Caterpillar Stock Forecast, Price & News

Caterpillar's stock was trading at $100.69 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CAT shares have increased by 73.7% and is now trading at $174.90.
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23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Caterpillar is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 29th 2021.
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Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 27th. The industrial products company reported $1.34 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.19. The industrial products company earned $9.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.78 billion. Caterpillar had a net margin of 7.60% and a return on equity of 25.24%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 22.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.66 earnings per share.
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Caterpillar declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, October 26th will be given a dividend of $1.03 per share on Friday, November 20th. This represents a $4.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 23rd.
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23 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Caterpillar's shares. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $220.00. On average, they expect Caterpillar's stock price to reach $151.06 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.6%.
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Caterpillar saw a decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,770,000 shares, a decline of 21.6% from the October 15th total of 8,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,470,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (7.92%), BlackRock Inc. (6.57%), Sanders Capital LLC (1.16%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.10%), Morgan Stanley (0.80%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.77%). Company insiders that own Caterpillar stock include Denise C Johnson, Gary Michael Marvel, Lange Bob De, Suzette M Long and William P Ainsworth.
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CAT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, LSV Asset Management, BlackRock Inc., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, American International Group Inc., Aptus Capital Advisors LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Caterpillar company stock in the last year include Denise C Johnson, Gary Michael Marvel, Lange Bob De, Suzette M Long, and William P Ainsworth.
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CAT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Boston Partners, Congress Asset Management Co. MA, TD Asset Management Inc., AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Fisher Asset Management LLC, and Artemis Investment Management LLP.
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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 $174.90.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $95.02 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.

The official website for Caterpillar is 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]