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, December 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.86 per share on Wednesday, February 20th. This represents a $3.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 18th. View Caterpillar's Dividend History.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) released its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $2.86 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.83 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $13.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.28 billion. Caterpillar had a return on equity of 44.13% and a net margin of 7.13%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.95 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, January 28th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8772168554.

28 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Caterpillar's shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $188.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's stock price to reach $153.8024 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Caterpillar.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

Headlines about CAT stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.22%), Strs Ohio (0.13%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), Oakbrook Investments LLC (0.04%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Suffolk Capital Management LLC, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Cozad Asset Management Inc. and Abner Herrman & Brock LLC. Company insiders that have sold Caterpillar company stock in the last year include Denise C Johnson, Joseph E Creed, Suzette M Long and Thomas A Pellette. View Insider Buying and Selling for Caterpillar.

CAT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., James Investment Research Inc., Eukles Asset Management, DNB Asset Management AS, Empirical Finance LLC, California Capital Advisors Inc. and Macnealy Hoover Investment Management Inc.. 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 $131.77.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $77.76 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]