After Hours
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours.
Stocks Info
This NYSE-listed company operates within the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry segment, falling under the Industrials sector. The current market capitalization of Caterpillar Inc is $302.87B. A total of 2.05 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.62M shares.
In the most recent transaction, BONFIELD ANDREW R J sold 10,000 shares of CAT for 575.06 per share on Dec 31 ’25. After the transaction, the Chief Financial Officer now owns 45,460 company shares. In a previous transaction on Dec 01 ’25, BONFIELD ANDREW R J sold 10,000 shares at 571.44 per share. CAT shares that Chief Financial Officer owns now total 55,460.
Among the insiders who bought shares, Andrew R. J. Bonfield acquired of 20,000 shares on Dec 01 ’25 at a per-share price of $575.76. In another insider transaction, Kaiser Jason sold 10,707 shares at $563.60 per share on Nov 11 ’25. Company shares held by the Group President now total 8,649.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. Caterpillar Inc pays an annual dividend of $5.84, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.90%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.21.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, CAT has a high of $644.59 and a low of $267.30.
As of this writing, CAT has an earnings estimate of $4.66 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 21.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $5.15 per share and a lower estimate of $4.18. The company reported an EPS of $5.14 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. CAT’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $9.25B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $37.79B in debt and $29.85B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $44.14, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $16.52B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock.
