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CAT

NYSE

CATERPILLAR INC

Industrials, Construction Machinery & Heavy Transportation Equipment

$842.19

close 7 Aug 2026

+106.15%

52-week change

$387.15B

market cap

$405.46
$1,073.46

52-week range

Current payment

Indicated dividend yield0.77%
Yield, 5-year average1.72%
Last regular payment$1.63
FrequencyQuarterly
Annualised$6.52

Record

Growth streak12*
Years paying44*
Latest raise+7.95%
Raised on20 Jul 2026
2008–09 change+18.18%*

Growth & payout

1-year+7.75%*
3-year+8.12%*
5-year+7.23%*
10-year+7.10%*
20-year+9.74%*

Dividends per share by year

Calendar years, split-adjusted

period to 16 Jan 1962

Recent payments

Ex-dateAmountType
20 Jul 2026$1.63Regular
20 Apr 2026$1.51Regular
20 Jan 2026$1.51Regular
20 Oct 2025$1.51Regular
21 Jul 2025$1.51Regular
21 Apr 2025$1.41Regular
21 Jan 2025$1.41Regular
21 Oct 2024$1.41Regular
22 Jul 2024$1.41Regular
19 Apr 2024$1.30Regular
19 Jan 2024$1.30Regular
20 Oct 2023$1.30Regular
19 Jul 2023$1.30Regular
21 Apr 2023$1.20Regular
19 Jan 2023$1.20Regular
21 Oct 2022$1.20Regular
19 Jul 2022$1.20Regular
22 Apr 2022$1.11Regular
19 Jan 2022$1.11Regular
22 Oct 2021$1.11Regular
19 Jul 2021$1.11Regular
23 Apr 2021$1.03Regular
19 Jan 2021$1.03Regular
23 Oct 2020$1.03Regular
17 Jul 2020$1.03Regular
17 Apr 2020$1.03Regular
17 Jan 2020$1.03Regular
18 Oct 2019$1.03Regular
19 Jul 2019$1.03Regular
18 Apr 2019$0.8600Regular
18 Jan 2019$0.8600Regular
19 Oct 2018$0.8600Regular
19 Jul 2018$0.8600Regular
20 Apr 2018$0.7800Regular
19 Jan 2018$0.7800Regular
20 Oct 2017$0.7800Regular
18 Jul 2017$0.7800Regular
20 Apr 2017$0.7700Regular
18 Jan 2017$0.7700Regular
20 Oct 2016$0.7700Regular

Special payments are flagged by an auditable heuristic: a payment at least twice its larger neighbour. Regular-only metrics exclude them.