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, June 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 20th will be given a dividend of $0.86 per share on Monday, August 20th. This represents a $3.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 19th. This is a positive change from Caterpillar's previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. View Caterpillar's Dividend History.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 30th. The industrial products company reported $2.97 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.73 by $0.24. The industrial products company had revenue of $14.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.09 billion. Caterpillar had a return on equity of 40.60% and a net margin of 6.12%. Caterpillar's quarterly revenue was up 23.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.49 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 30th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.00-12.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $10.75.

24 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Caterpillar's shares. Their forecasts range from $145.00 to $210.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's stock price to reach $171.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Caterpillar.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

Some companies that are related to Caterpillar include Komatsu (KMTUY), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Lonking (LONKF), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Manitowoc (MTW), Gencor Industries, Inc. (DE) (GENC) and ASV (ASV).

Media stories about CAT stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a daily sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 44.63 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.95%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.08%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.86%), FMR LLC (0.78%), Morgan Stanley (0.58%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.42%). Company insiders that own Caterpillar stock include Bradley M Halverson, Daniel M Dickinson, David L Calhoun, 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 FMR LLC, American Century Companies Inc., BlackRock Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Morgan Stanley, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Bank of Montreal Can and Rathbone Brothers plc. Company insiders that have sold Caterpillar company stock in the last year include Bradley M Halverson, Daniel M Dickinson, Jananne A Copeland, Joseph E Creed, Lange Bob De, Suzette M Long 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 Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Advisors Asset Management Inc., Alps Advisors Inc., Alps Advisors Inc., Alps Advisors Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, OppenheimerFunds Inc. and Jennison Associates 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 $139.34.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $80.78 billion and generates $45.46 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $754 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.88 on an earnings per share basis. Caterpillar employs 98,400 workers across the globe.

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]