NYSE:CAT - Caterpillar Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Caterpillar announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 10th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.86 per share on Tuesday, November 20th. This represents a $3.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 19th. View Caterpillar's Dividend History.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $2.86 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.83 by $0.03. The industrial products company had revenue of $13.51 billion for 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%. Caterpillar's revenue was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.95 earnings per share. View Caterpillar's Earnings History.

Caterpillar is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Caterpillar.

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 1 year target prices for Caterpillar's shares. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect Caterpillar's share price to reach $158.1905 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.6% 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, 10 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Caterpillar.

Media coverage about CAT stock has been trending very positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Caterpillar earned a media sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Caterpillar saw a increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 13,480,710 shares, an increase of 97.9% from the October 15th total of 6,810,835 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,318,364 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Caterpillar's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Caterpillar include Komatsu (KMTUY), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Lonking (LONKF), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Astec Industries (ASTE), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Manitowoc (MTW), Gencor Industries, Inc. (DE) (GENC) and ASV (ASV).

Caterpillar's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.44%), BlackRock Inc. (6.01%), Capital World Investors (2.77%), Primecap Management Co. CA (1.59%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.95%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.86%). 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 Capital World Investors, AQR Capital Management LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and Highbridge Capital Management LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, Vanguard Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, Ashler Capital LLC, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Schroder Investment Management Group, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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 $123.9484.

Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $72.91 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]