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CATIndustrial Machinery
Caterpillar Inc.
$798.401d +1.5%5d -0.6%settled close · 2026-09-17
Mkt cap $333B (3/25)β 1.6652w $436–1,058Shares 465.3MInd. Construction Machinery & EquipNYSE since 1929Emp. 118,000HQ Irving, TXcaterpillar.com
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4 long2 shortlatest 2026-09-08
| Date | Voice | Stance | Venue | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | Katrina DudleyPortfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton | Bullish | Bloomberg Open Interest | Caterpillar is an underappreciated dual AI beneficiary — it supplies equipment for AI data center buildout… |
| 2026-08-10 | Mig Dobre | Bearish | Bloomberg Surveillance | Bipartisan political pushback on data center construction is hardening into state and local moratoriums that… |
| 2026-07-21 | Matt SmithFounder & CIO, Chronometer Partners | Bearish | Invest Like the Best | Caterpillar is doubling its gas turbine (Solar Turbines) manufacturing capacity by end-2029 at the precise… |
| 2026-07-11 | Vance Howard (Howard Capital)CEO, Howard Capital Management | Bullish | Fox Business | Caterpillar pulled back to its 50-day moving average in a solid uptrend and benefits from data center… |
| 2026-01-23 | Unknown | Bullish | CNBC Halftime Final Trades | Caterpillar's 3.5% single-day decline is small relative to its broader run, making the pullback a buying… |
| 2023-08-10 | James DemmertFounder & CIO, Main Street Research | Bullish | Bill Nygren | Caterpillar is attractively valued at a low P/E and represents the broadening of market participation into… |
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Earnings
Next report: 27 Oct 2026 before the open
Confirmed date · consensus EPS 7.03. Reactions below are the next settled session over the prior close.
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Notable options days
Sessions in the last 120 where CAT’s settled options volume ran ≥ 2× its trailing 20-session baseline, or delta-dollar flow ran ≥ 2.5× — 5 of 120 sessions qualified.
The qualifying dates are the free record. Close, flow, call/LEAPS mix and the 20-session outcome — for every session below — are Brief subscriber content.
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