Seeing Is Believing
CAT is currently covered by 17 analysts with an average price target of $700.9. This is a potential upside of $20.02 (2.94%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $680.88.
Caterpillar's activity chart (see below) currently has 702 price targets and 559 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of CAT is 9.59% SELL, 60.27% BUY and 30.14% HOLD.
Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 82.38% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 287.4 days.
Highest price target for CAT is $878, Lowest price target is $425, average price target is $687.33.
Most recent stock forecast was given by KRISTEN OWEN from OPPENHEIMER on 06-Mar-2026. First documented stock forecast 23-Jan-2007.
Currently out of the existing stock ratings of CAT, 7 are a SELL (9.59%), 44 are a BUY (60.27%), 22 are a HOLD (30.14%).
Analyst name
Rating
Current price target
Potential Upside
Previous price target
Date of last PT
Price targets met ratio
Average potential upside
Average Days to Hit Target
Performance score
Buy Since 01-May-2025
$817
$123.01 (17.73%)
$729
14 days ago
(06-Mar-2026)
5/6 (83.33%)
$110.92 (15.71%)
41
Buy Since 11-Jan-2019
$870
$176.01 (25.36%)
$756
23 days ago
(25-Feb-2026)
19/20 (95%)
$103.39 (13.49%)
424
Buy Since 19-Aug-2025
$878
$184.01 (26.51%)
$476
25 days ago
(23-Feb-2026)
11/12 (91.67%)
$121.53 (16.07%)
234
Buy Since 04-Apr-2023
$825
$131.01 (18.88%)
$735
1 months 10 days ago
(10-Feb-2026)
18/19 (94.74%)
$82.63 (11.13%)
125
Sell Since 14-Oct-2024
$425
$-268.99 (-38.76%)
$400
1 months 17 days ago
(03-Feb-2026)
5/11 (45.45%)
$-277.89 (-39.54%)
47
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