NYSE:CAT - Caterpillar Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Caterpillar announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 21st will be paid a dividend of $1.03 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $4.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 17th. View Caterpillar's Dividend History.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $2.66 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.82 by $0.16. The industrial products company earned $12.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.49 billion. Caterpillar had a net margin of 10.99% and a return on equity of 42.51%. The firm's revenue was down 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.86 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 31st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, January 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.

21 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Caterpillar's shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $178.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's share price to reach $147.69 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Caterpillar.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

News stories about CAT stock have trended negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,050,000 shares, a decrease of 8.3% from the December 31st total of 8,780,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Caterpillar's Current Options Chain.

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Caterpillar's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.24%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Strs Ohio (0.09%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%), Hexavest Inc. (0.08%) and Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.08%). 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 Calamos Advisors LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, California Public Employees Retirement System, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Cozad Asset Management Inc. and Grassi Investment Management. 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 for Caterpillar.

CAT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Strs Ohio, Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Braun Stacey Associates Inc., Usca Ria LLC, Loveless Wealth Management LLC and Manning & Napier Group 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $136.74.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $75.57 billion and generates $54.72 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $6.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $11.22 on an earnings per share basis. Caterpillar employs 104,000 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]