Caterpillar
CATMarket price data through August 21, 2026.
Performance
Aug 2021 – Aug 2026
Track record
How this pick has done since Benson first called it.
- Benson Return
- +3%
- How much this stock is up since Benson first picked it — measured from the price at the time of that first pick, not from today.
- First pick price
- ~$800
- Roughly what one share cost when Benson first picked this stock. This is the starting line for the Benson Return.
- Tracking since
- April 2026
- The month this stock first became a Benson pick.
- Tracking duration
- 4 months
- How long Benson has been tracking this pick.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar is the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, the yellow bulldozers and excavators you see on job sites everywhere. It also has a booming second act: its giant engines and turbines power the AI data centers that cannot pull enough electricity from the grid. Think of it as selling the picks and shovels for both the building boom and the AI boom.
The case for and against
Both sides of the story, in plain English.
- Record Quarter
Caterpillar just crossed 20 billion dollars in sales in a single quarter for the first time ever, hitting 20.5 billion dollars, up 24 percent from a year ago. Profit per share jumped to 7 dollars and 77 cents from 4 dollars and 62 cents, and all three main business segments grew.
- AI Power Play
Data centers need enormous on-site power, and Caterpillar's big engines and turbines are the go-to fix. Power generation sales grew 29 percent to 3.1 billion dollars last quarter, helping push the whole power and energy business to 8.2 billion dollars.
- Cycle Risk
Heavy machinery is a boom and bust business, and North America did the heavy lifting with sales there up 37 percent while Asia Pacific grew just 4 percent. If construction or data center spending cools, that 3.1 billion dollar jump in sales volume can reverse fast.
- Tariff Fog
Profit this quarter included 392 million dollars of expected tariff recoveries, money the company assumes it will get back rather than cash already banked. Trade rules can change, and if those recoveries shrink, reported profits take a hit.
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This automated research summary uses Financial Modeling Prep market data through 2026-08-21. Model signals, scores, and risk labels can change and may be incomplete or wrong.
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