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

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

Caterpillar announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 20th will be given a dividend of $0.86 per share on Monday, August 20th. This represents a $3.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.44%. 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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The industrial products company reported $2.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.11 by $0.71. The industrial products company earned $12.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.99 billion. Caterpillar had a return on equity of 34.38% and a net margin of 4.59%. Caterpillar's revenue for the quarter was up 30.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.28 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

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

25 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Caterpillar's shares. Their predictions range from $115.00 to $210.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's stock price to reach $173.4762 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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News coverage about CAT stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing 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 coverage optimism score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.76 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Caterpillar's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.06%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.03%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.02%) and DnB Asset Management AS (0.02%). 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 Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Cullinan Associates Inc., BLB&B Advisors LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Stonebridge Capital Management Inc. and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Clinton Group Inc., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, DnB Asset Management AS and FormulaFolio Investments 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 $140.75.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $84.16 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]