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Caterpillar Inc (CAT) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Caterpillar builds heavy machinery and power equipment: construction gear such as loaders, excavators, graders and pavers, plus mining trucks, shovels and drills for resource extraction. It also makes diesel and gas engines, industrial turbines and diesel-electric locomotive parts used in power generation, marine and rail work.

Detail below: the desk's view, the earnings record, peers and the company snapshot; daily prices on the price-history tab. Research diary readings, not advice.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CAT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 2 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Chips up again, software down again — Friday's split is turning into a trend” (2026-09-08)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where CAT appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -2.05 · down 2.95 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-05
How it trades on rate days beta 0.25 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How CAT has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.25 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Caterpillar Inc moved 0.25% on average · correlation 0.06 · higher than 19% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −1.04 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.52% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.83% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · US

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CAT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Caterpillar Inc

CAT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Caterpillar builds heavy machinery and power equipment: construction gear such as loaders, excavators, graders and pavers, plus mining trucks, shovels and drills for resource extraction. It also makes diesel and gas engines, industrial turbines and diesel-electric locomotive parts used in power generation, marine and rail work. A financial-products arm leases and finances the machines it sells, and it offers digital tools for tracking fleets, reading equipment data and running some machines with less operator input. The company is based in Irving, United States, and its equipment is sold through dealers across construction, mining and energy markets worldwide.
Where it sits in the stack
Caterpillar carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, the diary's indices for the AI build-out, so it sits outside that stack. It belongs instead to the Industrials sector, in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry, within the broader company universe the diary follows alongside its AI names.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group data does not cover Caterpillar. The comparison the market usually draws is with Deere & Company, the other major maker of heavy equipment for construction, mining and farming.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Caterpillar holds a seat in the Dow Jones Industrial Average but none in Rubin or Halo, so it carries no Closelooknet score. The diary has quoted it twice in the Midday 10, both times as the industrial name moving opposite chips and software in that day's split trade.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether Caterpillar keeps trading as the counterweight to chip and software moves, and whether its recent run of down sessions and slide against its short-term average marks a break from that pairing.

Caterpillar Inc (CAT) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: CAT news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Wells Fargo, 2026-10-26

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CAT from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Wells Fargo — target 840 from 1,155 Target cut to $840 from $1155 (+22.3% to spot) 2026-10-26
  • Price target UBS — target 750 Target set to $750 (+9.2% to spot) 2026-10-26

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.13%, quarterly · last 1.63 USD on 2026-10-26

Dividends and capital return

What CAT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 6.28 USD per share · a 1.13% yield on the 2026-11-05 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-05
  • Change on the year +6.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 5.89 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.63 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-10-26
  • By calendar year 2024: 5.42 USD · 2025: 5.89 USD · 2026: 6.28 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-01-19

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-06

Quick answers

What is Caterpillar Inc (CAT)?

Caterpillar Inc trades as CAT on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-06.

Is CAT in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Caterpillar Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-06.

Where does CAT trade against its moving averages?

Caterpillar Inc trades 27.7% below its 50-day and 31.5% below its 200-day moving average (20.5% below its 20-day). As of 2026-11-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Caterpillar Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery · US), Caterpillar Inc (CAT) sits 48.4% below its 52-week high, 27.7% below its 50-day average; Federal Signal Corporation (FSS) is 16.6% below, Terex Corporation (TEX) is 26.8% below, PACCAR Inc (PCAR) is 23.8% below, as of 2026-11-05. Put any of them next to CAT in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Caterpillar Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Caterpillar Inc had a beta of 0.25 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 19% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.52% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-05; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Caterpillar Inc?

Caterpillar Inc appears in 2 Closelooknet pieces as of 2026-11-06, most recently Midday 10: Chips up again, software down again — Friday's split is turning into a trend (2026-09-08); Midday 10: Chips jump 3% while software falls 2% — the hot jobs report has split the tech trade in two (2026-09-04). What Closelooknet said most recently: Caterpillar is again on the other side, up 1.6% near $828. (Midday 10, 2026-09-08). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Caterpillar Inc do?

Caterpillar builds heavy machinery and power equipment: construction gear such as loaders, excavators, graders and pavers, plus mining trucks, shovels and drills for resource extraction. It also makes diesel and gas engines, industrial turbines and diesel-electric locomotive parts used in power generation, marine and rail work. A financial-products arm leases and finances the machines it sells, and it offers digital tools for tracking fleets, reading equipment data and running some machines with less operator input. Closelooknet's peer group data does not cover Caterpillar. The comparison the market usually draws is with Deere & Company, the other major maker of heavy equipment for construction, mining and farming. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Caterpillar Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Caterpillar carries no seat in Rubin or Halo, the diary's indices for the AI build-out, so it sits outside that stack. It belongs instead to the Industrials sector, in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry, within the broader company universe the diary follows alongside its AI names. Caterpillar holds a seat in the Dow Jones Industrial Average but none in Rubin or Halo, so it carries no Closelooknet score. The diary has quoted it twice in the Midday 10, both times as the industrial name moving opposite chips and software in that day's split trade. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Caterpillar Inc pay a dividend?

Caterpillar Inc has paid 6.28 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.13% on the 2026-11-05 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.63 USD on 2026-10-26. As of 2026-11-05; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Caterpillar Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Caterpillar Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Wells Fargo on 2026-10-26 (target 840 from 1,155). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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