NYSE:CAT - Caterpillar Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Caterpillar declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.86 per share on Monday, August 20th. This represents a $3.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 Tuesday, April, 24th. The industrial products company reported $2.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.11 by $0.71. The industrial products company had revenue of $12.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.99 billion. Caterpillar had a net margin of 4.59% and a return on equity of 34.38%. Caterpillar's revenue was up 30.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.28 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $10.25-11.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $9.15.

25 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Caterpillar's shares. Their predictions range from $115.00 to $210.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's share price to reach $173.4762 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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).

Press coverage about CAT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a media sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.34 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Caterpillar's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.20%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.06%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.05%) and Selz Capital LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Caterpillar stock include Bradley M Halverson, Daniel M Dickinson, David L Calhoun, Dennis A Muilenburg, 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 Bank of Montreal Can, Rathbone Brothers plc, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Cullinan Associates Inc., Westpac Banking Corp, Retirement Systems of Alabama and BLB&B Advisors LLC. 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, Thomas A Pellette and William A Osborn. View Insider Buying and Selling for Caterpillar.

CAT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Selz Capital LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Clinton Group Inc., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, Broadleaf Partners LLC, Franklin Street Advisors Inc. NC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Caterpillar stock in the last two years include David L Calhoun, Dennis A Muilenburg 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 $141.12.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $82.56 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]