Caterpillar Market Sentiment

Caterpillar Inc

CATNYSE

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$856.96

-14.12-1.62%

At close: Aug 6, 5:00 PM EST

$862.00

5.040.59%

After Hours: 6:17 PM EST

Earnings: Q2 2026 Earnings were released on Tue Aug 4th, before the market open

Conference Call: The most recent conference call started at 8:30 AM, 2 days ago

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Caterpillar Market Sentiment

Market sentiment signals for Caterpillar (CAT): analyst consensus, short interest, options flow and insider activity.

Key Signals

Analyst Consensus▲ Buy

Short Interest▲ 1.7% short float

Options Flow▲ 0.88 P/C ratio

Insider Activity— N/A

Analyst Consensus

Buy

20 analysts

Options Flow (P/C)

0.88

More calls — Bullish

16,923 calls · 14,849 puts

Avg Consensus PT

$888

+3.1%

Highest Price Target

$1225

+42.1%

Truist Securities

Lowest Price Target

$500

-42.0%

Melius Research

Short Interest

1.7%

Declining — Bullish

Insider Activity (30d)

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Short Interest — % of Float

Recent Analyst Actions

Date	Firm	Analyst & Accuracy	Upside / Downside	PT Change	Action	Rating
Aug 6, 2026	DA Davidson	Michael Shlisky—	+2.3%	$845 → $882	Maintained	Neutral
Aug 6, 2026	Barclays	Adam Seiden—	+4.4%	$800 → $900	Maintained	Equal-Weight
Aug 5, 2026	UBS	Steven Fisher—	+7.3%	$900 → $925	Maintained	Neutral
Aug 5, 2026	Truist Securities	Jamie Cook—	+42.1%	$1218 → $1225	Maintained	Buy
Aug 5, 2026	RBC Capital	Sabahat Khan—	+4.1%	$877 → $897	Maintained	Sector Perform
Jul 29, 2026	Baird	Mircea Dobre—	+4.4%	$1200 → $900	Downgrade	Outperform→Neutral
Jul 14, 2026	Citigroup	Kyle Menges—	+27.6%	$1020 → $1100	Maintained	Buy
Jul 13, 2026	Oppenheimer	Kristen Owen—	+28.2%	$980 → $1105	Maintained	Outperform
Jul 2, 2026	Truist Securities	Jamie Cook—	+41.3%	$1043 → $1218	Maintained	Buy
Jun 23, 2026	Wells Fargo	Jerry Revich—	+34.0%	$1050 → $1155	Maintained	Overweight
May 5, 2026	Argus Research	John Eade—	+14.8%	$820 → $990	Maintained	Buy
May 4, 2026	Citigroup	Kyle Menges—	+18.3%	$905 → $1020	Maintained	Buy
May 4, 2026	DA Davidson	Michael Shlisky—	-2.0%	$650 → $845	Maintained	Neutral
May 1, 2026	JP Morgan	Tami Zakaria—	+30.5%	$860 → $1125	Maintained	Overweight
May 1, 2026	Barclays	Adam Seiden—	-7.2%	$700 → $800	Maintained	Equal-Weight
May 1, 2026	Wells Fargo	Jerry Revich—	+21.8%	$960 → $1050	Maintained	Overweight
May 1, 2026	Morgan Stanley	Angel Castillo—	+6.1%	$430 → $915	Upgrade	Underweight→Equal-Weight
Apr 21, 2026	Wells Fargo	Jerry Revich—	+11.4%	$870 → $960	Maintained	Overweight
Apr 20, 2026	Truist Securities	Jamie Cook—	+6.7%	$786 → $920	Maintained	Buy
Apr 15, 2026	Morgan Stanley	Angel Castillo—	-50.1%	$425 → $430	Maintained	Underweight
Apr 13, 2026	Citigroup	Kyle Menges—	+5.0%	$785 → $905	Maintained	Buy
Apr 1, 2026	Barclays	Adam Seiden—	-18.8%	$625 → $700	Maintained	Equal-Weight
Mar 9, 2026	Citigroup	Kyle Menges—	-8.9%	$760 → $785	Maintained	Buy
Mar 6, 2026	Oppenheimer	Kristen Owen—	-5.2%	$729 → $817	Maintained	Outperform
Feb 25, 2026	Wells Fargo	Jerry Revich—	+0.9%	$756 → $870	Maintained	Overweight