Caterpillar Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 CATCL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CATCL (CLP321675) is trading above our estimate of fair value (CLP218089.07)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CATCL is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CATCL 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/Revenue3.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA13.8x
PEG Ratio-9.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CATCL vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18.7x
VOLV B AB Volvo
9.9x-0.8%SEK 555.5b
PCAR PACCAR
10.4x-2.3%US$51.3b
CMI Cummins
23x10.0%US$44.5b
WAB Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
31.4x17.3%US$31.9b
CATCL Caterpillar
17.2x-1.8%CL$189.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CATCL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.2x) compared to the peer average (18.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CATCL's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Machinery Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a14.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CATCL is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.2x) compared to the Global Machinery industry average (20.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CATCL'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.

CATCL PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17.2x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CATCL'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?

The above table shows the analyst CATCL forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCL$321,675.00
CL$328,101.49
+2.0%
18.0%CL$437,983.52CL$235,038.57n/a22
Sep ’25CL$321,675.00
CL$321,363.78
-0.1%
17.6%CL$429,074.72CL$230,257.77n/a23
Aug ’25CL$321,675.00
CL$326,956.87
+1.6%
17.4%CL$436,577.60CL$230,520.50n/a24
Jul ’25CL$321,675.00
CL$330,529.56
+2.8%
16.7%CL$441,347.52CL$233,039.10n/a26
Jun ’25CL$321,675.00
CL$315,352.52
-2.0%
16.7%CL$422,954.56CL$223,327.30n/a26
May ’25CL$321,675.00
CL$323,022.39
+0.4%
18.0%CL$423,527.58CL$168,066.50n/a27
Apr ’25CL$354,500.00
CL$313,750.95
-11.5%
17.6%CL$431,518.50CL$171,237.50n/a27
Mar ’25CL$250,550.00
CL$307,329.98
+22.7%
17.0%CL$431,584.65CL$171,263.75n/a26
Feb ’25CL$250,550.00
CL$260,265.42
+3.9%
17.9%CL$402,658.56CL$163,114.00n/a26
Jan ’25n/a
CL$239,639.30
0%
15.5%CL$325,306.25CL$155,968.75n/a25
Dec ’24n/a
CL$235,478.41
0%
15.7%CL$323,313.35CL$155,013.25n/a25
Nov ’24n/a
CL$245,285.35
0%
16.2%CL$327,266.30CL$156,908.50n/a24
Oct ’24n/a
CL$259,606.58
0%
15.2%CL$331,684.08CL$159,463.50n/a24
Sep ’24CL$245,700.00
CL$242,930.62
-1.1%
15.8%CL$311,405.64CL$149,714.25CL$321,675.0025
Aug ’24n/a
CL$218,320.63
0%
16.3%CL$295,050.60CL$147,105.00CL$321,675.0025
Jul ’24CL$171,790.00
CL$198,909.51
+15.8%
15.9%CL$282,021.48CL$140,609.00CL$321,675.0025
Jun ’24n/a
CL$196,524.95
0%
15.9%CL$279,370.65CL$141,709.75CL$321,675.0026
May ’24n/a
CL$197,548.95
0%
16.3%CL$278,242.50CL$141,137.50CL$321,675.0025
Apr ’24CL$163,660.00
CL$200,863.74
+22.7%
16.0%CL$268,656.40CL$139,510.00CL$354,500.0026
Mar ’24n/a
CL$210,947.94
0%
15.1%CL$280,687.30CL$145,757.50CL$250,550.0026
Feb ’24n/a
CL$200,479.01
0%
14.1%CL$265,067.35CL$149,444.50CL$250,550.0025
Jan ’24n/a
CL$204,500.81
0%
13.0%CL$248,944.65CL$152,860.75n/a26
Dec ’23n/a
CL$204,386.29
0%
13.6%CL$252,581.25CL$154,207.50n/a26
Nov ’23CL$163,660.00
CL$213,634.83
+30.5%
12.4%CL$269,007.64CL$164,814.54n/a26
Oct ’23n/a
CL$209,201.85
0%
16.9%CL$317,507.28CL$137,457.42n/a26
Sep ’23CL$163,660.00
CL$194,807.02
+19.0%
18.2%CL$312,543.00CL$126,803.16CL$245,700.0026

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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