On 2026-08-03, Caterpillar (CAT) closed at 830.03 USD, up 1.87% on the day. Its 20-day return of -14.42% is in the 3rd percentile. Its RSI(14) of 39.55 is in the 17th percentile of its history since 1962. It trades at 63.6% of its 52-week range. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 884.66 / 919.23 / 739.63 USD, with price -6.18% / -9.70% / +12.22% against them. Its 52-week range is 405.46–1073.46 USD; it closed 22.68% below the high and 104.71% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.522% daily, in the 89th percentile of its history since 1962. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 40.73 USD, 4.91% of price. It has returned -4.95% over 5 days and -10.45% over 60 days. Against the S&P 500, its weekly-return beta +0.75 / correlation +0.27 (52-week); beta +0.56 / correlation +0.23 (26-week). Its weekly-return correlation to the change in the US 10-year TIPS real yield is -0.14 (52-week); -0.23 (26-week). Next earnings are scheduled for 2026-08-04.
=== CATERPILLAR (CAT) (USD) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-03, prior 2026-07-31)
close 830.03
change +15.22 (+1.868%)
range (as of 2026-08-03)
range 30.63
close pos 82.7% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-03)
20d MA 884.66 price below by -6.18%
50d MA 919.23 price below by -9.70%
200d MA 739.63 price above by +12.22%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-03)
20d stdev 2.522% daily ≈ 40.0% annualized (×√252) (89th pct of own history, since 1962 (16233 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.22× (2.522% vs 2.074% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-03)
ATR(14) 40.73
ATR% 4.91% (98th pct of own history, since 1962 (16239 obs))
range/ATR 75.2%
relative volume (as of 2026-08-03)
RVOL 0.93x (today vs 20-day average volume)
pctile 54th pct of own history, since 1962 (16233 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-08-03)
high 1073.46 (-22.68% from high)
low 405.46 (+104.71% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-03)
RSI(14) 39.55 (17th pct of own history, since 1962 (16239 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-03)
5d return -4.95%
20d return -14.42%
60d return -10.45%
volatility by rate-era
pre-crisis 1.8267% (from 1962-01-02)
ZIRP-2009 2.0221%
tightening-2015 1.7203%
ZIRP-2019 2.1140%
tightening-2022 1.9636%
easing-2024 2.0743%
real-yield sensitivity (weekly returns vs weekly Δ in 10Y TIPS real yield, DFII10) (as of 2026-07-31)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.23 (26w)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.14 (52w)
S&P 500 market factor (weekly returns) (as of 2026-08-03)
vs S&P 500 beta +0.56 corr +0.23 (26w)
vs S&P 500 beta +0.75 corr +0.27 (52w)
earnings horizon
next earnings 2026-08-04 (1 day)