NYSE:CAT - Caterpillar Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Caterpillar declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 13th. Investors of record on Friday, July 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.86 per share on Monday, August 20th. This represents a $3.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 19th. This is a boost from Caterpillar's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View Caterpillar's Dividend History.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The industrial products company reported $2.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.11 by $0.71. The industrial products company earned $12.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.99 billion. Caterpillar had a return on equity of 34.38% and a net margin of 4.59%. Caterpillar's revenue was up 30.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.28 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $10.25-11.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $9.15.

25 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Caterpillar's stock. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $210.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's stock price to reach $173.4762 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

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Media headlines about CAT stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a daily sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the industrial products company an impact score of 45.67 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Caterpillar's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Northern Trust Corp (1.24%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.44%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.40%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.35%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.33%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (0.33%). Company insiders that own Caterpillar stock include Bradley M Halverson, Daniel M Dickinson, David L Calhoun, Dennis A Muilenburg, 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 Franklin Resources Inc., PointState Capital LP, Swiss National Bank, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Legal & General Group Plc, CI Investments Inc. and United Capital Financial Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have sold Caterpillar company stock in the last year include Bradley M Halverson, Daniel M Dickinson, Jananne A Copeland, Joseph E Creed, Lange Bob De, Suzette M Long, Thomas A Pellette and William A Osborn. View Insider Buying and Selling for Caterpillar.

CAT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Natixis, KBC Group NV, Stevens Capital Management LP and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have bought Caterpillar stock in the last two years include David L Calhoun, Dennis A Muilenburg 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 $143.13.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $88.90 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.

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]