NYSE:CAT - Caterpillar Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Caterpillar declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 22nd will be given 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 2.54%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 18th. View Caterpillar's Dividend History.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) announced its earnings results on Monday, January, 28th. The industrial products company reported $2.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.98 by $0.43. The industrial products company earned $14.34 billion during 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 firm's revenue was up 11.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.16 earnings per share. 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 twelve-month price objectives for Caterpillar's shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $188.00. On average, they expect Caterpillar's stock price to reach $149.4214 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% 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 2 sell ratings, 11 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

Press coverage about CAT stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Caterpillar's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.10%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (1.53%), Northern Trust Corp (1.25%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.22%), Norges Bank (1.00%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.87%). 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, FMR LLC, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Millennium Management LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Suntrust Banks Inc. and Bank of Montreal Can. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, Sanders Capital LLC, Harris Associates L P, LSV Asset Management, Boston Partners, BlackRock Inc. and Strs Ohio. 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 $135.60.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $78.04 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 104,000 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]