NYSE:CATCaterpillar Stock Price, Forecast & News

Caterpillar's stock was trading at $100.69 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CAT stock has increased by 26.8% and is now trading at $127.72. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

21 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 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 28th. The industrial products company reported $1.60 earnings per share 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 analysts' expectations of $10.98 billion. Caterpillar had a return on equity of 37.15% and a net margin of 10.41%. Caterpillar's revenue was down 21.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.94 EPS. View Caterpillar's earnings history.

Caterpillar declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Monday, July 20th will be given a dividend of $1.03 per share on Thursday, August 20th. This represents a $4.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.23%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 17th. View Caterpillar's dividend history.

21 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Caterpillar's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $166.00. On average, they expect Caterpillar's stock price to reach $133.11 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Caterpillar.

Media stories about CAT stock have been trending somewhat negative on Friday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a news impact score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Caterpillar.

Caterpillar saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,250,000 shares, a drop of 10.7% from the May 31st total of 9,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,460,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Thomasville National Bank (0.00%), Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC (0.00%), Gantzert Investment Co. LLC ADV (0.00%) and Modus Advisors LLC (0.00%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, Thomasville National Bank, Modus Advisors LLC, and Gantzert Investment Co. LLC ADV. 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 $127.72.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $69.13 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]