CAT - Caterpillar - Stock Forecast

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CAT is currently covered by 19 analysts with an average price target of $1037. This is a potential upside of $311.76 (42.99%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $725.24.

Caterpillar's activity chart (see below) currently has 927 price targets and 714 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of CAT is 34.44% HOLD, 56.67% BUY and 8.89% SELL.

Stock Analyst Price Targets - Review

Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 77.63% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 256.96 days.

Highest price target for CAT is $6000, Lowest price target is $581, average price target is $1037.

Most recent stock forecast was given by KRISTEN OWEN from OPPENHEIMER on 14-Oct-2026. First documented stock forecast 23-Jan-2007.

Best performing analysts who are covering CAT - Caterpillar:

Tami Zakaria Ivan Feinseth Kristen Owen Kyle Menges Gregory Badishkanian

Currently out of the existing stock ratings of CAT, 31 are a HOLD (34.44%), 51 are a BUY (56.67%), 8 are a SELL (8.89%).

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 17-Jul-2025

$1009

$278.24 (38.08%)

$1105

6 days ago
(14-Oct-2026)

6/8 (75%)

$260.02 (34.72%)

42

Buy Since 31-Oct-2024

$950

$219.24 (30.00%)

$1100

8 days ago
(12-Oct-2026)

16/18 (88.89%)

$149.53 (18.68%)

124

Buy Since 12-Apr-2019

$1100

$369.24 (50.53%)

$1225

15 days ago
(05-Oct-2026)

75/78 (96.15%)

$251.86 (29.70%)

653

Hold Since 02-Feb-2026

$980

$249.24 (34.11%)

$910

1 months 10 days ago
(10-Sep-2026)

2/4 (50%)

$175 (21.74%)

7

Buy Since 23-Feb-2026

$1045

$314.24 (43.00%)

$1103

2 months 9 days ago
(11-Aug-2026)

11/13 (84.62%)

$201.63 (23.91%)

224

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What is CAT (Caterpillar) average time for price targets to be met?

On average it took 257 days for the stock forecasts to be reached, with an average price target met ratio of 77.63%.

Which analyst most recently updated their price target on CAT (Caterpillar)?

Kristen Owen

Which analyst has the most public recommendations on CAT (Caterpillar)?

Kristen Owen works at OPPENHEIMER and has 49 price targets and 29 ratings on CAT

Which analyst is the currently most bullish on CAT (Caterpillar)?

Mircea Dobre with the highest potential upside of $5269.24

Which analyst is the currently most reserved on CAT (Caterpillar)?

Peter Heckmann with the lowest potential downside of -$751.66
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