Analysts anticipate on less revenue Caterpillar, high dividend

For this year most of the analyst expect a total sales of 38,79 million dollars. This is rather significant lower than the revenue over 2015 of 47,01 billion dollars.

Historical revenues and results Caterpillar plus taxations 2016

The analysts foresee for 2016 a net profit of 1,92 billion dollars. For this year the analyst's consensus of Caterpillar 's result per share is a profit of 3,26 dollars. With these estimates the PE-ratio equals 28,33.

Quite high dividend Caterpillar

Per share a dividend of 3,08 dollars is expected. The dividend yield consequently equals 3,34 percent. On average the industrial company yields a rather high dividend return of around 1,18 percent.

Most recent target prices around 87 dollars

The stock Caterpillar is being covered by 8 fundamental analysts. The average target price for the stock is at 84,75 dollars. This is around 8 percent less than the current stock price of 92,34 dollars. The three most recent recommendations for American were provided by William Blair & Company (hold, 80,00 dollars), Credit Suisse (buy, 102,00 dollars) and JP Morgan (hold, 80,00 dollars).

Based on the number of outstanding shares Caterpillar 's market capitalization equals 53,77 billion dollars.

The stock closed last Friday at 92,34 dollars.

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