Seeing Is Believing
CAT is currently covered by 17 analysts with an average price target of $811.21. This is a potential upside of $37.48 (-11.28%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $914.3.
Caterpillar's activity chart (see below) currently has 495 price targets and 386 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of CAT is 60.49% BUY, 32.1% HOLD and 7.41% SELL.
Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 79.1% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 250.24 days.
Highest price target for CAT is $1218, Lowest price target is $513, average price target is $811.21.
Most recent stock forecast was given by JAMIE COOK from TRUIST on 02-Jul-2026. First documented stock forecast 23-Jan-2007.
Currently out of the existing stock ratings of CAT, 49 are a BUY (60.49%), 26 are a HOLD (32.1%), 6 are a SELL (7.41%).
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 12-Apr-2019
$1218
$265.59 (27.89%)
$920
14 days ago
(02-Jul-2026)
65/66 (98.48%)
$254.47 (26.41%)
582
Buy Since 27-May-2021
$1155
$157.53 (15.79%)
$1050
23 days ago
(23-Jun-2026)
22/23 (95.65%)
$170.76 (17.35%)
357
Buy Since 31-Oct-2024
$1020
$22.53 (2.26%)
$905
2 months 12 days ago
(04-May-2026)
14/14 (100%)
$145.22 (16.60%)
118
Hold Since 06-Sep-2017
$845
$-152.47 (-15.29%)
$650
2 months 12 days ago
(04-May-2026)
9/12 (75%)
$-29.78 (-3.40%)
31
Buy Since 28-Mar-2022
$1125
$127.53 (12.79%)
$765
2 months 15 days ago
(01-May-2026)
19/20 (95%)
$235.33 (26.45%)
169
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