Seeing Is Believing
CAT is currently covered by 13 analysts with an average price target of $562.77. This is a potential upside of $15.19 (2.77%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $547.58.
Caterpillar's activity chart (see below) currently has 668 price targets and 497 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of CAT is 12.96% SELL, 53.7% BUY and 33.33% HOLD.
Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 82.59% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 297.92 days.
Highest price target for CAT is $730, Lowest price target is $380, average price target is $535.5.
Most recent stock forecast was given by ADAM SEIDEN from BARCLAYS on 30-Oct-2025. First documented stock forecast 23-Jan-2007.
Currently out of the existing stock ratings of CAT, 7 are a SELL (12.96%), 29 are a BUY (53.7%), 18 are a HOLD (33.33%).
Analyst name
Rating
Current price target
Potential Upside
Previous price target
Date
Price targets met ratio
Average potential upside
Average Days to Hit Target
Performance score
Hold
$555
$-22.26 (-3.86%)
$485
5 days ago
(30-Oct-2025)
7/10 (70%)
$-28.15 (-4.83%)
143
Sell
$380
$-197.26 (-34.17%)
$350
5 days ago
(30-Oct-2025)
3/7 (42.86%)
$-203.15 (-34.84%)
73
Buy
$650
$72.74 (12.60%)
$594
5 days ago
(30-Oct-2025)
11/13 (84.62%)
$66.85 (11.46%)
144
Buy
$730
$152.74 (26.46%)
$650
5 days ago
(30-Oct-2025)
12/14 (85.71%)
$146.85 (25.18%)
228
Buy
$729
$151.74 (26.29%)
$582
5 days ago
(30-Oct-2025)
46/47 (97.87%)
$145.85 (25.01%)
439
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