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Caterpillar Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | NYSE:CAT | Benzinga
Caterpillar Corp has a consensus price target of $567.61 based on the ratings of 38 analysts. The high is $1350 issued by HSBC on May 10, 2024<. The low is $100 issued by Deutsche Bank on August 5, 2024. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by New Street Research, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank on August 6, 2024, August 5, 2024, and August 5, 2024, respectively. With an average price target of $118.33 between New Street Research, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank, there's an implied 0.21% upside for Caterpillar Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.
Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1
UBS
Evercore ISI Group
DA Davidson
Truist Securities
Citigroup
1calculated from analyst ratings
Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar
| Buy Now | Get Alert | |||||||
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| 04/07/2025 | Buy Now | — | UBS | Steven Fisher72% | $385 → $243 | Downgrade | Neutral → Sell | Get Alert |
| 02/19/2025 | Buy Now | — | Evercore ISI Group | David Raso63% | $365 → $375 | Maintains | In-Line | Get Alert |
| 02/04/2025 | Buy Now | — | DA Davidson | Michael Shlisky47% | $350 → $357 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 02/03/2025 | Buy Now | — | Truist Securities | Jamie Cook65% | $455 → $438 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/03/2025 | Buy Now | — | UBS | Steven Fisher72% | $355 → $385 | Upgrade | Sell → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/31/2025 | Buy Now | — | Citigroup | Kyle Menges29% | $420 → $430 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/31/2025 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Tami Zakaria66% | $515 → $490 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/31/2025 | Buy Now | — | B of A Securities | Michael Feniger60% | $452 → $414 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/31/2025 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Angel Castillo45% | $330 → $300 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 01/28/2025 | Buy Now | — | UBS | Steven Fisher72% | $295 → $355 | Maintains | Sell | Get Alert |
| 01/16/2025 | Buy Now | — | Truist Securities | Jamie Cook65% | $471 → $455 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/14/2025 | Buy Now | — | Citigroup | Kyle Menges29% | $460 → $420 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/13/2025 | Buy Now | — | Evercore ISI Group | David Raso63% | → $365 | Upgrade | Underperform → In-Line | Get Alert |
| 12/19/2024 | Buy Now | — | Truist Securities | Jamie Cook65% | $454 → $471 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/09/2024 | Buy Now | — | Citigroup | Kyle Menges29% | $435 → $460 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/09/2024 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Tami Zakaria66% | $500 → $515 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 12/06/2024 | Buy Now | — | Jefferies | Stephen Volkmann70% | $455 → $475 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/13/2024 | Buy Now | — | Evercore ISI Group | David Raso63% | $321 → $365 | Downgrade | In-Line → Underperform | Get Alert |
| 11/04/2024 | Buy Now | — | UBS | Steven Fisher72% | $285 → $295 | Maintains | Sell | Get Alert |
| 10/31/2024 | Buy Now | — | Citigroup | Kyle Menges29% | $445 → $435 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/31/2024 | Buy Now | — | Baird | Mircea Dobre73% | $299 → $300 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
| 10/14/2024 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Tami Zakaria66% | $435 → $500 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/14/2024 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Angel Castillo45% | $349 → $332 | Downgrade | Equal-Weight → Underweight | Get Alert |
| 10/09/2024 | Buy Now | — | Citigroup | Kyle Menges29% | $380 → $445 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/09/2024 | Buy Now | — | Truist Securities | Jamie Cook65% | $399 → $456 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/30/2024 | Buy Now | — | B of A Securities | Michael Feniger60% | $376 → $434 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/19/2024 | Buy Now | — | Evercore ISI Group | David Raso63% | $338 → $321 | Maintains | In-Line | Get Alert |
| 08/07/2024 | Buy Now | — | B of A Securities | Michael Feniger60% | $385 → $376 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/07/2024 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Adam Seiden50% | $315 → $335 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/07/2024 | Buy Now | — | UBS | Steven Fisher72% | $270 → $285 | Maintains | Sell | Get Alert |
| 08/07/2024 | Buy Now | — | Truist Securities | Jamie Cook65% | $390 → $399 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 06/28/2024 | Buy Now | — | Raymond James | Tim Thein39% | — | Initiates | → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 06/26/2024 | Buy Now | — | Citigroup | Kyle Menges29% | → $380 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/30/2024 | Buy Now | — | HSBC | Helen Fang34% | $330 → $360 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | — | TD Cowen | Matt Elkott71% | $338 → $340 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | — | Stifel | Stanley Elliott75% | $293 → $350 | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | Get Alert |
| 04/18/2024 | Buy Now | — | Oppenheimer | — | — | Maintains | Perform | Get Alert |
| 04/16/2024 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Tami Zakaria66% | $385 → $435 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/16/2024 | Buy Now | — | Goldman Sachs | Jerry Revich52% | $357 → $408 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/14/2024 | Buy Now | — | Truist Securities | Jamie Cook65% | → $390 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/20/2024 | Buy Now | — | Evercore ISI Group | David Raso63% | $321 → $338 | Downgrade | Outperform → In-Line | Get Alert |
| 02/12/2024 | Buy Now | — | Citigroup | Timothy Thein79% | $255 → $340 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 02/06/2024 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Tami Zakaria66% | $345 → $385 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 02/06/2024 | Buy Now | — | Baird | Mircea Dobre73% | $210 → $257 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
| 02/06/2024 | Buy Now | — | Wells Fargo | Seth Weber71% | $290 → $325 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 02/06/2024 | Buy Now | — | Goldman Sachs | Jerry Revich52% | $274 → $357 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/08/2024 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Angel Castillo45% | → $270 | Initiates | → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 12/21/2023 | Buy Now | — | Bernstein | Chad Dillard48% | $216 → $245 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 12/19/2023 | Buy Now | — | Stifel | Stanley Elliott75% | $285 → $293 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/20/2023 | Buy Now | — | HSBC | Helen Fang34% | → $250 | Initiates | → Hold | Get Alert |
| 11/08/2023 | Buy Now | — | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth72% | $282 → $295 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/01/2023 | Buy Now | — | Goldman Sachs | Jerry Revich52% | $315 → $274 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/16/2023 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Tami Zakaria66% | $315 → $320 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2023 | Buy Now | — | Stifel | Stanley Elliott75% | $275 → $300 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2023 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Tami Zakaria66% | $275 → $315 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2023 | Buy Now | — | TD Cowen | Matt Elkott71% | $287 → $320 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2023 | Buy Now | — | Wells Fargo | Seth Weber71% | $240 → $285 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2023 | Buy Now | — | B of A Securities | Michael Feniger60% | $283 → $323 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2023 | Buy Now | — | Credit Suisse | Jamie Cook65% | $279 → $334 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2023 | Buy Now | — | Goldman Sachs | Jerry Revich52% | $274 → $315 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2023 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Adam Seiden50% | $225 → $250 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2023 | Buy Now | — | Baird | Mircea Dobre73% | $183 → $234 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
| 07/18/2023 | Buy Now | — | Citigroup | Timothy Thein79% | $240 → $270 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 06/22/2023 | Buy Now | — | DA Davidson | Michael Shlisky47% | → $263 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 06/01/2023 | Buy Now | — | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth72% | $266 → $282 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/09/2023 | Buy Now | — | DA Davidson | David Raso63% | $288 → $263 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/08/2023 | Buy Now | — | Baird | Mircea Dobre73% | $185 → $180 | Maintains | Underperform | Get Alert |
| 05/01/2023 | Buy Now | — | Stifel | Stanley Elliott75% | $273 → $275 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/28/2023 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Dillon Cumming51% | $190 → $191 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 04/28/2023 | Buy Now | — | Credit Suisse | Jamie Cook65% | $307 → $279 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/12/2023 | Buy Now | — | Deutsche Bank | Nicole Deblase80% | $228 → $225 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 03/27/2023 | Buy Now | — | Baird | Mircea Dobre73% | $230 → $185 | Downgrade | Neutral → Underperform | Get Alert |
| 03/10/2023 | Buy Now | — | UBS | Steven Fisher72% | $230 → $225 | Downgrade | Neutral → Sell | Get Alert |
| 02/13/2023 | Buy Now | — | Baird | Mircea Dobre73% | $290 → $230 | Downgrade | Outperform → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 02/06/2023 | Buy Now | — | Citigroup | Timothy Thein79% | $250 → $260 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 02/01/2023 | Buy Now | — | Wells Fargo | Seth Weber71% | $228 → $240 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 02/01/2023 | Buy Now | — | Credit Suisse | Jamie Cook65% | $290 → $306 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/01/2023 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Adam Seiden50% | $200 → $225 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 01/13/2023 | Buy Now | — | B of A Securities | Joshua Shanker74% | $217 → $295 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/10/2023 | Buy Now | — | Wells Fargo | Seth Weber71% | $218 → $228 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 12/19/2022 | Buy Now | — | Stifel | Stanley Elliott75% | $260 → $271 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/14/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Dillon Cumming51% | $174 → $190 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 11/09/2022 | Buy Now | — | Goldman Sachs | Jerry Revich52% | $252 → $273 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/31/2022 | Buy Now | — | UBS | Steven Fisher72% | $225 → $230 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/28/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Courtney Yakavonis59% | $143 → $174 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 10/28/2022 | Buy Now | — | Wells Fargo | Seth Weber71% | $205 → $218 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/28/2022 | Buy Now | — | Credit Suisse | Jamie Cook65% | $236 → $255 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/28/2022 | Buy Now | — | Deutsche Bank | Nicole Deblase80% | $196 → $221 | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | Get Alert |
| 10/13/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Courtney Yakavonis59% | $142 → $143 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 10/13/2022 | Buy Now | — | Deutsche Bank | Nicole Deblase80% | $222 → $196 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/06/2022 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Tami Zakaria66% | $205 → $220 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 09/30/2022 | Buy Now | — | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth72% | $282 → $266 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/28/2022 | Buy Now | — | Citigroup | Timothy Thein79% | $195 → $180 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 08/03/2022 | Buy Now | — | UBS | Steven Fisher72% | $250 → $225 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/03/2022 | Buy Now | — | Credit Suisse | Jamie Cook65% | $226 → $236 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/03/2022 | Buy Now | — | Wells Fargo | Seth Weber71% | $230 → $205 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/03/2022 | Buy Now | — | Bernstein | Chad Dillard48% | → $195 | Downgrade | Outperform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/18/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Courtney Yakavonis59% | $161 → $142 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 07/13/2022 | Buy Now | — | Deutsche Bank | Nicole Deblase80% | $240 → $227 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/12/2022 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Tami Zakaria66% | $250 → $205 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
FAQ
What is the target price for Caterpillar (CAT) stock?
The latest price target for Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) was reported by UBS on April 7, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $243.00 expecting CAT to fall to within 12 months (a possible -14.23% downside). 39 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
What is the most recent analyst rating for Caterpillar (CAT)?
The latest analyst rating for Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) was provided by UBS, and Caterpillar downgraded their sell rating.
When was the last upgrade for Caterpillar (CAT)?
The last upgrade for Caterpillar Inc happened on February 3, 2025 when UBS raised their price target to $385. UBS previously had a sell for Caterpillar Inc.
When was the last downgrade for Caterpillar (CAT)?
The last downgrade for Caterpillar Inc happened on April 7, 2025 when UBS changed their price target from $385 to $243 for Caterpillar Inc.
When is the next analyst rating going to be posted or updated for Caterpillar (CAT)?
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Caterpillar, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Caterpillar was filed on April 7, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around April 7, 2026.
Is the Analyst Rating Caterpillar (CAT) correct?
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Caterpillar (CAT) rating was a downgraded with a price target of $385.00 to $243.00. The current price Caterpillar (CAT) is trading at is $283.32, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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