Caterpillar Stock Forecast, Price & News

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Caterpillar in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Caterpillar stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CAT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Caterpillar saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 4,460,000 shares, a drop of 41.0% from the January 14th total of 7,560,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,960,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.8% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Caterpillar is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 27th 2021.
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Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 28th. The industrial products company reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.63. The industrial products company earned $11.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.24 billion. Caterpillar had a net margin of 7.60% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.24%. Caterpillar's revenue was down 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.63 EPS.
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Caterpillar's stock was trading at $100.69 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CAT shares have increased by 118.7% and is now trading at $220.16.
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Caterpillar declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 20th will be given a dividend of $1.03 per share on Friday, February 19th. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 19th.
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Caterpillar pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.92%. Caterpillar has been increasing its dividend for 28 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Caterpillar is 37.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Caterpillar will have a dividend payout ratio of 54.28% next year. This indicates that Caterpillar will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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26 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Caterpillar's stock. Their forecasts range from $80.00 to $237.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's stock price to reach $177.79 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 19.2%.
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742 employees have rated Caterpillar CEO Jim Umpleby on Glassdoor.com. Jim Umpleby has an approval rating of 80% among Caterpillar's employees.

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

Caterpillar's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.55%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.40%), Northern Trust Corp (1.23%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.14%), FMR LLC (1.11%) and Primecap Management Co. CA (0.94%). 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 American International Group Inc., Primecap Management Co. CA, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Van ECK Associates Corp, and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Norges Bank, FMR LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Morgan Stanley, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CAT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $220.16.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $120.05 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.

Caterpillar was founded in 1925.

The official website for Caterpillar is www.caterpillar.com.

Caterpillar is headquartered at 510 Lake Cook Road Suite 100, Deerfield IL, 60015.

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]