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Price: 856.16 USD -6.4% Market Closed

Market Cap: $394.3B

Profitability Summary

Caterpillar Inc's profitability score is 66/100. We take all the information about a company's profitability, such as its margins, capital efficiency, free cash flow generating ability, and more, and consolidate it into one single number: the profitability score. The higher the profitability score, the more profitable the company is.

Healthy Gross Margin

Sustainable 3Y Average Gross Margin

Gross Margin is Increasing

Healthy Operating Margin

Sustainable 3Y Average Operating Margin

Operating Margin is Increasing

Healthy Net Margin

Sustainable 3Y Average Net Margin

Net Margin is Increasing

Exceptional Free Cash Flow Margin

Strong 3Y Average Free Cash Flow Margin

Free Cash Flow Margin is Increasing

Exceptional ROE

Exceptional 3Y Average ROE

ROE is Increasing

Positive 3Y Average ROIC

ROIC is Increasing

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66 / 100

Profitability
Score

We take all the information about a company's profitability, such as its margins, capital efficiency, free cash flow generating ability, and more, and consolidate it into one single number: the profitability score. The higher the profitability score, the more profitable the company is.

We take all the information about a company's profitability, such as its margins, capital efficiency, free cash flow generating ability, and more, and consolidate it into one single number: the profitability score. The higher the profitability score, the more profitable the company is.

Healthy Gross Margin

Sustainable 3Y Average Gross Margin

Gross Margin is Increasing

Healthy Operating Margin

Sustainable 3Y Average Operating Margin

Operating Margin is Increasing

Healthy Net Margin

Sustainable 3Y Average Net Margin

Net Margin is Increasing

Exceptional Free Cash Flow Margin

Strong 3Y Average Free Cash Flow Margin

Free Cash Flow Margin is Increasing

Exceptional ROE

Exceptional 3Y Average ROE

ROE is Increasing

Positive 3Y Average ROIC

ROIC is Increasing

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66 / 100

Profitability
Score

66 / 100

Profitability
Score

Margins

Return on Capital

Free Cash Flow

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