelligence's power trade is slowing down, and Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) shares are taking the hardest hit among the equipment makers tied to data center electricity demand. Bloom Energy stock is down 4% to $229.
Funding will expand access to workforce training, define skills needed for future jobs and connect more people to modern manufacturing careers Sanford Area Growth Alliance and Central Carolina Community College launch statewide workforce initiative in Sanford IRVING, Texas, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) expanded its workforce commitment to North Carolina, the most recent investment for its five-year, $100 million Building the Future Workforce Initiative. With an allocation of up to $10 million, the funding aims to prepare current and future workers for jobs in modern manufacturing and industry technician roles.
IRVING, Texas, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today announced Denise Johnson, group president of Resource Industries, has elected to retire effective Feb. 1, 2027. Derrick York, who currently serves as president of Solar Turbines and Caterpillar senior vice president, has been appointed group president of Resource Industries, effective Nov. 1, 2026, at which time Johnson will assume an advisory role to ensure a seamless leadership transition.
IRVING, Texas, Oct. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) will release third-quarter financial results at 5:30 a.m. CDT on Thursday, Oct. 29.
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IRVING, Texas, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) voted to maintain the quarterly dividend of one dollar and sixty-three cents ($1.63) per share of common stock payable Nov. 19 to shareholders of record at the close of business Oct. 19. Caterpillar has paid a cash dividend every year since the company was formed and has paid a quarterly dividend since 1933.
The premium the market paid for Caterpillar‘s (NYSE:CAT | CAT Price Prediction) data center power business is coming under pressure fast, while the rest of the heavy machinery group holds up better. Caterpillar stock is at $760.
On Oct. 7, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched a joint public inquiry impacting the agricultural equipment industry. Specifically, the agencies are looking at issues involving potential anticompetitive conduct in the way equipment is being manufactured and distributed.
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