Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
NYSE · Common stock · Construction Machinery & Equip
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CAT at a glance
Key statistics
$333.37B
Market capitalization
- Previous close
- $725.24
- Open
- $742.14
- Day range
- $730.02 – $742.38
- Volume
- 1.21M
- Average volume (30 sessions)
- 2.52M
- Shares outstanding
- 459.67M
- Price / earnings
- 30.7
- Earnings per share
- $23.59
- Price / book
- 17.2
- Price / sales
- 4.5
- Dividend yield
- 0.84%
- Beta (1 year, vs SPY)
- 1.79
Where the price sits in its year
52-week range
41% of the range
- Below the 52-week high
- -30.9%
- Above the 52-week low
- +45.4%
Completed sessions through Oct 20, 2026
Technical snapshot
Below its 50-day and 200-day averages
- 20-day average
- $796.43-8.9%
- 50-day average
- $808.18-10.3%
- 200-day average
- $807.14-10.1%
In the band below 30 that convention calls oversold. Weak trends can stay there for weeks.
-6.2%
1 week
-11.2%
1 month
-18.4%
3 months
+26.6%
Year to date
+37.6%
1 year
Price change over each window, from completed sessions. Past performance does not indicate future results.
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From the public news wire
CAT headlines
No headlines on the wire for CAT in recent weeks.
SEC Form 4, most recent first
Insider filings
MacLennan David
+28
Director · Grant or award
$22.99K · Sep 30, 2026
GOOD LYNN J
+30
Director · Grant or award
$24.63K · Sep 30, 2026
Kaiser Jason
+11
Group President · Grant or award
$9.04K · Sep 25, 2026
Epley Kyle Joseph
+7
Chief Financial Officer · Grant or award
$5.75K · Sep 25, 2026
Epley Kyle Joseph
+11
Chief Financial Officer · Grant or award
$9.04K · Sep 25, 2026
Creed Joseph E
+19
Chief Executive Officer · Grant or award
$15.61K · Sep 25, 2026
Creed Joseph E
−3.4K
Chief Executive Officer · Open-market sale
$2.73M · Aug 28, 2026
Creed Joseph E
−540
Chief Executive Officer · Open-market sale
$432.59K · Aug 28, 2026
About Caterpillar Inc.
Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Its reporting segments are construction, resource, energy, and transportation. Market share approaches 20% across many products. Caterpillar operates a captive finance subsidiary to facilitate sales. The firm has a global reach that is approximately evenly balanced between the US and the rest of the world. Construction skews more domestic, while the other divisions are more geographically diversified. An independent network of over 150 dealers operates approximately 2,800 facilities, giving Caterpillar reach into about 190 countries for sales and support services.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Security
- Common stock
- Industry
- Construction Machinery & Equip
- Headquarters
- Irving, TX
- Employees
- 118,000
- Listed since
- Dec 2, 1929
- Website
- caterpillar.com
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