On July 17, Caterpillar fell 4.04% in regular trading, trading at $853.025/share, with turnover of $456 million. The stock extended its steep pullback from recent highs, with the Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks sector broadly under pressure.
On the news front, since legendary investor Michael Burry established a short position at $1,060.98 on July 1, citing overvaluation amid the AI infrastructure rally, Caterpillar has plunged over 19% from its peak. Burry argued that the stock's price-to-sales ratio had climbed to a three-decade high, with the current share price fully pricing in AI-driven power equipment growth expectations. Despite Oppenheimer raising its target to $1,105, Citi to $1,100, and Bernstein to $1,002 in recent weeks, the stock has continued to decline, reflecting a stark divergence between institutional bullishness and market selling pressure.
Within the Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks sector, Cummins fell 2.56%, Terex fell 1.15%, Westinghouse Air Brake fell 0.83%, and Oshkosh fell 0.49%.
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