Examining a stock’s 52-week price history, encompassing its low and high prices, can reveal much about its existing condition and potential future trajectory. Caterpillar Inc’s current trading price is -18.83% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 10.64%. The stock’s price range over this period has fluctuated between $307.05 and $418.50. The company, operating within the financial sector, had a trading volume of approximately 0.86 million for the day, which was noticeably lower than the average daily share volume of 2.42 million over the last 3 months.
In terms of market performance, Caterpillar Inc had a fairly uneven. The highest value for the stock in the past year was $418.50 on 11/07/24, and the lowest value was recorded at $307.05 on 08/05/24.
Exploring Financial Performance and Market Capitalization: A Comprehensive Analysis
Caterpillar Inc (CAT) has experienced a quarterly decline of -10.35% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 162.36B and boasts a workforce of 112900 employees.
Analyzing Trading Volume and Moving Average Trends
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 371.52, with a change in price of -46.22. Similarly, Caterpillar Inc recorded 2,281,441 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of -11.98%.
Understanding Ticker ‘s Debt-to-Equity Ratio: An Analysis
The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio serves as an important indicator of a company’s financial stability and market position. By dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, the D/E ratio reveals the degree to which a company relies on debt to finance assets compared to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for CAT stands at 2.00. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 1.43.
CAT Stock Stochastic Average
Today, Caterpillar Inc’s raw stochastic average for the past 50 days stands at 22.91%, indicating a decline from the raw stochastic average of the last 20 days, which was 61.76%. Moreover, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values over the past 20 days were 53.74% and 53.93% respectively.
CAT Stock Price Performance Analysis
A mixed performance in the stock price over the year has left investors unsure of what to expect, resulting in a range of outlooks from optimistic to pessimistic. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded a decrease of -6.35%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been stronger by -3.95%. The price of CAT decreased -3.76% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has surged by 1.92%.
