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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$423.09
+0.7%
$417.05
$267.30
$441.15
$196.86B1.412.74 million shs1.84 million shs
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
$24.00
$23.70
$22.60
$24.01
$1.62B2.19345,694 shsN/A
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
$294.64
+0.8%
$278.81
$215.08
$298.31
$38.62B0.86780,035 shs585,178 shs
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Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
+1.39%-3.37%-3.01%+18.95%+24.93%
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
+1.56%+0.38%+3.17%+10.39%+24.44%
CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$423.09
+0.7%
$417.05
$267.30
$441.15
$196.86B1.412.74 million shs1.84 million shs
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
$24.00
$23.70
$22.60
$24.01
$1.62B2.19345,694 shsN/A
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
$294.64
+0.8%
$278.81
$215.08
$298.31
$38.62B0.86780,035 shs585,178 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
+1.39%-3.37%-3.01%+18.95%+24.93%
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
+1.56%+0.38%+3.17%+10.39%+24.44%
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
2.83
Moderate Buy$457.208.06% Upside
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
0.00
N/AN/AN/A
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
3.00
Buy$308.364.66% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest VMC, CAT, and FRTA Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
8/29/2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
Jefferies Financial Group
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Reiterated RatingBuy$500.00
8/29/2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
Oppenheimer
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Lower Price TargetOutperform$493.00 ➝ $480.00
8/29/2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
Robert W. Baird
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Lower Price TargetOutperform$500.00 ➝ $495.00
8/26/2025
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetOverweight$285.00 ➝ $330.00
8/19/2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
Evercore ISI
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UpgradeIn-LineOutperform$476.00
8/6/2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
Citigroup
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Boost Price TargetBuy$460.00 ➝ $500.00
8/6/2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetOverweight$475.00 ➝ $520.00
8/6/2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight$383.00 ➝ $425.00
8/6/2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
Bank of America
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Boost Price TargetBuy$460.00 ➝ $495.00
8/6/2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
Truist Financial
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Boost Price TargetBuy$414.00 ➝ $507.00
8/4/2025
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
Citigroup
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Reiterated RatingBuy$305.00 ➝ $321.00
(Data available from 9/5/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$64.81B3.06$27.10 per share15.61$40.79 per share10.37
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
$1.86B0.87$3.04 per share7.89$4.76 per share5.04
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
$7.42B5.25$13.14 per share22.43$61.66 per share4.78
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$10.79B$19.6621.5219.142.5514.95%48.95%10.60%10/29/2025 (Estimated)
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
$116.32M$1.6714.37N/A6.26%43.07%6.61%N/A
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
$911.90M$7.1641.1530.312.3912.52%12.81%6.41%10/29/2025 (Estimated)

Latest VMC, CAT, and FRTA Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
8/5/2025Q2 2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$4.88$4.72-$0.16$4.62$16.14 billion$16.57 billion
7/31/2025Q2 2025
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
$2.65$2.45-$0.20$2.42$2.23 billion$2.10 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$6.041.43%N/A30.72%30 Years
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
$1.960.67%N/A27.37%12 Years

Latest VMC, CAT, and FRTA Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/11/2025
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
quarterly$0.490.73%8/14/20258/14/20259/3/2025
6/11/2025
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
quarterly$1.511.67%7/21/20257/21/20258/20/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
1.50
1.34
0.81
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
3.20
2.15
1.25
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
0.52
1.67
1.13

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
70.98%
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
94.30%
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
90.39%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
0.33%
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
4.40%
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
0.62%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
112,900468.48 million466.93 millionOptionable
Forterra, Inc. stock logo
FRTA
Forterra
4,82467.45 million64.48 millionOptionable
Vulcan Materials Company stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
11,436132.12 million131.31 millionOptionable

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Caterpillar stock logo

Caterpillar NYSE:CAT

$423.09 +2.87 (+0.68%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$422.34 -0.74 (-0.18%)
As of 07:59 PM Eastern
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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.

Forterra stock logo

Forterra NASDAQ:FRTA

Forterra, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells pipe and precast products in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It operates through Drainage Pipe & Products; and Water Pipe & Products segments. The company offers concrete drainage pipes used for storm water applications, residential and non-residential site developments, sanitary sewers, low-pressure sewer force mains, tunneled systems, treatment plant piping, and utility tunnels; precast concrete products, including box culverts, utility vaults, manholes, drainage inlets, and pipe end sections used for roadway and airport drainage, storm water management, utility construction, and water treatment and filtration systems; and architectural panels for buildings, modular railroad crossings, retaining wall and storm water treatment systems, highway noise barriers, and concrete vaults that are used to house dry or wet utilities. It also provides hollow-core planks, prestressed bridge girders, beams, columns, wall panels, stairs, garage floors, and architectural claddings for parking garages and arched and modular bridges; precast concrete bridge girders for highway projects; precast concrete foundation to support prefabricated shelters or equipment buildings; precast product that consolidates and protects underground electrical and communication cables; and storm water technologies for storm water management market. In addition, the company offers ductile iron pipes for transmission and distribution of potable and wastewater; concrete pressure pipes for water transmission and distribution, power plant cooling water lines, sewage force mains for waste and storm water, and other applications; and prestressed concrete and bar-wrapped concrete pipes. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas. As of March 18, 2022, Forterra, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Quikrete Holdings, Inc.

Vulcan Materials stock logo

Vulcan Materials NYSE:VMC

$294.64 +2.31 (+0.79%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$295.00 +0.36 (+0.12%)
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Vulcan Materials Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces and supplies construction aggregates primarily in the United States. It operates through four segments: Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete, and Calcium. The company provides crushed stones, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates; and related products and services that are applied in construction and maintenance of highways, streets, and other public works, as well as in the construction of housing and commercial, industrial, and other nonresidential facilities. It also offers asphalt mix and asphalt construction paving services; ready-mixed concrete; and calcium products for the animal feed, plastics, and water treatment industries. The company was formerly known as Virginia Holdco, Inc. and changed its name to Vulcan Materials Company. Vulcan Materials Company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.