Caterpillar (CAT) reported third-quarter 2026 sales and revenues of $20.682 billion, up 17% from $17.638 billion a year earlier. GAAP profit was $3.287 billion, while diluted profit per share was $7.13, compared with $4.88 in the prior-year quarter.
Operating profit rose 38% to $4.214 billion. The company reported enterprise operating cash flow of $4.4 billion and ended the quarter with $7.9 billion of enterprise cash.
- Power & Energy sales increased 18% to $8.784 billion.
- Construction Industries sales rose 18% to $7.983 billion.
- Resource Industries sales increased 15% to $4.615 billion.
- Financial Products revenue rose 9% to $1.177 billion.
- Caterpillar deployed $1.2 billion for share repurchases and $0.7 billion for dividends during the quarter.
$CAT Insider Trading Activity
$CAT 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.
$CAT Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,765 institutional investors add shares of $CAT stock to their portfolio, and 1,770 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.
$CAT Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $CAT stock 1 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 0 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $CAT stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN purchased up to $15,000 on 09/28.
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.
