Caterpillar Inc.

CAT stock score: 57/100

$740.21 · +2.06% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
55
Fundamental
60
News
51

The reading

Caterpillar (CAT) scores 57 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 62% of Industrials stocks and 65% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 55, fundamentals 60.

Among the fundamentals, Return on Equity (ROE) at 99 and Earnings Growth (Quarterly) at 99 score highest, while Price to Book Ratio at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 29 and contrarian oscillators 75 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 51; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 50 to 66, and it is down 9 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward CAT’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

60

Pulling it up

  • Return on Equity (ROE)99

    Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)99

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Earnings Quality (Quarterly)98

    Quarterly earnings quality assesses the sustainability and reliability of reported profits.

Holding it back

  • Price to Book Ratio0

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

  • EV/EBITDA4

    EV/EBITDA compares the whole company's value, debt included, with its operating earnings before depreciation.

  • Debt to Equity8

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

34

Pulling it up

  • Bollinger Bands (50)99

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • RSI (14)96

    Relative Strength Index (14-period) measures momentum by comparing recent gains to losses.

  • 52-Week Change91

    The price change over the last 52 weeks.

Holding it back

  • Candlestick Patterns0

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • VWAP0

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Social Sentiment (3D)
59
Social Sentiment (1W)
59
Global News
43

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly531
Daily343
Weekly502
Monthly712
Quarterly752

Composite score, last 90 days

05010057Jul 24, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 24, 2026: 66Jul 25, 2026: 62Jul 26, 2026: 62Jul 27, 2026: 62Jul 28, 2026: 60Jul 29, 2026: 55Jul 30, 2026: 56Jul 31, 2026: 53Aug 1, 2026: 50Aug 2, 2026: 50Aug 3, 2026: 52Aug 4, 2026: 55Aug 5, 2026: 54Aug 6, 2026: 53Aug 7, 2026: 60Aug 8, 2026: 60Aug 9, 2026: 60Aug 10, 2026: 60Aug 11, 2026: 61Aug 12, 2026: 63Aug 13, 2026: 62Aug 14, 2026: 62Aug 15, 2026: 62Aug 16, 2026: 62Aug 17, 2026: 64Aug 18, 2026: 60Aug 19, 2026: 59Aug 20, 2026: 59Aug 21, 2026: 60Aug 22, 2026: 59Aug 23, 2026: 59Aug 24, 2026: 59Aug 25, 2026: 59Aug 26, 2026: 60Aug 27, 2026: 59Aug 28, 2026: 58Aug 29, 2026: 59Aug 30, 2026: 59Aug 31, 2026: 58Sep 1, 2026: 59Sep 2, 2026: 60Sep 3, 2026: 61Sep 4, 2026: 61Sep 5, 2026: 61Sep 6, 2026: 61Sep 7, 2026: 61Sep 8, 2026: 62Sep 9, 2026: 61Sep 10, 2026: 59Sep 11, 2026: 61Sep 12, 2026: 61Sep 13, 2026: 61Sep 14, 2026: 58Sep 15, 2026: 58Sep 16, 2026: 58Sep 17, 2026: 60Sep 18, 2026: 62Sep 19, 2026: 61Sep 20, 2026: 61Sep 21, 2026: 61Sep 22, 2026: 61Sep 23, 2026: 62Sep 24, 2026: 61Sep 25, 2026: 62Sep 26, 2026: 62Sep 27, 2026: 62Sep 28, 2026: 62Sep 29, 2026: 62Sep 30, 2026: 61Oct 1, 2026: 61Oct 2, 2026: 64Oct 3, 2026: 64Oct 4, 2026: 64Oct 5, 2026: 63Oct 6, 2026: 64Oct 7, 2026: 60Oct 8, 2026: 58Oct 9, 2026: 59Oct 10, 2026: 59Oct 11, 2026: 59Oct 12, 2026: 59Oct 13, 2026: 58Oct 14, 2026: 56Oct 15, 2026: 56Oct 16, 2026: 56Oct 17, 2026: 56Oct 18, 2026: 56Oct 19, 2026: 56Oct 20, 2026: 56Oct 21, 2026: 57
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Key facts

Market cap
$340.3B
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Beta
1.58
Risk grade (1–10)
3
Next earnings
Oct 29, 2026

Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery peers

CompanyMarket capScore
DE Deere & Company$171.6B54
PCAR PACCAR$58.0B52
CNH CNH Industrial$18.5B45
OSK Oshkosh$8.4B58
AGCO AGCO$7.4B52
FSS Federal Signal$7.1B68

Questions

What is CAT's stock score today?

CAT scores 57/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 55, fundamental 60, and news sentiment 51, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is CAT a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 57 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the CAT score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Industrials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.