On 2026-08-06, Caterpillar (CAT) closed at 856.96 USD, down 1.62% on the day. Its 20-day return of -8.68% is in the 10th percentile. Its RSI(14) of 45.21 is in the 31st percentile of its history since 1962. It trades at 67.6% of its 52-week range. Its 20/50/200-day moving averages are 873.56 / 918.23 / 744.64 USD, with price -1.90% / -6.67% / +15.08% against them. Its 52-week range is 405.46–1073.46 USD; it closed 20.17% below the high and 111.36% above the low. Its 20-day volatility is 2.826% daily, in the 94th percentile of its history since 1962. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 43.05 USD, 5.02% of price. It has returned +5.91% over 5 days and -7.53% over 60 days. Against the S&P 500, its weekly-return beta +0.79 / correlation +0.29 (52-week); beta +0.63 / correlation +0.26 (26-week). Its weekly-return correlation to the change in the US 10-year TIPS real yield is -0.17 (52-week); -0.25 (26-week). Next earnings are scheduled for 2026-10-29.
=== CATERPILLAR (CAT) (USD) ===
price & change (as of 2026-08-06, prior 2026-08-05)
close 856.96
change -14.12 (-1.621%)
range (as of 2026-08-06)
range 22.37
close pos 0.0% of range
moving averages (as of 2026-08-06)
20d MA 873.56 price below by -1.90%
50d MA 918.23 price below by -6.67%
200d MA 744.64 price above by +15.08%
price mixed vs MAs
stack: 50d > 20d > 200d
volatility (as of 2026-08-06)
20d stdev 2.826% daily ≈ 44.9% annualized (×√252) (94th pct of own history, since 1962 (16236 obs))
vs easing-2024 avg 1.36× (2.826% vs 2.082% era avg)
ATR (as of 2026-08-06)
ATR(14) 43.05
ATR% 5.02% (98th pct of own history, since 1962 (16242 obs))
range/ATR 52.0%
relative volume (as of 2026-08-06)
RVOL 0.67x (today vs 20-day average volume)
pctile 24th pct of own history, since 1962 (16236 obs)
52-week range (as of 2026-08-06)
high 1073.46 (-20.17% from high)
low 405.46 (+111.36% from low)
momentum (as of 2026-08-06)
RSI(14) 45.21 (31st pct of own history, since 1962 (16242 obs))
returns (as of 2026-08-06)
5d return +5.91%
20d return -8.68%
60d return -7.53%
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 2.0818%
real-yield sensitivity (weekly returns vs weekly Δ in 10Y TIPS real yield, DFII10) (as of 2026-08-05)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.25 (26w)
vs real yield (Δ) -0.17 (52w)
S&P 500 market factor (weekly returns) (as of 2026-08-06)
vs S&P 500 beta +0.63 corr +0.26 (26w)
vs S&P 500 beta +0.79 corr +0.29 (52w)
earnings horizon
next earnings 2026-10-29 (84 days)