NYSE:CATCaterpillar Stock Price, Forecast & 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 shares have increased by 35.9% and is now trading at $136.88. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 9 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 Friday, July 31st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, July 31st 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The industrial products company reported $1.60 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.69 by $0.09. The industrial products company had revenue of $10.64 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.98 billion. Caterpillar had a net margin of 10.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. Caterpillar's revenue was down 21.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.94 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's earnings history.

Caterpillar declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 10th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 20th will be paid a dividend of $1.03 per share on Thursday, August 20th. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.01%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 17th. View Caterpillar's dividend history.

22 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Caterpillar's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $166.00. On average, they expect Caterpillar's share price to reach $135.06 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.3%. View analysts' price targets for Caterpillar.

Media coverage about CAT stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Caterpillar.

Caterpillar saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 8,870,000 shares, an increase of 7.5% from the June 15th total of 8,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,830,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company's shares 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.04%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. (0.01%) and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.01%). Company insiders that own Caterpillar stock include Denise C Johnson, Gary Michael Marvel, Lange Bob De and Suzette M Long. View institutional ownership trends for Caterpillar.

CAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., 6 Meridian, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Anderson Hoagland & Co., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Alpha Cubed Investments LLC, Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc., and Xcel Wealth Management 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.

CAT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Canandaigua National Corp, Consolidated Capital Management LLC, Jacobs & Co. CA, CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, DNB Asset Management AS, and Investment House LLC. 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 $136.88.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $74.08 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]