CAT
Caterpillar Inc.
CAT has the edge over SKYX overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger modeled upside.
SKYX
SKYX Platforms Corp.
SKYX offers stronger valuation, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
CAT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Strong |
CAT's revenue, profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are all currently healthy.
SKYX Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
SKYX's revenue is currently stable, but its profitability and cash flow are under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
CAT PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 15x | $380 | -37% |
| Fair | 18x | $461 | -24% |
| Forward | 20x | $605 | — |
| Current | 24x | $605 | — |
| Expensive | 33x | $840 | +39% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
CAT's PE is in its expensive range at 24x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 20x next year's earnings, in its fair range.
SKYX PE Valuation
SKYX has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
CAT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for CAT, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
SKYX Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect SKYX's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
CAT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $30.32 | +19% |
| Q3 2026 | $25.48 | +31% |
| Q2 2026 | $23.23 | +18% |
| Q1 2026 | $20.08 | -2% |
| Q4 2025 | $18.81 | -15% |
| Q3 2025 | $19.46 | -9.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $19.64 | -10% |
| Q1 2025 | $20.50 | -7.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $22.05 | +9.6% |
CAT has the edge over SKYX on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
SKYX Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.26 | +$0.08 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.28 | +$0.07 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.30 | +$0.05 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.32 | +$0.04 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.34 | +$0.05 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.35 | +$0.04 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.35 | +$0.10 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.36 | +$0.09 |
SKYX is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $0.26 per share over the past year, against $0.45 at its worst in late 2023.
CAT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $20.7B | +17% |
| Q2 2026 | $20.5B | +24% |
| Q1 2026 | $17.4B | +22% |
| Q4 2025 | $19.1B | +18% |
| Q3 2025 | $17.6B | +9.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $16.6B | -0.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $14.2B | -9.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $16.2B | -5% |
CAT's revenue has grown year over year for five quarters in a row: $20.7B last quarter, up 17% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 20% | +3.1 points |
| Q2 2026 | 21% | +3.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 18% | -0.4 points |
| Q4 2025 | 14% | -4.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 17% | -2.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 17% | -3.6 points |
| Q1 2025 | 18% | -4.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 18% | -0.3 points |
CAT has the edge over SKYX on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
SKYX Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $25.7M | +7.4% |
| Q2 2026 | $25.3M | +9.6% |
| Q1 2026 | $22.1M | +9.8% |
| Q4 2025 | $24.9M | +5.3% |
| Q3 2025 | $23.9M | +7.8% |
| Q2 2025 | $23.1M | +7.5% |
| Q1 2025 | $20.1M | +6% |
| Q4 2024 | $23.7M | +6.8% |
SKYX's revenue has grown year over year for 18 quarters in a row: $26M last quarter, up 7.4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -22% | +6.1 points |
| Q2 2026 | -28% | +4.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | -37% | +1.4 points |
| Q4 2025 | -29% | +11 points |
| Q3 2025 | -28% | +6 points |
| Q2 2025 | -33% | -3.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | -38% | +8.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | -40% | +14 points |
SKYX's operating margin was −22% last quarter, up 6.1 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2020.
CAT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $3.7B | +19% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.8B | +47% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1B | +97% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.7B | +0.1% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.1B | -1.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.6B | -4.2% |
| Q1 2025 | $579M | -63% |
| Q4 2024 | $2.7B | -22% |
CAT has the edge over SKYX on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
SKYX Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$4.2M | +$770.7K |
| Q2 2026 | -$3.7M | -$1.7M |
| Q1 2026 | -$6M | -$1.7M |
| Q4 2025 | -$2M | +$3.3M |
| Q3 2025 | -$5M | -$2.2M |
| Q2 2025 | -$2M | +$2.5M |
| Q1 2025 | -$4.3M | +$1.9M |
| Q4 2024 | -$5.3M | -$2.4M |
SKYX has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$16M over the past year, against −$17M the year before.
CAT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.3% | -1.6M shares |
| 1 year | -2.1% | -9.9M shares |
| 3 years | -10% | -51.7M shares |
| 5 years | -16% | -86.7M shares |
| Available history | -19% | -107M shares |
CAT has the edge over SKYX on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.2B |
| Q2 2026 | $1.5B |
| Q1 2026 | $5B |
| Q4 2025 | $340M |
| Q3 2025 | $362M |
| Q2 2025 | $828M |
| Q1 2025 | $3.7B |
| Q4 2024 | $640M |
CAT spent $8.1B buying back its own shares over the past year, up 47% from the year before.
SKYX Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.8% | +1.1M shares |
| 1 year | +21% | +23.6M shares |
| 3 years | +49% | +44.5M shares |
| 5 years | +109% | +70.6M shares |
| Available history | +154% | +82.2M shares |
SKYX has 136M diluted shares, up 21% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
| Q2 2021 | — |
| Q1 2021 | — |
| Q4 2020 | — |
CAT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -0.5x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q3 2025 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -0.4x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -0.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | 1.6x | Healthy |
CAT has more cash than debt.
SKYX Net Leverage
SKYX's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
CAT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 32.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 6.7 | Oversold |
CAT's weekly RSI is 33 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 7 (oversold).
SKYX Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 31.6 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 5.0 | Oversold |
SKYX's weekly RSI is 32 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 5 (oversold).
CAT PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | CAT | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 24x | 24x | 1.3% below |
| PE % | 69 | 58 | 11 pts above |
CAT is trading at 24x earnings, in line with the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
SKYX PE vs Industrials Sector
SKYX has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
CAT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $709.0 | 15% below |
| 20 week MA | $797.0 | 24% below |
| 50 week MA | $771.3 | 22% below |
| 100 week MA | $586.7 | 3.2% above |
| 200 week MA | $443.1 | 37% above |
CAT has the edge over SKYX on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
SKYX Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $0.94 | 27% below |
| 20 week MA | $1.10 | 37% below |
| 50 week MA | $1.45 | 52% below |
| 100 week MA | $1.39 | 50% below |
| 200 week MA | $1.59 | 57% below |
SKYX is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 57% below its 200-week average.
CAT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $148.3 | $179.6 | +21% |
| 2021 | $179.6 | $206.2 | +15% |
| 2022 | $206.2 | $239.9 | +16% |
| 2023 | $239.9 | $295.7 | +23% |
| 2024 | $295.7 | $364.9 | +23% |
| 2025 | $364.9 | $583.0 | +60% |
| 2026 YTD | $583.0 | $605.3 | +3.8% |
CAT has the edge over SKYX on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
SKYX Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $10.5 | $2.07 | -80% |
| 2023 | $2.07 | $1.60 | -23% |
| 2024 | $1.60 | $1.01 | -37% |
| 2025 | $1.01 | $2.32 | +130% |
| 2026 YTD | $2.32 | $0.69 | -70% |
SKYX's yearly returns have swung widely, from +130% in 2025 to −80% in 2022. It's down 70% so far in 2026.