NYSE:CAT - Caterpillar Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Caterpillar trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CAT."

Caterpillar announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 10th. Investors of record on Monday, October 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.86 per share on Tuesday, November 20th. This represents a $3.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 19th. View Caterpillar's Dividend History.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 30th. The industrial products company reported $2.97 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.73 by $0.24. The industrial products company earned $14.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.09 billion. Caterpillar had a net margin of 6.12% and a return on equity of 40.60%. Caterpillar's revenue for the quarter was up 23.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.49 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 23rd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8772168554.

Caterpillar updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $11.00-12.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $10.75.

27 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Caterpillar's shares. Their predictions range from $130.00 to $210.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's share price to reach $171.95 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Caterpillar.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 14th, there was short interest totalling 7,419,962 shares, a decline of 19.6% from the August 31st total of 9,224,676 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,105,530 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Caterpillar's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Caterpillar include Komatsu (KMTUY), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Lonking (LONKF), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Manitowoc (MTW), Gencor Industries, Inc. (DE) (GENC) and ASV (ASV).

Caterpillar's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.11%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Caterpillar stock include Bradley M Halverson, Daniel M Dickinson, David L Calhoun, Denise C Johnson, Jananne A Copeland, Joseph E Creed, Lange Bob De, Suzette M Long, Thomas A Pellette and William A Osborn. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Caterpillar.

CAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Broadleaf Partners LLC, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Monument Capital Management, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Atria Investments LLC and Clarus Wealth Advisors. Company insiders that have sold Caterpillar company stock in the last year include Bradley M Halverson, Daniel M Dickinson, Denise C Johnson, Jananne A Copeland, Joseph E Creed, Lange Bob De, Suzette M Long and Thomas A Pellette. View Insider Buying and Selling for Caterpillar.

CAT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Factory Mutual Insurance Co., JCIC Asset Management Inc., Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Callahan Advisors LLC, Quattro Financial Advisors LLC, Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC, Lourd Capital LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have bought Caterpillar stock in the last two years include David L Calhoun and Lange Bob De. View Insider Buying and Selling for Caterpillar.

Shares of CAT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.80.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $90.63 billion and generates $45.46 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $754 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.88 on an earnings per share basis. Caterpillar employs 98,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Caterpillar is http://www.caterpillar.com.

Caterpillar's mailing address is 510 Lake Cook Road Suite 100, Deerfield IL, 60015. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 224-551-4000 or via email at [email protected]