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. Shareholders 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 yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 18th. View Caterpillar's Dividend History.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 28th. The industrial products company reported $2.55 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.98 by $0.43. The industrial products company had revenue of $14.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.36 billion. Caterpillar had a net margin of 11.23% and a return on equity of 45.31%. The business's revenue was up 11.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.16 EPS. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 28th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 11.75-12.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $12.77. Caterpillar also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $11.75-12.75 EPS.

28 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Caterpillar's shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $188.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's stock price to reach $150.8024 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% 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.

News coverage about CAT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a daily sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Caterpillar saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,473,981 shares, an increase of 47.9% from the January 15th total of 7,760,457 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,829,122 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Caterpillar's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Caterpillar include Komatsu (KMTUY), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Lonking (LONKF), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), 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 BlackRock Inc. (6.10%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.53%), Northern Trust Corp (1.25%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.19%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.87%) and Harris Associates L P (0.60%). 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 Jennison Associates LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Millennium Management LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Suntrust Banks Inc., Bank of Montreal Can and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. Company insiders that have sold Caterpillar company stock in the last year include Denise C Johnson, Joseph E Creed 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 Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Sanders Capital LLC, Harris Associates L P, LSV Asset Management, Boston Partners, BlackRock Inc., Strs Ohio and Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC. 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 $136.20.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $80.37 billion and generates $54.72 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $6.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.22 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]