Caterpillar Inc’s recently made public that its Group President Kaiser Jason unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.86 million on Feb 18 ’25. In the deal valued at $354.70 per share,2,425 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Kaiser Jason now holds 6,275 shares worth roughly $2.07 million.
Then, Kaiser Jason bought 2,425 shares, generating $860,137 in total proceeds.
Before that, Johnson Gerald bought 100 shares. Caterpillar Inc shares valued at $36,557 were divested by the Director at a price of $365.57 per share. As a result of the transaction, Johnson Gerald now holds 3,053 shares, worth roughly $1.01 million.
UBS upgraded its Caterpillar Inc [CAT] rating to a Neutral from a a Sell in a research note published on February 03, 2025; the price target was increased to $385 from $355. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Evercore ISI’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid January from “an Underperform” to “an In-line”. Evercore ISI also remained covering CAT and has decreased its forecast on November 13, 2024 with a “an Underperform” recommendation from previously “an In-line” rating. Morgan Stanley revised its rating on October 14, 2024. It rated CAT as “an Underweight” which previously was an “an Equal-weight”.
Price Performance Review of CAT
On Monday, Caterpillar Inc [NYSE:CAT] saw its stock jump 0.03% to $329.80. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.47%. Caterpillar Inc shares have fallen nearly -9.09% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -9.56% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $418.50 was reached on 01/23/25, a 52-week low of $307.05 was recorded on 03/04/25. SMA at 50 days reached $354.40, while 200 days put it at $361.10.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For CAT Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 323.87, which if violated will result in even more drops to 317.95. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 333.85. A further resistance level may holdings at 337.91. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 38.20, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -4.59, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 69.13%. Stochastics %K at 27.63% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Caterpillar Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Caterpillar Inc stocks on 2025-03-14, dropping by -0.14 million shares to a total of 9.71 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-14 was 9.85 million shares. There was a decline of -1.39%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on June 28, 2024 when Raymond James began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ rating .
