NYSE:CAT - Caterpillar 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 stock has increased by 4.7% and is now trading at $105.44. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

20 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 8 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 Tuesday, April 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 28th 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 results on Friday, January, 31st. The industrial products company reported $2.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.37 by $0.26. The industrial products company earned $13.14 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $13.42 billion. Caterpillar had a return on equity of 41.85% and a net margin of 11.32%. The company's revenue was down 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.55 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's earnings history.

Caterpillar announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 21st will be given a dividend of $1.03 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.91%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 17th. View Caterpillar's dividend history.

Caterpillar issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 31st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $8.50-10.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $10.67.

20 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Caterpillar's stock. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $178.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's share price to reach $135.76 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Caterpillar.

News headlines about CAT stock have trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a coverage optimism score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutCaterpillar.

Caterpillar saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 7,880,600 shares, an increase of 14.0% from the February 27th total of 6,910,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the company's stock are short sold. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Quarterback LLC (26.98%), State Street Corp (8.10%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.37%), Sanders Capital LLC (1.29%), Norges Bank (0.93%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.86%). Company insiders that own Caterpillar stock include David L Calhoun, Denise C Johnson, Gary Michael Marvel, Joseph E Creed, Lange Bob De, Suzette M Long and Thomas A Pellette. View institutional ownership trends for Caterpillar.

CAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, AQR Capital Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., and Calamos Advisors 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, Norges Bank, FMR LLC, American International Group Inc., Sanders Capital LLC, Capital International Investors, Hexavest Inc., and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc.. 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 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 $105.44.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $58.00 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. View additional information about Caterpillar.

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]