Caterpillar Stock Forecast, Price & News

Caterpillar's stock was trading at $100.69 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CAT stock has increased by 90.9% and is now trading at $192.25.
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26 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Caterpillar stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CAT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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538 employees have rated Caterpillar CEO Thomas Greco on Glassdoor.com. Thomas Greco has an approval rating of 63% among Caterpillar's employees. This puts Thomas Greco in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 29th 2021.
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Caterpillar will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 29th 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 27th. The industrial products company reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.19. The industrial products company had revenue of $9.88 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.78 billion. Caterpillar had a return on equity of 25.24% and a net margin of 7.60%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 22.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.66 EPS.
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Caterpillar declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 20th will be paid a dividend of $1.03 per share on Friday, February 19th. This represents a $4.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 19th.
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Caterpillar pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.12%. Caterpillar has been increasing its dividend for 28 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Caterpillar is 37.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Caterpillar will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.28% next year. This indicates that Caterpillar will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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26 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Caterpillar's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $230.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's stock price to reach $165.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.1%.
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Caterpillar trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CAT."

Caterpillar's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Capital Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%) and Huntington National Bank (0.02%). Company insiders that own Caterpillar stock include Denise C Johnson, Gary Michael Marvel, Lange Bob De, Suzette M Long and William P Ainsworth.
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CAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Axel Capital Management LLC, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Transform Wealth LLC, KG&L Capital Management LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Donaldson Capital Management LLC, and Consolidated Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Caterpillar company stock in the last year include Denise C Johnson, Gary Michael Marvel, Lange Bob De, Suzette M Long, and William P Ainsworth.
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CAT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, American National Bank, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Oak Harvest Investment Services, Miracle Mile Advisors LLC, Cumberland Advisors Inc., Modus Advisors LLC, and Community Bank of Raymore.
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Shares of CAT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $192.25.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $104.44 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.

The official website for Caterpillar is 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]