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

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

Caterpillar announced 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 2.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 18th. View Caterpillar's Dividend History.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $2.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.83 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $13.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.28 billion. Caterpillar had a return on equity of 44.13% and a net margin of 7.13%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 18.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.95 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11-12 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $11.66. Caterpillar also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $11.00-12.00 EPS.

28 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Caterpillar's stock. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Caterpillar's share price to reach $158.1905 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% 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 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

Media stories about CAT stock have been trending positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a news sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Caterpillar saw a decrease in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 7,443,527 shares, a decrease of 38.3% from the November 15th total of 12,066,909 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,492,839 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Caterpillar's Current Options Chain.

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

Caterpillar's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.44%), Vanguard Group Inc (8.44%), BlackRock Inc. (6.01%), Capital World Investors (2.77%), Primecap Management Co. CA (1.59%) and Jennison Associates LLC (0.95%). 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 Capital World Investors, AQR Capital Management LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Highbridge Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Caterpillar company stock in the last year include Denise C Johnson, Joseph E Creed, Suzette M Long and Thomas A Pellette. View Insider Buying and Selling for Caterpillar.

CAT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, Vanguard Group Inc, Vanguard Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, Ashler Capital LLC, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Schroder Investment Management Group and NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V.. 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 $125.90.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $72.72 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.

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]