Is Caterpillar Inc stock a buy?
What Is The Conclusion?
Right now our advanced algorithms say:
Do the analyst corps agree?
Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!
Yes, Caterpillar Inc pays dividends. Last time was Tuesday 20th of August 2024 where the investors holding the stock on Monday 22nd of July 2024 were paid $1.41 per share. Over the last 171 times between 1982 and 2024, Caterpillar Inc has paid $81.9068 with an average of $0.48 per share.
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We cannot find data for Caterpillar Inc 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Monday 9th of September 2019 when the price was $127.25, you would have made a profit of $202.11 per share or 158.83%
Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for Caterpillar Inc is $2.90 million. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.
Caterpillar Inc has a normal ratio of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at some risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a normal cash flow to debt ratio of 0.35, the company's ability to pay off the debt is normal. Caterpillar Inc has a good net profit margin of 16.79% and should have high tolerances against inflation.
We have calculated the inflation risk for Caterpillar Inc to be low [0.4 of 1]
US inflation for July 2024 was 0.15%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.92%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 3.72 and is down -0.95 over the last 30 days.