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Investing.com - DA Davidson raised its price target on Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) stock to $408.00 from $388.00 on Friday, while maintaining a Neutral rating following the company’s second-quarter 2025 earnings report. According to InvestingPro analysis, the machinery giant, currently valued at $195 billion, is trading slightly above its Fair Value.
The research firm cited tariffs as a growing concern for the heavy equipment manufacturer, noting they appear to be causing a temporary limitation on Caterpillar’s margins to the lower half of its targeted range. Despite these concerns, the company maintains strong fundamentals with a P/E ratio of 21.14 and annual revenue of $63.14 billion.
Despite these challenges, DA Davidson observed that Caterpillar appears to be on firmer ground organically, with near-term growth expected across all segments of its business.
The firm noted that while Caterpillar faces a soft rental-fleet sales environment, these challenges appear modest in scale, and any end-market headwinds in the Energy & Transportation segment are being more than offset by datacenter-related sales.
Despite the price target increase, DA Davidson maintained its Neutral stance on Caterpillar stock, indicating it is "awaiting an attractive entry point" before becoming more positive on the shares.
In other recent news, Caterpillar has secured a significant agreement to supply power generation equipment for a large data center project in Utah. This project, developed by Joule Capital Partners (WA:CPAP), will feature Caterpillar’s 2.5MW G3520K generator sets and is set to begin construction in 2026. In financial updates, Caterpillar reported mixed second-quarter 2025 results, with adjusted earnings per share of $4.72, missing the consensus estimate of $4.90. However, the company’s revenue reached $16.6 billion, surpassing the forecast of $16.27 billion. Despite the earnings miss, Caterpillar’s stock received positive attention from analysts. Bernstein SocGen Group raised its price target to $447, highlighting a demand rebound, while JPMorgan increased its target to $520, citing a strong backlog. BofA Securities also raised its price target to $495, maintaining a Buy rating due to a positive outlook. These developments reflect a mixed but optimistic view from analysts on Caterpillar’s future performance.
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