caterpillar stock could get hit by the trouble in the banking sector one analyst says earning the stock a downgrade the regional banking panic can impact any number of industries including construction that isn’t good news for companies that make and rent construction equipment says baird analyst mig dobre who downgraded shares of caterpillar ticker cat and united rentals uri to sell from hold his caterpillar price target dropped to 185 from 230 a share dobre’s united rentals target went to 300 from 425 a share cat stock is down 16 in premarket trading to 21350 united rentals shares are down 12 to 36637 sp 500 and dow jones industrial average futures are both up about 05