Caterpillar Inc
Common stock
$713.38
TTM yield0.88%Trailing twelve months
12-month dividends$6.284 payments per share
Last dividend$1.63Ex-date Oct 26, 2026
1Y total return+37.18%Reinvested at ex-date close
Performance
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CAT
CAT
Total Return (%) · dividends reinvested · Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026
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Returns
What $10,000 invested in CAT became, with dividends reinvested at the ex-date closing price. Broker DRIP results can differ.
1 month$8,721
−12.79%
- Price change
- -13.00%
- Dividends
- $20
3 months$8,504
−14.96%
- Price change
- -15.16%
- Dividends
- $19
6 months$8,759
−12.41%
- Price change
- -12.78%
- Dividends
- $40
1 year$13,718
+37.18%
- Price change
- +36.02%
- Dividends
- $120
2 years$18,698
+86.98%
- Price change
- +82.63%
- Dividends
- $310
5 years$37,974
+279.74%
- Price change
- +249.54%
- Dividends
- $1,331
Dividend history Payout growing +8%
Total paid per share each month, last 36 months.
Recent payments
Change versus the prior payment.
- Oct 26, 2026$1.63No change
- Jul 20, 2026$1.63+7.95%
- Apr 20, 2026$1.51No change
- Jan 20, 2026$1.51No change
- Oct 20, 2025$1.51No change
- Jul 21, 2025$1.51+7.09%
- Apr 21, 2025$1.41No change
- Jan 21, 2025$1.41—
Payments by month
Total dividends per share paid in each calendar month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.51 | — | — | $1.51 | — | — | $1.63 | — | — | $1.63 | — | — | $6.28 |
| 2025 | $1.41 | — | — | $1.41 | — | — | $1.51 | — | — | $1.51 | — | — | $5.84 |
| 2024 | $1.30 | — | — | $1.30 | — | — | $1.41 | — | — | $1.41 | — | — | $5.42 |
Distribution dates are reported ex-dividend dates. Read the full disclosure.