Caterpillar (WBO:CAT) Price-to-Tangible-Book : 12.47 (As of May. 23, 2025)

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What is Caterpillar Price-to-Tangible-Book?

As of today (2025-05-23), Caterpillar's share price is €304.50. Caterpillar's Tangible Book per Share of Mar. 2025 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €24.42. Hence, Caterpillar's Price to Tangible Book Ratio of today is 12.47.

The historical rank and industry rank for Caterpillar's Price-to-Tangible-Book or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:CAT' s Price-to-Tangible-Book Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.85 Med: 11.23 Max: 17.49
Current: 12.89

During the past 13 years, Caterpillar's highest Price to Tangible Book Ratio was 17.49. The lowest was 5.85. And the median was 11.23.

WBO:CAT's Price-to-Tangible-Book is ranked worse than
95.45% of 198 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 1.87 vs WBO:CAT: 12.89

A closely related ratio is called PB Ratio. As of today, Caterpillar's share price is €304.50. Caterpillar's Book Value per Sharefor the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €35.48. Hence, Caterpillar's P/B Ratio of today is 8.58.

Caterpillar Price-to-Tangible-Book Historical Data

The historical data trend for Caterpillar's Price-to-Tangible-Book can be seen below:

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Caterpillar Price-to-Tangible-Book Chart

Caterpillar Annual Data

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Price-to-Tangible-Book

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12.65

12.12

12.47

10.75

12.57

Caterpillar Quarterly Data
	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25
Price-to-Tangible-Book	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															15.22	14.17	13.78	12.57	12.41

Competitive Comparison of Caterpillar's Price-to-Tangible-Book

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Caterpillar's Price-to-Tangible-Book, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Tangible-Book 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 Price-to-Tangible-Book Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Caterpillar's Price-to-Tangible-Book distribution charts can be found below:

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Caterpillar Price-to-Tangible-Book Calculation

Caterpillar's price-to-tangible-book ratio for today is calculated as:

Price to Tangible Book	=	Share Price	/	Tangible Book per Share (Q: Mar. 2025 )
	=	304.50	/	24.421
	=	12.47

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price to Tangible Book	=	Market Cap	/	Tangible Equity
	=	Market Cap	/	(Total Stockholders Equity	-	Preferred Stock	-	Intangible Assets)

A closely related ratio is called PB Ratio. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book Ratio and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.

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Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The Price-to-Book Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the Price-to-Book Ratio cannot be applied to them.

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CAT:USA CAT:Peru CAT:Mexico CAT_KZ:Kazakhstan 1CAT:Italy 0Q18:UK CAT1:Germany CAT:Chile CATR:Canada CATP34:Brazil CAT:Argentina

Address

5205 N. O'Connor Boulevard, Suite 100, Irving, TX, USA, 75039

Website

https://www.caterpillar.com

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.