Caterpillar Stock Beta

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USD 389.59 8.09 2.12%

Caterpillar fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Caterpillar's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Caterpillar Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Caterpillar's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Caterpillar stock.

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Caterpillar Company Beta Analysis

Caterpillar's Beta is one of the most important measures of equity market volatility. Beta can be thought of as asset elasticity or sensitivity to market. In other words, it is a number that shows the relationship of an equity instrument to the financial market in which this instrument is traded. For example, if Beta of equity is 2, it is expected to significantly outperform market when the market is going up and significantly underperform when the market is going down. Similarly, Beta of 1 indicates that an asset and market will generate similar returns over time.

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Current Caterpillar Beta

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Most of Caterpillar's fundamental indicators, such as Beta, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Caterpillar is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.

Caterpillar Beta Driver Correlations

Understanding the fundamental principles of building solid financial models for Caterpillar is extremely important. It helps to project a fair market value of Caterpillar Stock properly, considering its historical fundamentals such as Beta. Since Caterpillar's main accounts across its financial reports are all linked and dependent on each other, it is essential to analyze all possible correlations between related accounts. However, instead of reviewing all of Caterpillar's historical financial statements, investors can examine the correlated drivers to determine its overall health. This can be effectively done using a conventional correlation matrix of Caterpillar's interrelated accounts and indicators.

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Net Receivables	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Intangible Assets	Property Plant Equipment	Accounts Payable	Common Stock	Long Term Debt	Treasury Stock	Current Deferred Revenue	Good Will	Short Term Investments	Net Tangible Assets	Long Term Debt Total	Long Term Investments	Short Long Term Debt	Cash And Equivalents	Net Invested Capital	Net Working Capital	Capital Stock
Total Assets		0.7	0.98	0.52	0.98	1.0	0.97	0.93	0.52	0.77	0.83	0.82	0.64	-0.39	-0.2	0.91	0.02	0.14	0.42	0.34	0.15	0.02	0.16	0.08	-0.04
Total Stockholder Equity	0.7		0.71	0.85	0.71	0.66	0.69	0.65	0.21	0.63	0.59	0.6	0.5	-0.53	-0.17	0.64	0.14	0.5	0.45	0.21	0.17	0.25	-0.04	0.34	0.44
Net Debt	0.98	0.71		0.51	0.96	0.98	0.92	0.93	0.59	0.83	0.76	0.75	0.6	-0.34	-0.16	0.93	-0.04	0.06	0.37	0.3	0.08	-0.07	0.1	0.01	-0.07
Retained Earnings	0.52	0.85	0.51		0.59	0.5	0.61	0.54	-0.22	0.32	0.58	0.68	0.63	-0.85	-0.37	0.36	0.29	0.54	0.7	0.45	0.45	0.45	-0.14	0.66	0.77
Net Receivables	0.98	0.71	0.96	0.59		0.98	0.98	0.89	0.45	0.72	0.87	0.84	0.63	-0.47	-0.19	0.88	0.05	0.15	0.44	0.32	0.21	0.1	0.14	0.18	0.05
Total Liab	1.0	0.66	0.98	0.5	0.98		0.96	0.93	0.53	0.75	0.82	0.82	0.65	-0.4	-0.23	0.92	0.01	0.06	0.42	0.36	0.17	0.02	0.14	0.07	-0.05
Total Current Assets	0.97	0.69	0.92	0.61	0.98	0.96		0.88	0.33	0.66	0.91	0.88	0.67	-0.54	-0.19	0.8	0.11	0.29	0.51	0.36	0.25	0.13	0.16	0.26	0.12
Short Term Debt	0.93	0.65	0.93	0.54	0.89	0.93	0.88		0.37	0.67	0.65	0.85	0.72	-0.48	-0.4	0.82	0.03	0.13	0.55	0.53	0.34	0.04	0.19	0.09	-0.01
Intangible Assets	0.52	0.21	0.59	-0.22	0.45	0.53	0.33	0.37		0.72	0.26	-0.03	-0.13	0.52	0.36	0.72	-0.36	-0.48	-0.42	-0.35	-0.54	-0.49	0.09	-0.65	-0.64
Property Plant Equipment	0.77	0.63	0.83	0.32	0.72	0.75	0.66	0.67	0.72		0.47	0.38	0.32	-0.01	0.16	0.78	-0.05	0.06	0.14	0.02	-0.36	-0.33	0.06	-0.23	-0.23
Accounts Payable	0.83	0.59	0.76	0.58	0.87	0.82	0.91	0.65	0.26	0.47		0.75	0.49	-0.51	-0.04	0.66	0.04	0.25	0.35	0.19	0.15	0.11	-0.02	0.28	0.25
Common Stock	0.82	0.6	0.75	0.68	0.84	0.82	0.88	0.85	-0.03	0.38	0.75		0.87	-0.8	-0.6	0.64	0.28	0.34	0.75	0.69	0.57	0.37	0.1	0.5	0.31
Long Term Debt	0.64	0.5	0.6	0.63	0.63	0.65	0.67	0.72	-0.13	0.32	0.49	0.87		-0.77	-0.76	0.51	0.25	0.29	0.92	0.89	0.49	0.38	0.06	0.47	0.29
Treasury Stock	-0.39	-0.53	-0.34	-0.85	-0.47	-0.4	-0.54	-0.48	0.52	-0.01	-0.51	-0.8	-0.77		0.64	-0.18	-0.41	-0.52	-0.82	-0.68	-0.67	-0.57	0.14	-0.83	-0.77
Current Deferred Revenue	-0.2	-0.17	-0.16	-0.37	-0.19	-0.23	-0.19	-0.4	0.36	0.16	-0.04	-0.6	-0.76	0.64		-0.21	-0.26	-0.04	-0.72	-0.87	-0.7	-0.59	-0.11	-0.46	-0.26
Good Will	0.91	0.64	0.93	0.36	0.88	0.92	0.8	0.82	0.72	0.78	0.66	0.64	0.51	-0.18	-0.21		-0.02	-0.14	0.21	0.2	0.01	0.04	0.16	-0.06	-0.2
Short Term Investments	0.02	0.14	-0.04	0.29	0.05	0.01	0.11	0.03	-0.36	-0.05	0.04	0.28	0.25	-0.41	-0.26	-0.02		0.27	0.29	0.19	0.31	0.59	0.06	0.62	0.45
Net Tangible Assets	0.14	0.5	0.06	0.54	0.15	0.06	0.29	0.13	-0.48	0.06	0.25	0.34	0.29	-0.52	-0.04	-0.14	0.27		0.45	0.15	0.2	0.24	0.0	0.51	0.55
Long Term Debt Total	0.42	0.45	0.37	0.7	0.44	0.42	0.51	0.55	-0.42	0.14	0.35	0.75	0.92	-0.82	-0.72	0.21	0.29	0.45		0.91	0.59	0.46	0.13	0.57	0.46
Long Term Investments	0.34	0.21	0.3	0.45	0.32	0.36	0.36	0.53	-0.35	0.02	0.19	0.69	0.89	-0.68	-0.87	0.2	0.19	0.15	0.91		0.63	0.35	0.1	0.36	0.23
Short Long Term Debt	0.15	0.17	0.08	0.45	0.21	0.17	0.25	0.34	-0.54	-0.36	0.15	0.57	0.49	-0.67	-0.7	0.01	0.31	0.2	0.59	0.63		0.67	0.28	0.59	0.4
Cash And Equivalents	0.02	0.25	-0.07	0.45	0.1	0.02	0.13	0.04	-0.49	-0.33	0.11	0.37	0.38	-0.57	-0.59	0.04	0.59	0.24	0.46	0.35	0.67		0.32	0.81	0.55
Net Invested Capital	0.16	-0.04	0.1	-0.14	0.14	0.14	0.16	0.19	0.09	0.06	-0.02	0.1	0.06	0.14	-0.11	0.16	0.06	0.0	0.13	0.1	0.28	0.32		0.02	-0.35
Net Working Capital	0.08	0.34	0.01	0.66	0.18	0.07	0.26	0.09	-0.65	-0.23	0.28	0.5	0.47	-0.83	-0.46	-0.06	0.62	0.51	0.57	0.36	0.59	0.81	0.02		0.82
Capital Stock	-0.04	0.44	-0.07	0.77	0.05	-0.05	0.12	-0.01	-0.64	-0.23	0.25	0.31	0.29	-0.77	-0.26	-0.2	0.45	0.55	0.46	0.23	0.4	0.55	-0.35	0.82

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In a nutshell, Beta is a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall volatility of the stock market. and is calculated based on very sound finance theory - Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM).However, since Beta is calculated based on historical price movements it may not predict how a firm's stock is going to perform in the future.

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In accordance with the recently published financial statements, Caterpillar has a Beta of 1.095. This is 20.07% lower than that of the Machinery sector and significantly higher than that of the Industrials industry. The beta for all United States stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

Caterpillar Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Caterpillar's direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Caterpillar could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Caterpillar by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.

Caterpillar is currently under evaluation in beta category among its peers.

Caterpillar ESG Sustainability

Some studies have found that companies with high sustainability scores are getting higher valuations than competitors with lower social-engagement activities. While most ESG disclosures are voluntary and do not directly affect the long term financial condition, Caterpillar's sustainability indicators can be used to identify proper investment strategies using environmental, social, and governance scores that are crucial to Caterpillar's managers, analysts, and investors.

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Caterpillar Institutional Holders

Institutional Holdings refers to the ownership stake in Caterpillar that is held by large financial organizations, pension funds or endowments. Institutions may purchase large blocks of Caterpillar's outstanding shares and can exert considerable influence upon its management. Institutional holders may also work to push the share price higher once they own the stock. Extensive social media coverage, TV shows, articles in high-profile magazines, and presentations at investor conferences help move the stock higher, increasing Caterpillar's value.

		Shares
Fmr Inc	2024-09-30	4.9 M
Bank Of America Corp	2024-06-30	4.8 M
Legal & General Group Plc	2024-06-30	3.9 M
Ubs Asset Mgmt Americas Inc	2024-09-30	3.6 M
Goldman Sachs Group Inc	2024-06-30	3.5 M
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp	2024-06-30	3.4 M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc	2024-09-30	3.2 M
Amvescap Plc.	2024-06-30	3.2 M
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.	2024-09-30	3.1 M
Vanguard Group Inc	2024-09-30	46.5 M
State Street Corp	2024-06-30	36.6 M

Caterpillar returns are very sensitive to returns on the market. As the market goes up or down, Caterpillar is expected to follow.

Caterpillar Fundamentals

	Return On Equity	0.53
	Return On Asset	0.0993
	Profit Margin	0.16 %
	Operating Margin	0.20 %
	Current Valuation	216.45 B
	Shares Outstanding	482.8 M
	Shares Owned By Insiders	0.21 %
	Shares Owned By Institutions	72.40 %
	Number Of Shares Shorted	10.59 M
	Price To Earning	17.15 X
	Price To Book	9.50 X
	Price To Sales	2.81 X
	Revenue	67.06 B
	Gross Profit	15.56 B
	EBITDA	15.71 B
	Net Income	10.34 B
	Cash And Equivalents	7 B
	Cash Per Share	14.27 X
	Total Debt	38.45 B
	Debt To Equity	2.34 %
	Current Ratio	1.41 X
	Book Value Per Share	40.18 X
	Cash Flow From Operations	12.88 B
	Short Ratio	4.88 X
	Earnings Per Share	21.53 X
	Price To Earnings To Growth	2.60 X
	Target Price	377.24
	Number Of Employees	113.2 K
	Beta	1.1
	Market Capitalization	184.19 B
	Total Asset	87.48 B
	Retained Earnings	51.25 B
	Working Capital	12.22 B
	Current Asset	34.42 B
	Current Liabilities	26.3 B
	Annual Yield	0.01 %
	Five Year Return	2.42 %
	Net Asset	87.48 B
	Last Dividend Paid	5.42

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