CEO Share Sale: Social media buzz centers on Caterpillar's chief executive disposing of a large chunk of personal holdings, prompting speculation about internal views on near-term prospects in the industrial sector.
AI Partnership Push: Users highlight the company's new collaboration on physical AI and robotics for job sites, viewing it as a forward move to integrate advanced technology into heavy equipment operations.
Market Levels Watch: Analysts on the platform point to the stock consolidating near its 200-day average and within a wedge formation, with attention on whether momentum builds from infrastructure-related themes.
Note: This discussion summary was generated from an AI condensation of post data.
Caterpillar Inc. Insider Trading Activity
Caterpillar Inc. insiders have traded $CAT stock on the open market 34 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 33 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CAT stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- JOSEPH E CREED (Chief Executive Officer) has made 0 purchases and 14 sales selling 32,401 shares for an estimated $26,211,763.
- LANGE BOB DE (Group President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 24,222 shares for an estimated $22,354,977.
- DENISE C JOHNSON (Group President) has made 0 purchases and 10 sales selling 18,801 shares for an estimated $17,081,250.
- ANDREW R J BONFIELD (CFO Emeritus) sold 15,674 shares for an estimated $14,399,860
- ANTHONY D. FASSINO (Group President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 9,152 shares for an estimated $8,477,066.
- RODNEY MICHAEL SHURMAN (Group President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 5,639 shares for an estimated $5,093,006.
- JASON KAISER (Group President) sold 5,642 shares for an estimated $4,982,055
- WILLIAM E SCHAUPP (Chief Accounting Officer) sold 360 shares for an estimated $326,160
- DAVID MACLENNAN purchased 250 shares for an estimated $219,210
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
Caterpillar Inc. Revenue
Caterpillar Inc. had revenues of $20.5B in Q2 2026. This is an increase of 23.98% from the same period in the prior year.
You can track CAT financials on Quiver Quantitative's CAT stock page.
You can access data on CAT stock through the Quiver Quantitative API.
Caterpillar Inc. Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $CAT stock 1 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CAT stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JARED MOSKOWITZ sold up to $15,000 on 03/31.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard. You can access data on congressional stock trades through the Quiver Quantitative API Congress trades endpoint.
Caterpillar Inc. Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,861 institutional investors add shares of Caterpillar Inc. stock to their portfolio, and 1,793 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 7,325,731 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $7,801,170,941
- SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. added 3,322,782 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $3,538,430,551
- DIAMANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. removed 3,136,170 shares (-99.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $3,339,707,433
- CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS removed 2,008,509 shares (-58.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $2,138,861,234
- FMR LLC added 1,957,676 shares (+51.2%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $2,084,729,172
- CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS removed 1,002,120 shares (-31.3%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $1,067,157,588
- BARCLAYS PLC removed 830,562 shares (-47.5%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $884,465,473
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
Caterpillar Inc. Government Contracts
We have seen $206,817,922 of award payments to $CAT over the last year.
Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:
- THE PURPOSE OF THIS FIRM FIXED PRICE DELIVERY ORDER IS TO PURCHASE CATERPILLAR SPARE PARTS FOR THE COUNTRY ...: $25,914,691
- CAT EARTHMOVING SLEP: $12,776,326
- DELIVERY ORDER W912CH-26-F-0058 IS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF 33 CDRL'S TO INCORPORATE THE ELECTRO-OVER HYDRAUL...: $6,502,066
- 8512141206!CMPCT LDR: $6,475,745
- STANDARD CONTRACT WITH BASE AND OPTION QUANTITIES FOR UP TO 110 DIESEL ENGINES (NSN 2815-01-568-0408) FOR E...: $5,184,690
To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard. You can access data on government contracts through the Quiver Quantitative API government contracts endpoint.
Caterpillar Inc. Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $CAT recently. We have seen 8 analysts offer price targets for $CAT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $1005.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Jamie Cook from Truist Securities set a target price of $1218.0 on 07/02/2026
- Jerry Revich from Wells Fargo set a target price of $1155.0 on 06/23/2026
- John Eade from Argus Research set a target price of $990.0 on 05/05/2026
- Michael Shlisky from DA Davidson set a target price of $845.0 on 05/04/2026
- Kyle Menges from Citigroup set a target price of $1020.0 on 05/04/2026
- Angel Castillo from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $915.0 on 05/01/2026
- Tami Zakaria from JP Morgan set a target price of $1125.0 on 05/01/2026
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.
