NYSE:CAT - Caterpillar Stock Price, Forecast & News

Caterpillar's stock was trading at $100.69 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CAT stock has increased by 10.6% and is now trading at $111.35. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) issued its earnings results on Friday, January, 31st. The industrial products company reported $2.63 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.37 by $0.26. The industrial products company earned $13.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.42 billion. Caterpillar had a return on equity of 41.85% and a net margin of 11.32%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.55 EPS. View Caterpillar's earnings history.

Caterpillar announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 21st will be paid a dividend of $1.03 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.70%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 17th. View Caterpillar's dividend history.

Caterpillar updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.50-10.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $10.67.

20 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Caterpillar's stock. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $178.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's stock price to reach $135.47 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Caterpillar.

Press coverage about CAT stock has trended very negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutCaterpillar.

Caterpillar saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 7,880,600 shares, an increase of 14.0% from the February 27th total of 6,910,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Caterpillar's Current Options Chain.

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

Caterpillar's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. (0.00%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.00%) and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Caterpillar stock include David L Calhoun, Denise C Johnson, Gary Michael Marvel, Joseph E Creed, Lange Bob De, Suzette M Long and Thomas A Pellette. View institutional ownership trends for Caterpillar.

CAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., Bath Savings Trust Co, and Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Caterpillar company stock in the last year include Denise C Johnson, Gary Michael Marvel, and Suzette M Long. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $111.35.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $61.25 billion and generates $53.80 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $6.09 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.06 on an earnings per share basis. Caterpillar employs 102,300 workers across the globe. View additional information about Caterpillar.

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]