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Caterpillar (BUE:CAT) 6-1 Month Momentum % : -9.51% (As of Apr. 10, 2025)


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What is Caterpillar 6-1 Month Momentum %?

6-1 Month Momentum % is the total return of the stock from 6-month ago to 1-month ago. As of today (2025-04-10), Caterpillar's 6-1 Month Momentum % is -9.51%.

The industry rank for Caterpillar's 6-1 Month Momentum % or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:CAT's 6-1 Month Momentum % is ranked worse than
77.14% of 210 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 5.22 vs BUE:CAT: -9.51

Competitive Comparison of Caterpillar's 6-1 Month Momentum %

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Caterpillar's 6-1 Month Momentum %, along with its competitors' market caps and 6-1 Month Momentum % data, can be viewed below:

* 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. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Caterpillar's 6-1 Month Momentum % Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Caterpillar's 6-1 Month Momentum % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Caterpillar's 6-1 Month Momentum % falls into.


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Caterpillar  (BUE:CAT) 6-1 Month Momentum % Calculation

6-1 Month Momentum % is calculated as following:

6-1 Month Momentum %=( Price 1-month ago / Price 6-month ago - 1 ) * 100 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Caterpillar  (BUE:CAT) 6-1 Month Momentum % Explanation

Momentum investing is a trading strategy in which investors buy securities that are rising and sell before the prices start to go back down. The 6-1 Month Momentum % measures the total return to a stock over the past six months, but ignores the previous month.

The reason why the most recent month’s return dropped related to the short-term reversal effect associated with momentum. There is an academic finding that short-term momentum actually has a reversal effect, whereby the previous winners (measured over the past months) do poorly the next month, while the previous losers do well the next month. In order to eliminate the short-term reversal effect, the previous month return was not included in this calculation.


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Caterpillar Business Description

Address
5205 N. O'Connor Boulevard, Suite 100, Irving, TX, USA, 75039
Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Its reporting segments are: construction industries (40% sales/47% operating profit, or OP), resource industries (20% sales/19% OP), and energy & transportation (40% sales/34% OP). Market share approaches 20% across many products. Caterpillar operates a captive finance subsidiary to facilitate sales. The firm has global reach (46% US sales/54% ex-US). Construction skews more domestic, while the other divisions are more geographically diversified. An independent network of 156 dealers operates approximately 2,800 facilities, giving Caterpillar reach into about 190 countries for sales and support services.