Compare Stocks: CAT, PH, VMI, and CR

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CAT Caterpillar	$846.52 +1.1%	$920.45	$405.46 ▼ $1,073.46	$389.12B	1.6	2.92 million shs	1.04 million shs
CR Crane	$221.18 +0.8%	$213.65	$159.58 ▼ $230.50	$12.78B	1.03	503,516 shs	148,929 shs
PH Parker-Hannifin	$1,068.40 +0.7%	$955.35	$715.37 ▼ $1,099.94	$134.71B	1.12	718,965 shs	133,121 shs
VMI Valmont Industries	$498.12 +1.2%	$532.25	$360.41 ▼ $585.71	$9.62B	1.35	201,935 shs	67,771 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CAT Caterpillar	-0.97%	+0.34%	-12.19%	-8.32%	+100.82%
CR Crane	-0.58%	-0.16%	-0.03%	+21.29%	+12.81%
PH Parker-Hannifin	-1.45%	+6.43%	+10.36%	+20.30%	+45.74%
VMI Valmont Industries	-0.19%	+0.79%	-9.76%	-3.85%	+33.84%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CAT Caterpillar	$846.52 +1.1%	$920.45	$405.46 ▼ $1,073.46	$389.12B	1.6	2.92 million shs	1.04 million shs
CR Crane	$221.18 +0.8%	$213.65	$159.58 ▼ $230.50	$12.78B	1.03	503,516 shs	148,929 shs
PH Parker-Hannifin	$1,068.40 +0.7%	$955.35	$715.37 ▼ $1,099.94	$134.71B	1.12	718,965 shs	133,121 shs
VMI Valmont Industries	$498.12 +1.2%	$532.25	$360.41 ▼ $585.71	$9.62B	1.35	201,935 shs	67,771 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CAT Caterpillar	-0.97%	+0.34%	-12.19%	-8.32%	+100.82%
CR Crane	-0.58%	-0.16%	-0.03%	+21.29%	+12.81%
PH Parker-Hannifin	-1.45%	+6.43%	+10.36%	+20.30%	+45.74%
VMI Valmont Industries	-0.19%	+0.79%	-9.76%	-3.85%	+33.84%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CAT Caterpillar	2.52	Moderate Buy	$995.52	19.04% Upside
CR Crane	3.25	Buy	$236.33	7.88% Upside
PH Parker-Hannifin	2.82	Moderate Buy	$1,091.38	2.91% Upside
VMI Valmont Industries	2.67	Moderate Buy	$587.00	19.02% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CAT, PH, VMI, and CR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/7/2026	PH Parker-Hannifin	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$1,075.00
8/7/2026	PH Parker-Hannifin	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$1,214.00
8/7/2026	PH Parker-Hannifin	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$1,092.00 ➝ $1,250.00
8/7/2026	PH Parker-Hannifin	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$1,100.00 ➝ $1,210.00
8/7/2026	PH Parker-Hannifin	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$1,141.00 ➝ $1,232.00
8/7/2026	PH Parker-Hannifin	BNP Paribas Exane Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$1,090.00 ➝ $1,220.00
8/7/2026	PH Parker-Hannifin	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$1,269.00 ➝ $1,358.00
8/7/2026	PH Parker-Hannifin	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Positive	$1,100.00 ➝ $1,250.00
8/6/2026	CAT Caterpillar	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$845.00 ➝ $882.00
8/6/2026	CAT Caterpillar	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$800.00 ➝ $900.00
8/5/2026	CAT Caterpillar	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B-)

(Data available from 8/11/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CAT Caterpillar	$67.59B	5.69	$24.05 per share	34.78	$45.82 per share	18.25
CR Crane	$2.31B	5.49	$6.99 per share	31.34	$35.78 per share	6.12
PH Parker-Hannifin	$21.50B	6.22	$39.76 per share	26.67	$122.24 per share	8.68
VMI Valmont Industries	$4.10B	2.32	$23.79 per share	20.73	$82.88 per share	5.95

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CAT Caterpillar	$8.88B	$23.24	35.98	26.12	1.52	14.51%	55.53%	11.38%	N/A
CR Crane	$366.60M	$5.72	38.30	28.30	2.65	12.97%	18.67%	10.72%	10/26/2026 (Estimated)
PH Parker-Hannifin	$3.65B	$28.49	37.22	28.58	2.83	16.97%	28.48%	13.49%	N/A
VMI Valmont Industries	$334.78M	$25.68	19.21	19.15	1.13	11.70%	25.57%	12.44%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)

Latest CAT, PH, VMI, and CR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q4 2026	PH Parker-Hannifin	$8.31	$9.27	+$0.96	$8.54	$5.57 billion	$5.76 billion
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	CAT Caterpillar	$6.22	$8.17	+$1.95	$7.77	$19.34 billion	$20.54 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	CR Crane	$1.68	$1.79	+$0.11	$1.63	$708.46 million	$724.70 million
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	VMI Valmont Industries	$5.80	$6.14	+$0.34	$6.14	$1.09 billion	$1.12 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CAT Caterpillar	$6.52	0.78%	+7.23%	28.06%	30 Years
CR Crane	$1.02	0.47%	N/A	17.83%	3 Years
PH Parker-Hannifin	$8.00	0.75%	+15.06%	28.08%	70 Years
VMI Valmont Industries	$3.08	0.62%	+8.61%	11.99%	1 Years

Latest CAT, PH, VMI, and CR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/27/2026	VMI Valmont Industries	quarterly	$0.77	0.62%	9/25/2026	9/25/2026	10/15/2026
7/28/2026	CR Crane	quarterly	$0.2550	0.45%	8/31/2026	8/31/2026	9/9/2026
6/10/2026	CAT Caterpillar	quarterly	$1.63	0.75%	7/20/2026	7/20/2026	8/19/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CAT Caterpillar	1.65	1.37	0.85
CR Crane	0.50	2.80	1.84
PH Parker-Hannifin	0.44	1.26	0.74
VMI Valmont Industries	0.42	2.35	1.55

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CAT Caterpillar	70.98%
CR Crane	75.14%
PH Parker-Hannifin	82.44%
VMI Valmont Industries	87.84%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CAT Caterpillar	0.33%
CR Crane	2.12%
PH Parker-Hannifin	0.32%
VMI Valmont Industries	1.42%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CAT Caterpillar	118,000	459.67 million	458.16 million	Optionable
CR Crane	7,100	57.80 million	56.58 million	Optionable
PH Parker-Hannifin	57,950	126.09 million	125.68 million	Optionable
VMI Valmont Industries	10,791	19.31 million	19.03 million	Optionable

CAT, PH, VMI, and CR Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Caterpillar’s Blowout Quarter May Point to More Industrial Winners (VMI)

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4 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI Shares Sold by Royal Bank of Canada

August 10 at 4:47 AM | marketbeat.com

Oliver Luxxe Assets LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI

August 9 at 6:15 AM | marketbeat.com

Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI Shares Sold by Bank of America Corp DE

August 8 at 3:44 AM | marketbeat.com

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) Downgraded by Wall Street Zen to "Buy"

August 8 at 1:07 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) Rating Lowered to "Buy" at Wall Street Zen

August 8 at 1:05 AM | marketbeat.com

FY2027 EPS Forecast for Valmont Industries Raised by Analyst

August 7, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

FY2026 EPS Estimate for Valmont Industries Raised by Analyst

August 6, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

August 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of VMI FY2027 Earnings

August 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Zacks Research Has Strong Estimate for VMI FY2026 Earnings

August 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Valmont Industries, Inc. (NYSE:VMI) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

August 4, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

California State Teachers Retirement System Buys 4,317 Shares of Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI

August 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Amundi Decreases Holdings in Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI

August 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Janus Henderson Group PLC Has $50.31 Million Stake in Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI

August 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI Shares Sold by Lazard Asset Management LLC

August 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC Cuts Position in Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI

August 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund Takes $3.48 Million Position in Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI Shares Bought by Renaissance Technologies LLC

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Valmont Industries, Inc. (NYSE:VMI) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Edgestream Partners L.P. Has $9.44 Million Holdings in Valmont Industries, Inc. $VMI

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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CAT, PH, VMI, and CR Company Descriptions

Caterpillar NYSE:CAT

$846.52 +8.94 (+1.07%)

As of 01:07 PM Eastern

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, road reclaimers, forestry machines, cold planers, material handlers, track-type tractors, excavators, telehandlers, motor graders, and pipelayers; compact track, wheel, track-type, backhoe, and skid steer loaders; and related parts and tools. The company's Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, tractors, mining trucks, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers and dozers, fleet management products, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions, as well as related parts and services. Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines, drivetrain, and integrated systems and solutions; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, revolving charge accounts, repair/rebuild financing services, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products and services. Its All Other Operating segment offers filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; logistics solutions and distribution services; brand management and marketing strategy services; and digital investments services. Caterpillar Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Crane NYSE:CR

$221.18 +1.83 (+0.83%)

As of 01:06 PM Eastern

Crane Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells engineered industrial products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Aerospace & Electronics, Process Flow Technologies, and Engineered Materials. The Aerospace & Electronics segment supplies critical components and systems, including original equipment and aftermarket parts for commercial aerospace, as well as the military aerospace, defense, and space markets. This segment also offers pressure sensors for aircraft engine control, aircraft braking systems for commercial aircraft and fighter jets, power conversion solutions for spacecraft, and lubrication systems. The Process Flow Technologies segment provides engineered fluid handling equipment for mission-critical applications. It offers process valves and related products, such as lined pipe, fittings and hoses, air-operated diaphragm and peristaltic pumps, instrumentation and sampling systems, valve positioning and control systems, and valve diagnostic and calibration systems; commercial valves; and pumps and systems. The Engineered Materials segment manufactures fiberglass-reinforced plastic panels and coils for use in the manufacturing of recreational vehicles, as well as in commercial and industrial building applications. This segment sells directly to RV, trailer, and truck manufacturers, as well as through distributors and retailers. The company provides its products and solutions to end markets, including commercial and military aerospace, defense, and space; chemical and pharmaceutical production; water and wastewater; non-residential and municipal construction; energy; and other general industrial and consumer-related applications. The company was formerly known as Crane Holdings, Co. Crane Company was founded in 1855 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Parker-Hannifin NYSE:PH

$1,068.40 +7.90 (+0.74%)

As of 01:07 PM Eastern

Parker-Hannifin Corporation manufactures and sells motion and control technologies and systems for various mobile, industrial, and aerospace markets worldwide. The company operates through two segments: Diversified Industrial and Aerospace Systems. The Diversified Industrial segment offers sealing, shielding, thermal products and systems, adhesives, coatings, and noise vibration and harshness solutions; filters, systems, and diagnostics solutions to ensure purity and remove contaminants from fuel, air, oil, water, and other liquids and gases; connectors used in fluid and gas handling; and hydraulic, pneumatic, and electromechanical components and systems for builders and users of mobile and industrial machinery and equipment. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and distributors who serve the replacement markets in manufacturing, packaging, processing, transportation, construction, refrigeration and air conditioning, agricultural, and military machinery and equipment industries. The Aerospace Systems segment offers products for use in commercial and military airframe and engine programs, such as control actuation systems and components, engine build-up ducting, engine exhaust nozzles and assemblies, engine systems and components, fluid conveyance systems and components, fuel systems and components, fuel tank inerting systems, hydraulic systems and components, lubrication components, avionics, sensors, pneumatic control components, thermal management products, fire detection and suppression systems and components, and wheels and brakes, as well as fluid metering, delivery, and atomization devices. This segment markets its products directly to OEMs and end users. The company markets its products through direct-sales employees, independent distributors, and sales representatives. Parker-Hannifin Corporation was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

Valmont Industries NYSE:VMI

$498.12 +5.88 (+1.19%)

As of 01:07 PM Eastern

Valmont Industries, Inc. operates as manufacturer of products and services for infrastructure and agriculture markets in the United States, Australia, Brazil, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Infrastructure and Agriculture. The company manufactures and distributes steel, pre-stressed concrete, composite structures for electrical transmission, substation, and distribution applications; and designs, engineers, and manufactures metal, steel, wood, aluminum, and composite poles and structures for lighting and transportation applications. It also offers galvanizing, anodizing, painting, and powder coating services for paint products; towers, small cell structures, camouflage concealment solutions, passive intermodulation mitigation equipment, and components for wireless communication markets; and solar single-axis tracker product, an integrated system of steel structures, electric motors, and electronic controllers, as well as provides coatings services to preserve metal products. In addition, the company manufactures center pivot components and linear irrigation equipment for the agricultural markets, such as parts and tubular products for industrial customers; advanced technology solutions for agricultural sector; mechanical irrigation equipment and service parts under the Valley brand name. It serves municipalities and government entities, commercial lighting fixtures manufacturing companies, contractors, telecommunications and utility companies, and farmers, as well as the general manufacturing sector. Valmont Industries, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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CAT, PH, VMI, and CR Headlines

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