CaterpillarCATDON'T BUYSep 19, 2013Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 05, 2026. Market Open.
Equipment dealers are a great place to be -- pass through inflation very well, good plays on mining and global growth. TIH and FTT have the same type of chart, but not so much with WJX.
Technically, over its skis. So don't buy here. But the theme has legs for the next 3-5 years. FTT is a better deal (but at a lower level as well).
All 3 of the Top Picks today involve taking a bit of money away from the infrastructure plays.
This name plus WMT have been using AI the most and for the longest. Has autonomous and semi-autonomous machines. For those machines that have drivers, they just launched a CAT-AI system -- like having a friend and a coach in the cab. AI is being used for predicting and for supply chains.
His 12-month price target is $750. Buy 1/3 here, another ~$645, and the final 1/3 ~$605. Yield is 0.89%.
Has a very mixed opinion on this. Doesn’t like to sit on the fence because it is a really great company and really well run. The problem is, they are in an area of the market where there is low or limited demand for their products. Made an acquisition in Bucyrus a couple of years ago on which they overpaid. Wrote most of this down and will probably write the rest of it down. Globally we are seeing that commodities have rolled over and mining demand is lower.