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

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

Caterpillar announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 13th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.31%. 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) posted its quarterly earnings data 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 earned $12.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.99 billion. Caterpillar had a return on equity of 34.38% and a net margin of 4.59%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 30.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.28 EPS. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

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

25 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Caterpillar's stock. Their predictions range from $115.00 to $210.00. On average, they anticipate Caterpillar's share price to reach $173.4762 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

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Press coverage about CAT stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a media sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 45.17 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Caterpillar's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Northern Trust Corp (1.24%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.44%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.40%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.35%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.33%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (0.33%). 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 Franklin Resources Inc., PointState Capital LP, Swiss National Bank, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Legal & General Group Plc, CI Investments Inc. and United Capital Financial Advisers 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 Prudential Financial Inc., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Natixis, KBC Group NV, Stevens Capital Management LP and Mackay Shields LLC. 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 $148.68.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $89.70 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]