Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Caterpillar Inc shares valued at $7,088,152 were sold by Umpleby III Donald J on Sep 02 ’25. At $412.87 per share, Umpleby III Donald J sold 17,168 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 482,505 shares worth approximately $217.45 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Donald James Umpleby, III purchased 17,168 shares, netting a total of over 7,142,746 in proceeds.
Before that, SCHWAB SUSAN C had sold 2,324 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $952,840, the Director traded Caterpillar Inc shares for $410.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,324 shares, worth approximately $3.12 million.
As published in a research note from Evercore ISI on August 19, 2025, Caterpillar Inc [CAT] has been rated up from an In-line to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $476. Analysts at Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ to ‘”an Underweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of July 09, 2025, Melius has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for CAT. Earlier on May 30, 2025, BofA Securities resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for CAT stock.
Analyzing CAT Stock Performance
On last trading session, Caterpillar Inc [NYSE: CAT] rose 2.27% to $450.66. The stock’s lowest price that day was $443.0, but it reached a high of $452.3225 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 6.56%. Over the course of the year, Caterpillar Inc shares have jumped approximately 30.51%.
Is Caterpillar Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Caterpillar Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by 37957.0 shares to 6.55 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 6.59 million shares. A decline of -0.58% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.01 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.01.
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In terms of Caterpillar Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 480 in the next 12 months, up nearly 8.93% from the previous closing price of $440.67. Analysts anticipate Caterpillar Inc stock to reach 500 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 283. In spite of this, 16 analysts ranked Caterpillar Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 16, 2025, UBS assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $357.
