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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$348.86
-0.5%
$356.99
$205.60
$382.01
$170.61B1.192.48 million shs2.63 million shs
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
$284.71
+0.3%
$291.16
$203.18
$304.24
$38.94B1.042.33 million shs529,535 shs
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
$148.63
+3.1%
$132.88
$79.86
$156.95
$9.01B1.411.06 million shs872,959 shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
-0.52%-2.11%-4.02%+7.71%+66.36%
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
+0.29%-0.34%-2.64%+7.86%+35.23%
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
+3.12%+2.61%+8.35%+31.78%+28.01%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
4.5407 of 5 stars
2.24.04.21.33.13.31.9
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
4.7437 of 5 stars
2.15.04.21.42.63.32.5
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
3.8575 of 5 stars
2.32.00.01.92.52.53.1

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
2.33
Hold$323.35-7.31% Downside
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
2.27
Hold$284.36-0.12% Downside
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
2.52
Moderate Buy$142.15-4.36% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest GNRC, CAT, and CMI Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/23/2024
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
Truist Financial
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$160.00 ➝ $170.00
5/23/2024
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Reiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Neutral$149.00
5/22/2024
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
Oppenheimer
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DowngradeOutperform ➝ Market Perform
5/15/2024
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
Truist Financial
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Reiterated RatingHold ➝ Hold$319.00 ➝ $319.00
5/10/2024
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
TD Cowen
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$272.00 ➝ $292.00
5/3/2024
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
Truist Financial
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$303.00 ➝ $319.00
5/3/2024
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
Robert W. Baird
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$298.00 ➝ $295.00
5/2/2024
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
Oppenheimer
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$140.00 ➝ $145.00
4/30/2024
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
HSBC
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$330.00 ➝ $360.00
4/26/2024
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
TD Cowen
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$338.00 ➝ $340.00
4/26/2024
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
Stifel Nicolaus
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DowngradeBuy ➝ Hold$293.00 ➝ $350.00
(Data available from 5/25/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$67.06B2.54$25.10 per share13.90$36.08 per share9.67
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
$34.07B1.14$26.83 per share10.61$73.85 per share3.86
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
$4.02B2.24$8.06 per share18.44$39.10 per share3.80

Profitability & Earnings

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
$10.34B$22.1515.7515.081.8216.79%58.61%12.95%8/6/2024 (Estimated)
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
$735M$13.6620.8412.931.815.70%25.38%8.56%8/1/2024 (Estimated)
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
$203.09M$3.6340.9418.722.085.68%14.68%6.73%8/7/2024 (Estimated)

Latest GNRC, CAT, and CMI Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/2/2024Q1 2024
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
$5.11$5.10-$0.01-$3.83$8.36 billion$8.40 billion
5/1/2024Q1 2024
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
$0.72$0.88+$0.16$1.37$886.60 million$889.27 million    
4/25/2024Q1 2024
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$5.12$5.60+$0.48$5.45$16.07 billion$15.80 billion    

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
$5.201.49%+6.67%23.48%29 Years
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
$6.722.36%+7.15%49.19%18 Years
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Latest GNRC, CAT, and CMI Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
5/14/2024
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
quarterly$1.682.28%5/23/20245/24/20246/6/2024
4/10/2024
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
quarterly$1.301.4%4/19/20244/22/20245/20/2024
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
1.41
1.35
0.83
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
0.57
1.34
0.84
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
0.61
2.29
0.97

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
70.98%
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
83.46%
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
84.04%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
0.33%
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
0.56%
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
2.80%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Caterpillar Inc. stock logo
CAT
Caterpillar
113,200489.05 million487.44 millionOptionable
Cummins Inc. stock logo
CMI
Cummins
75,500136.78 million136.01 millionOptionable
Generac Holdings Inc. stock logo
GNRC
Generac
8,60060.61 million58.92 millionOptionable

GNRC, CAT, and CMI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Generac (NYSE:GNRC) Rating Reiterated by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JP Morgan Downgrades Generac Holdings (GNRC)
Unveiling 4 Analyst Insights On Generac Hldgs
Oppenheimer Downgrades Generac (NYSE:GNRC) to Market Perform

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Company Descriptions

Caterpillar logo

Caterpillar

NYSE:CAT
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.
Cummins logo

Cummins

NYSE:CMI
Cummins Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and services diesel and natural gas engines, electric and hybrid powertrains, and related components worldwide. It operates through five segments: Engine, Distribution, Components, Power Systems, and Accelera. The company offers diesel and natural gas-powered engines under the Cummins and other customer brands for the heavy and medium-duty truck, bus, recreational vehicle, light-duty automotive, construction, mining, marine, rail, oil and gas, defense, and agricultural markets; and offers parts and services, as well as remanufactured parts and engines. It provides power generation systems, horsepower engines, heavy and medium duty engines, application engineering services, custom-designed assemblies, retail and wholesale aftermarket parts, and in-shop and field-based repair services. In addition, the company offers emission solutions; turbochargers; air and fuel filters, fuel water separators, lube and hydraulic filters, coolants, fuel additives, and other filtration systems; and electronic control modules, sensors, and supporting software, as well as new, replacement, and remanufactured fuel systems. Further, it provides automated transmissions; standby and prime power generators, controls, paralleling systems, and transfer switches, as well as A/C generator/alternator products under the Stamford and AVK brands; and electrified power systems with components and subsystems, including battery, fuel cell, and hydrogen production technologies. Additionally, it offers filtration, aftertreatment, controls systems, air handling systems, and electric power generation systems, and batteries. It sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and other customers. The company was formerly known as Cummins Engine Company and changed its name to Cummins Inc. in 2001. Cummins Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Columbus, Indiana.
Generac logo

Generac

NYSE:GNRC
Generac Holdings Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes various energy technology products and solution worldwide. The company offers residential automatic standby generators, automatic transfer switch, air-cooled engine residential standby generators, and liquid-cooled engine generators; Mobile Link, a remote monitoring system for home standby generators; residential storage solution, which consists of a system of batteries, an inverter, photovoltaic optimizers, power electronic controls, and other components; smart home solutions, such as smart thermostats and a suite of home monitoring products. It also provides smart home energy management devices and sensors for heating and cooling system; smart doorbell cameras; and portable and inverter generators; multiple portable battery solutions; manual transfer switches; outdoor power equipment, including trimmers, field and brush mowers, log splitters, stump grinders, chipper shredders, lawn and leaf vacuums, and pressure washers and water pumps; and battery-powered turf care products. In addition, the company offers commercial and industrial products comprising cleaner-burning natural gas fueled generators; light-commercial standby generators and related transfer switches; stationary generators; single-engine industrial generators; industrial standby generators; industrial transfer switches; light towers, mobile generators, commercial mobile pumps, heaters, dust-suppression equipment, and mobile energy storage systems; stationary energy storage system and related inverter products; and aftermarket service parts and product accessories. The company distributes its products through independent residential dealers, industrial distributors and dealers, national and regional retailers, e-commerce partners, electrical/HVAC/solar wholesalers, solar installers, catalogs, equipment rental companies, and other equipment distributors; and directly to end users. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin.