Caterpillar Valuation

Is CATR undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CATR when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CATR (CA$24.86) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$30.26)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CATR is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CATR?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CATR key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.9x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12.3x
PEG Ratio-7.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CATR's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CATR vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average26.6x
WSP WSP Global
47.1x30.2%CA$26.6b
VOLV B AB Volvo
10.8x1.9%SEK 553.6b
PCAR PACCAR
10.5x-2.7%US$54.0b
STN Stantec
37.8x18.3%CA$13.1b
CATR Caterpillar
14.3x-2.0%CA$162.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CATR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.3x) compared to the peer average (26.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CATR's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Machinery Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a45.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CATR is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.3x) compared to the North American Machinery industry average (21.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CATR's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CATR PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.3x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CATR's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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