$395.03
0.01% day before yesterday
NYSE, Dec 06, 10:10 pm CET
ISIN
US1491231015
Symbol
CAT

Caterpillar Dividend history 25 years & estimates 2025 to 2027

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Dividend Analysis of the Caterpillar Stock

Criteria / Value
Criteria
Value
Grade
Current dividend yield
1.37%
0/3
Dividend Yield 10Y
2.34%
2/3
Payout 3Y
31.17%
3/3
Continuity 10Y
10 Years
3/3
Growth 5Y
7.47%
2/3
No top scorer Total: 10/15

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Updated on: Fri, Dec 06 2024

When does Caterpillar pay a dividend?

The Caterpillar stock dividend is paid 4 times a year. In order to receive a dividend, you should generally own the Caterpillar stock before the ex-dividend date. The Dividend Calendar shows that the last ex-day dates were January, April, July and October . Dividends from Caterpillar are distributed via February, May, August and November.

Year Dividend Ex-day &
Payday
Frequency
Fiscal Year Dividend per Share Ex-Day Payday Payment frequency
2024
$1.41
$1.41
Oct 21 2024
Oct 21 2024
Nov 20 2024
Oct 21 24
Nov 20 24
Nov 20 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2024
$1.41
$1.41
Jul 22 2024
Jul 22 2024
Aug 20 2024
Jul 22 24
Aug 20 24
Aug 20 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2024
$1.3
$1.3
Apr 19 2024
Apr 19 2024
May 20 2024
Apr 19 24
May 20 24
May 20 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2024
$1.3
$1.3
Jan 19 2024
Jan 19 2024
Feb 20 2024
Jan 19 24
Feb 20 24
Feb 20 2024
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$1.3
$1.3
Oct 20 2023
Oct 20 2023
Nov 20 2023
Oct 20 23
Nov 20 23
Nov 20 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$1.3
$1.3
Jul 19 2023
Jul 19 2023
Aug 18 2023
Jul 19 23
Aug 18 23
Aug 18 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$1.2
$1.2
Apr 21 2023
Apr 21 2023
May 19 2023
Apr 21 23
May 19 23
May 19 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2023
$1.2
$1.2
Jan 19 2023
Jan 19 2023
Feb 17 2023
Jan 19 23
Feb 17 23
Feb 17 2023
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$1.2
$1.2
Oct 21 2022
Oct 21 2022
Nov 18 2022
Oct 21 22
Nov 18 22
Nov 18 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$1.2
$1.2
Jul 19 2022
Jul 19 2022
Aug 19 2022
Jul 19 22
Aug 19 22
Aug 19 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$1.11
$1.11
Apr 22 2022
Apr 22 2022
May 20 2022
Apr 22 22
May 20 22
May 20 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2022
$1.11
$1.11
Jan 19 2022
Jan 19 2022
Feb 18 2022
Jan 19 22
Feb 18 22
Feb 18 2022
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$1.11
$1.11
Oct 22 2021
Oct 22 2021
Nov 19 2021
Oct 22 21
Nov 19 21
Nov 19 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$1.11
$1.11
Jul 19 2021
Jul 19 2021
Aug 20 2021
Jul 19 21
Aug 20 21
Aug 20 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$1.03
$1.03
Apr 23 2021
Apr 23 2021
May 20 2021
Apr 23 21
May 20 21
May 20 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2021
$1.03
$1.03
Jan 19 2021
Jan 19 2021
Feb 19 2021
Jan 19 21
Feb 19 21
Feb 19 2021
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$1.03
$1.03
Oct 23 2020
Oct 23 2020
Nov 20 2020
Oct 23 20
Nov 20 20
Nov 20 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$1.03
$1.03
Jul 17 2020
Jul 17 2020
Aug 20 2020
Jul 17 20
Aug 20 20
Aug 20 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$1.03
$1.03
Apr 17 2020
Apr 17 2020
May 20 2020
Apr 17 20
May 20 20
May 20 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2020
$1.03
$1.03
Jan 17 2020
Jan 17 2020
Feb 20 2020
Jan 17 20
Feb 20 20
Feb 20 2020
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$1.03
$1.03
Oct 18 2019
Oct 18 2019
Nov 20 2019
Oct 18 19
Nov 20 19
Nov 20 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$1.03
$1.03
Jul 19 2019
Jul 19 2019
Aug 20 2019
Jul 19 19
Aug 20 19
Aug 20 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$0.86
$0.86
Apr 18 2019
Apr 18 2019
May 20 2019
Apr 18 19
May 20 19
May 20 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2019
$0.86
$0.86
Jan 18 2019
Jan 18 2019
Feb 20 2019
Jan 18 19
Feb 20 19
Feb 20 2019
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.86
$0.86
Oct 19 2018
Oct 19 2018
Nov 20 2018
Oct 19 18
Nov 20 18
Nov 20 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.86
$0.86
Jul 19 2018
Jul 19 2018
Aug 20 2018
Jul 19 18
Aug 20 18
Aug 20 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.78
$0.78
Apr 20 2018
Apr 20 2018
May 19 2018
Apr 20 18
May 19 18
May 19 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2018
$0.78
$0.78
Jan 19 2018
Jan 19 2018
Feb 20 2018
Jan 19 18
Feb 20 18
Feb 20 2018
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.78
$0.78
Oct 20 2017
Oct 20 2017
Nov 20 2017
Oct 20 17
Nov 20 17
Nov 20 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.78
$0.78
Jul 18 2017
Jul 18 2017
Aug 19 2017
Jul 18 17
Aug 19 17
Aug 19 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.77
$0.77
Apr 20 2017
Apr 20 2017
May 20 2017
Apr 20 17
May 20 17
May 20 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2017
$0.77
$0.77
Jan 18 2017
Jan 18 2017
Feb 18 2017
Jan 18 17
Feb 18 17
Feb 18 2017
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.77
$0.77
Oct 20 2016
Oct 20 2016
Nov 19 2016
Oct 20 16
Nov 19 16
Nov 19 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.77
$0.77
Jul 18 2016
Jul 18 2016
Aug 20 2016
Jul 18 16
Aug 20 16
Aug 20 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.77
$0.77
Apr 21 2016
Apr 21 2016
May 20 2016
Apr 21 16
May 20 16
May 20 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2016
$0.77
$0.77
Jan 15 2016
Jan 15 2016
Feb 20 2016
Jan 15 16
Feb 20 16
Feb 20 2016
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.77
$0.77
Oct 22 2015
Oct 22 2015
Nov 20 2015
Oct 22 15
Nov 20 15
Nov 20 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.77
$0.77
Jul 16 2015
Jul 16 2015
Aug 20 2015
Jul 16 15
Aug 20 15
Aug 20 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.7
$0.7
Apr 16 2015
Apr 16 2015
May 20 2015
Apr 16 15
May 20 15
May 20 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2015
$0.7
$0.7
Jan 15 2015
Jan 15 2015
Feb 20 2015
Jan 15 15
Feb 20 15
Feb 20 2015
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.7
$0.7
Oct 16 2014
Oct 16 2014
Nov 20 2014
Oct 16 14
Nov 20 14
Nov 20 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.7
$0.7
Jul 17 2014
Jul 17 2014
Aug 20 2014
Jul 17 14
Aug 20 14
Aug 20 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.6
$0.6
Apr 16 2014
Apr 16 2014
May 20 2014
Apr 16 14
May 20 14
May 20 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2014
$0.6
$0.6
Jan 16 2014
Jan 16 2014
Feb 20 2014
Jan 16 14
Feb 20 14
Feb 20 2014
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.6
$0.6
Oct 17 2013
Oct 17 2013
Nov 20 2013
Oct 17 13
Nov 20 13
Nov 20 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.6
$0.6
Jul 18 2013
Jul 18 2013
Aug 20 2013
Jul 18 13
Aug 20 13
Aug 20 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.52
$0.52
Apr 18 2013
Apr 18 2013
May 20 2013
Apr 18 13
May 20 13
May 20 2013
quarterly
quarterly
2013
$0.52
$0.52
Jan 16 2013
Jan 16 2013
Jan 16 13
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.52
$0.52
Dec 20 2012
Dec 20 2012
Dec 20 12
Special dividend
Special div.
2012
$0.52
$0.52
Oct 18 2012
Oct 18 2012
Nov 20 2012
Oct 18 12
Nov 20 12
Nov 20 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.52
$0.52
Jul 18 2012
Jul 18 2012
Aug 20 2012
Jul 18 12
Aug 20 12
Aug 20 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.46
$0.46
Apr 19 2012
Apr 19 2012
May 19 2012
Apr 19 12
May 19 12
May 19 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2012
$0.46
$0.46
Jan 18 2012
Jan 18 2012
Feb 18 2012
Jan 18 12
Feb 18 12
Feb 18 2012
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.46
$0.46
Oct 20 2011
Oct 20 2011
Nov 19 2011
Oct 20 11
Nov 19 11
Nov 19 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.46
$0.46
Jul 18 2011
Jul 18 2011
Aug 20 2011
Jul 18 11
Aug 20 11
Aug 20 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.44
$0.44
Apr 20 2011
Apr 20 2011
May 20 2011
Apr 20 11
May 20 11
May 20 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2011
$0.44
$0.44
Jan 18 2011
Jan 18 2011
Feb 19 2011
Jan 18 11
Feb 19 11
Feb 19 2011
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.44
$0.44
Oct 21 2010
Oct 21 2010
Nov 20 2010
Oct 21 10
Nov 20 10
Nov 20 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.44
$0.44
Jul 16 2010
Jul 16 2010
Aug 20 2010
Jul 16 10
Aug 20 10
Aug 20 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.42
$0.42
Apr 22 2010
Apr 22 2010
May 20 2010
Apr 22 10
May 20 10
May 20 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2010
$0.42
$0.42
Jan 15 2010
Jan 15 2010
Feb 20 2010
Jan 15 10
Feb 20 10
Feb 20 2010
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.42
$0.42
Oct 22 2009
Oct 22 2009
Nov 20 2009
Oct 22 09
Nov 20 09
Nov 20 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.42
$0.42
Jul 16 2009
Jul 16 2009
Aug 20 2009
Jul 16 09
Aug 20 09
Aug 20 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.42
$0.42
Apr 16 2009
Apr 16 2009
May 20 2009
Apr 16 09
May 20 09
May 20 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2009
$0.42
$0.42
Jan 15 2009
Jan 15 2009
Feb 20 2009
Jan 15 09
Feb 20 09
Feb 20 2009
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.42
$0.42
Oct 16 2008
Oct 16 2008
Nov 20 2008
Oct 16 08
Nov 20 08
Nov 20 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.42
$0.42
Jul 17 2008
Jul 17 2008
Aug 20 2008
Jul 17 08
Aug 20 08
Aug 20 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.36
$0.36
Apr 17 2008
Apr 17 2008
May 20 2008
Apr 17 08
May 20 08
May 20 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2008
$0.36
$0.36
Jan 17 2008
Jan 17 2008
Feb 20 2008
Jan 17 08
Feb 20 08
Feb 20 2008
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.36
$0.36
Oct 18 2007
Oct 18 2007
Nov 20 2007
Oct 18 07
Nov 20 07
Nov 20 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.36
$0.36
Jul 18 2007
Jul 18 2007
Aug 20 2007
Jul 18 07
Aug 20 07
Aug 20 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.3
$0.3
Apr 19 2007
Apr 19 2007
May 19 2007
Apr 19 07
May 19 07
May 19 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2007
$0.3
$0.3
Jan 18 2007
Jan 18 2007
Feb 20 2007
Jan 18 07
Feb 20 07
Feb 20 2007
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.3
$0.3
Oct 19 2006
Oct 19 2006
Nov 20 2006
Oct 19 06
Nov 20 06
Nov 20 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.3
$0.3
Jul 18 2006
Jul 18 2006
Aug 19 2006
Jul 18 06
Aug 19 06
Aug 19 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.25
$0.25
Apr 20 2006
Apr 20 2006
May 20 2006
Apr 20 06
May 20 06
May 20 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2006
$0.25
$0.25
Jan 18 2006
Jan 18 2006
Feb 18 2006
Jan 18 06
Feb 18 06
Feb 18 2006
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.25
$0.25
Oct 20 2005
Oct 20 2005
Nov 19 2005
Oct 20 05
Nov 19 05
Nov 19 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.25
$0.25
Jul 20 2005
Jul 20 2005
Aug 19 2005
Jul 20 05
Aug 19 05
Aug 19 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.205
$0.21
Apr 21 2005
Apr 21 2005
May 20 2005
Apr 21 05
May 20 05
May 20 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2005
$0.205
$0.21
Jan 18 2005
Jan 18 2005
Feb 19 2005
Jan 18 05
Feb 19 05
Feb 19 2005
quarterly
quarterly
2004
$0.205
$0.21
Oct 21 2004
Oct 21 2004
Nov 20 2004
Oct 21 04
Nov 20 04
Nov 20 2004
quarterly
quarterly
2004
$0.205
$0.21
Jul 16 2004
Jul 16 2004
Aug 20 2004
Jul 16 04
Aug 20 04
Aug 20 2004
quarterly
quarterly
2004
$0.185
$0.19
Apr 22 2004
Apr 22 2004
May 20 2004
Apr 22 04
May 20 04
May 20 2004
quarterly
quarterly
2004
$0.185
$0.19
Jan 15 2004
Jan 15 2004
Feb 20 2004
Jan 15 04
Feb 20 04
Feb 20 2004
quarterly
quarterly
2003
$0.185
$0.19
Oct 16 2003
Oct 16 2003
Nov 20 2003
Oct 16 03
Nov 20 03
Nov 20 2003
quarterly
quarterly
2003
$0.175
$0.18
Jul 17 2003
Jul 17 2003
Aug 20 2003
Jul 17 03
Aug 20 03
Aug 20 2003
quarterly
quarterly
2003
$0.175
$0.18
Apr 16 2003
Apr 16 2003
May 20 2003
Apr 16 03
May 20 03
May 20 2003
quarterly
quarterly
2003
$0.175
$0.18
Jan 16 2003
Jan 16 2003
Feb 20 2003
Jan 16 03
Feb 20 03
Feb 20 2003
quarterly
quarterly
2002
$0.175
$0.18
Oct 17 2002
Oct 17 2002
Nov 20 2002
Oct 17 02
Nov 20 02
Nov 20 2002
quarterly
quarterly
2002
$0.175
$0.18
Jul 18 2002
Jul 18 2002
Aug 20 2002
Jul 18 02
Aug 20 02
Aug 20 2002
quarterly
quarterly
2002
$0.175
$0.18
Apr 18 2002
Apr 18 2002
May 20 2002
Apr 18 02
May 20 02
May 20 2002
quarterly
quarterly
2002
$0.175
$0.18
Jan 17 2002
Jan 17 2002
Feb 20 2002
Jan 17 02
Feb 20 02
Feb 20 2002
quarterly
quarterly
2001
$0.175
$0.18
Oct 18 2001
Oct 18 2001
Nov 20 2001
Oct 18 01
Nov 20 01
Nov 20 2001
quarterly
quarterly
2001
$0.175
$0.18
Jul 18 2001
Jul 18 2001
Aug 20 2001
Jul 18 01
Aug 20 01
Aug 20 2001
quarterly
quarterly
2001
$0.17
$0.17
Apr 19 2001
Apr 19 2001
May 19 2001
Apr 19 01
May 19 01
May 19 2001
quarterly
quarterly
2001
$0.17
$0.17
Jan 18 2001
Jan 18 2001
Feb 20 2001
Jan 18 01
Feb 20 01
Feb 20 2001
quarterly
quarterly
2000
$0.17
$0.17
Oct 18 2000
Oct 18 2000
Nov 20 2000
Oct 18 00
Nov 20 00
Nov 20 2000
quarterly
quarterly
2000
$0.17
$0.17
Jul 18 2000
Jul 18 2000
Aug 19 2000
Jul 18 00
Aug 19 00
Aug 19 2000
quarterly
quarterly
2000
$0.1625
$0.16
Apr 19 2000
Apr 19 2000
May 20 2000
Apr 19 00
May 20 00
May 20 2000
quarterly
quarterly
2000
$0.1625
$0.16
Jan 18 2000
Jan 18 2000
Feb 19 2000
Jan 18 00
Feb 19 00
Feb 19 2000
quarterly
quarterly
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How much dividend does Caterpillar pay?

Caterpillar most recently paid a dividend of $1.41. Caterpillar paid a Dividend of $5.42 Per Share in the financial year 2024. With a stock price of $395.03 at Dec 06 2024, the current dividend yield is 1.37% (calculation: $5.42 / $395.03 = 1.37%). No special dividend was paid.

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What is the Caterpillar Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average Caterpillar dividend yield over the last 5 years is 2.05% and the average over the last 10 years is 2.34%.

The payout ratio of Caterpillar in relation to the last financial year is 24.85%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 31.17%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share(EPS).

Metric Caterpillar
Current dividend yield 1.37%
Dividend Yield 5Y 2.05%
Dividend Yield 10Y 2.34%
Payout 1Y 24.85%
Payout 3Y 31.17%

Is the Caterpillar dividend safe? Continuity & Dividend Growth

Is the Caterpillar dividend safe?

Caterpillar has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 25 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 25-times.

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 8.40%. The average Caterpillar Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 7.47%. The average for the last 10 years is 7.62%.

Metric Caterpillar
Increased 25 Years
Continuity 25 Years
Paid 25 Years
Growth 1Y 8.40%
Growth 5Y 7.47%
Growth 10Y 7.62%

Continuity

Caterpillar has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 25 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 25-times.

Dividend Growth

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 8.40%. The average Caterpillar Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 7.47%. The average for the last 10 years is 7.62%.

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Caterpillar Stock Forecast 2024

On the stock exchange, the Caterpillar stock (ISIN: US1491231015) is not traded as a top scorer in December 2024 according to the dividend strategy.

The stock price of Caterpillar 33.61% has risen since the beginning of the year 2024. However, the return generated in the past says nothing about the future return. You can find the Caterpillar stock price in real time at the top of the page.

Caterpillar (symbol: CAT) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of 18.32 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 2.90 valued. Based on analyst estimates, the Caterpillar stock forecast 2024 of the current financial year corresponds to a valuation of 18.55 according to P/E ratio and 2.92 according to P/S.

Metric Caterpillar
Dividend Score 10/15
Performance 2024
33.61%
P/E TTM 18.32
P/S TTM 2.90
P/E forward 18.55
P/S forward 2.92

Caterpillar (symbol: CAT) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of 18.32 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 2.90 valued. Based on analyst estimates, the Caterpillar stock forecast 2024 of the current financial year corresponds to a valuation of 18.55 according to P/E ratio and 2.92 according to P/S.

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