As of today (2020-07-09), Caterpillar's current share price is USD 126.42. Caterpillar's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 was USD 6.37. Caterpillar's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 19.85.
NYSE:CAT'
s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.56 Med: 18.92 Max: 35.65
Current: 19.87
10.56
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35.65
During the past years, Caterpillar's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 35.65. The lowest was 10.56. And the median was 18.92.
E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.
Caterpillar's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2020 was USD 1.980. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is USD 6.37 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2020.
Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation
Caterpillar Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data
* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.
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Caterpillar Annual Data
Dec10
Dec11
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Shiller PE Ratio
11.99
17.90
32.97
24.37
23.62
Caterpillar Quarterly Data
Jun15
Sep15
Dec15
Mar16
Jun16
Sep16
Dec16
Mar17
Jun17
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Shiller PE Ratio
24.02
23.20
20.76
23.62
18.22
Competitive Comparison
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap.
Caterpillar Shiller PE Ratio Distribution
* The bar in red indicates where Caterpillar's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.
Caterpillar Shiller PE Ratio Calculation
For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.
The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.
Caterpillar's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as
Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.
Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.
Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation
Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.
If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.
Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.
Be Aware
Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.
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