Projected Income Statement: Caterpillar Inc.

Forecast Balance Sheet: Caterpillar Inc.

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Net Debt 1 28,535 24,667 22,137 27,127 33,350 35,647 34,311 28,705
Change - -13.56% -10.26% 22.54% 22.94% 6.89% -3.75% -16.34%
Announcement Date 1/28/22 1/31/23 2/5/24 1/30/25 1/29/26 - - -
1USD in Million
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Cash Flow Forecast: Caterpillar Inc.

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
CAPEX 1 1,093 1,296 1,597 1,988 2,821 3,489 2,953 3,045
Change - 18.57% 23.23% 24.48% 41.9% 23.69% -15.37% 3.13%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 6,105 6,487 11,288 10,047 8,918 8,766 11,084 13,004
Change - 6.26% 74.01% -10.99% -11.24% -1.71% 26.44% 17.33%
Announcement Date 1/28/22 1/31/23 2/5/24 1/30/25 1/29/26 - - -
1USD in Million
Estimates

Forecast Financial Ratios: Caterpillar Inc.

Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 15.52% 16.99% 22.07% 22.87% 20.5% 21.17% 22.82% 25.27%
EBIT Margin (%) 13.49% 12.51% 19.33% 20.17% 16.5% 18.21% 19.85% 21.51%
EBT Margin (%) 16.1% 14.73% 19.46% 20.63% 17.08% 18.15% 19.64% 21.9%
Net margin (%) 12.73% 11.28% 15.41% 16.65% 13.14% 14.51% 15.59% 17.36%
FCF margin (%) 11.98% 10.92% 16.83% 15.5% 13.19% 11.89% 13.8% 15%
FCF / Net Income (%) 94.08% 96.75% 109.22% 93.1% 100.38% 81.94% 88.48% 86.43%

Profitability

        
ROA 7.36% 8.91% 12.89% 12.23% 9.53% 13.91% 15.58% 22.3%
ROE 37.29% 45.37% 61.59% 55.36% 43.54% 48.89% 53.73% 57.98%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 3.61x 2.44x 1.5x 1.83x 2.41x 2.28x 1.87x 1.31x
Debt / Free cash flow 4.67x 3.8x 1.96x 2.7x 3.74x 4.07x 3.1x 2.21x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 2.14% 2.18% 2.38% 3.07% 4.17% 4.73% 3.68% 3.51%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 13.81% 12.84% 10.79% 13.41% 20.36% 22.35% 16.11% 13.9%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 17.9% 19.98% 14.15% 19.79% 31.63% 39.81% 26.64% 23.42%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 13.12 14.64 25.09 24.59 24.86 28.61 32.5 38.53
Change - 11.6% 71.34% -1.98% 1.07% 15.09% 13.62% 18.55%
Dividend per Share 1 4.36 4.71 5.1 5.53 - 6.165 6.632 7.028
Change - 8.03% 8.28% 8.43% - - 7.57% 5.97%
Book Value Per Share 1 30.75 30.12 38.18 40.05 45.45 47.73 54.47 62.48
Change - -2.07% 26.76% 4.89% 13.5% 5.01% 14.13% 14.7%
EPS 1 11.83 12.64 20.12 22.05 18.81 22.56 27.42 32.76
Change - 6.85% 59.18% 9.59% -14.69% 19.93% 21.54% 19.5%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 540,942 520,409 509,085 482,802 467,980 465,287 465,287 465,287
Announcement Date 1/28/22 1/31/23 2/5/24 1/30/25 1/29/26 - - -
1USD
Estimates
2026 *2027 *
P/E ratio 35.2x 29x
PBR 16.6x 14.6x
EV / Sales 5.5x 5.03x
Yield 0.78% 0.83%

EPS & Dividend

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
28
Last Close Price
794.65USD
Average target price
759.48USD
Spread / Average Target
-4.43%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

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