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, December 12th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.86 per share on Wednesday, February 20th. This represents a $3.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 18th. View Caterpillar's Dividend History.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $2.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.83 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $13.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $13.28 billion. Caterpillar had a net margin of 7.13% and a return on equity of 44.13%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.95 EPS. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

Caterpillar will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, January 28th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8772168554.

Caterpillar issued an update on 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 estimate of $11.66. Caterpillar also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $11.00-12.00 EPS.

28 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Caterpillar's shares. Their predictions range from $105.00 to $188.00. On average, they expect Caterpillar's stock price to reach $153.8024 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% 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, 11 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

Media stories about CAT stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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).

Caterpillar's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.06%), Oakbrook Investments LLC (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%). 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Cozad Asset Management Inc., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. and Eastern Bank. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Factory Mutual Insurance Co., DNB Asset Management AS, California Capital Advisors Inc., Macnealy Hoover Investment Management Inc., CMH Wealth Management LLC, Grassi Investment Management, Private Asset Management Inc. and Nachman Norwood & Parrott Inc. 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 $136.60.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $80.61 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]