Caterpillar Valuation

Is CAT1 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 CAT1 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CAT1 (€319.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€557.97)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CAT1 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CAT1?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CAT1 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/Revenue3.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12.4x
PEG Ratio-5.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CAT1's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CAT1 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.1x
DTG Daimler Truck Holding
9x6.3%€34.0b
8TRA Traton
6.3x2.4%€16.7b
KBX Knorr-Bremse
20.3x9.9%€11.2b
KGX KION GROUP
16.6x20.6%€5.7b
CAT1 Caterpillar
14.5x-2.7%€171.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CAT1 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the peer average (13.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CAT1's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the DE Machinery Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a8.8%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a8.8%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CAT1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the German Machinery industry average (16.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CAT1'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.

CAT1 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.5x
Fair PE Ratio21.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CAT1 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.8x).


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 CAT1 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€319.50
€309.28
-3.2%
19.0%€411.32€163.22n/a26
Apr ’25€339.00
€292.92
-13.6%
18.2%€406.87€161.46n/a27
Mar ’25€312.00
€287.18
-8.0%
17.5%€407.53€161.72n/a26
Feb ’25€281.00
€256.89
-8.6%
17.9%€397.44€161.00n/a26
Jan ’25€268.00
€244.14
-8.9%
15.5%€331.42€158.90n/a25
Dec ’24€238.00
€243.72
+2.4%
15.7%€334.63€160.44n/a25
Nov ’24€219.00
€258.88
+18.2%
16.2%€345.40€165.60n/a24
Oct ’24€260.00
€271.20
+4.3%
15.2%€346.49€166.58n/a24
Sep ’24€266.00
€262.49
-1.3%
15.8%€336.48€161.77n/a25
Aug ’24€263.00
€236.48
-10.1%
16.3%€319.59€159.34n/a25
Jul ’24€225.00
€227.78
+1.2%
15.9%€322.96€161.02n/a25
Jun ’24€192.00
€227.09
+18.3%
15.9%€322.82€163.75n/a26
May ’24€199.00
€223.27
+12.2%
16.3%€314.47€159.51€319.5025
Apr ’24€209.00
€232.28
+11.1%
16.0%€310.68€161.33€339.0026
Mar ’24€231.00
€239.86
+3.8%
15.1%€317.69€164.97€312.0025
Feb ’24€227.00
€233.19
+2.7%
14.1%€306.77€172.96€281.0024
Jan ’24€223.00
€220.95
-0.9%
13.3%€268.50€164.87€268.0025
Dec ’23€222.00
€222.99
+0.4%
13.9%€275.25€168.05€238.0025
Nov ’23€221.00
€228.40
+3.3%
12.6%€287.52€176.16€219.0025
Oct ’23€170.50
€220.22
+29.2%
17.2%€334.72€144.91€260.0025
Sep ’23€181.50
€218.68
+20.5%
18.5%€351.23€142.50€266.0025
Aug ’23€189.00
€220.74
+16.8%
18.1%€342.34€138.89€263.0025
Jul ’23€168.50
€226.76
+34.6%
14.9%€332.57€152.98€225.0025
Jun ’23€201.00
€225.34
+12.1%
15.1%€327.74€153.57€192.0025
May ’23€202.00
€227.53
+12.6%
15.0%€329.03€155.50€199.0025

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


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